Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to prohibit children under 18 from having direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves in agricultural work. It directly affects minors working on tobacco farms by adding this specific restriction to existing child labor protections. The key mechanism updates the law to explicitly exclude tobacco-related agriculture from exemptions that previously allowed certain youth employment in farming, closing a gap that permitted underage labor in this sector. The change applies to all tobacco farming operations covered under federal labor law.
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in committee
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Introduction
Jun 2023
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Introduced Jun 12, 2023
Last action Jun 12, 2023
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Committee
1
Jun 12, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Jun 12, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratic
Co
Jack Reed
DDemocratic
Co
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Sherrod Brown
DDemocratic
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