Bill would double pay for hours worked past normal work time.
S. 5268 — Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026 · Filed by Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 5, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill changes the Fair Labor Standards Act. It raises overtime pay from 1.5 times normal hourly wage to 2 times that wage. All workers covered would get this higher pay. The change starts 180 days after the bill becomes law.
Who it affects
Workers who work overtime hours would earn more money per hour. Employers would pay more for overtime work. Retail, hospitality, and food service industries would face higher labor costs.
One thing to notice
Employers get 180 days to adjust schedules and staffing before the higher pay rate takes effect.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.
- Aug 5, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 5, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- overtime pay — Extra money paid for hours worked beyond the standard work week.
- Fair Labor Standards Act — The federal law that sets rules for minimum wage, overtime, and work hours.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (789 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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