Today, Representative Mark Takano ... reintroduced the Restoring Overtime Pay Act to expand and strengthen overtime protections for workers ... "I am proud to introduce this bill to help make sure over 29 million workers get paid fairly."
Mark Takano will support and reintroduce legislation to expand and strengthen overtime pay protections for workers.
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Representative Mark Takano, Representative Alma Adams, and Senator Bernie Sanders "reintroduced the Restoring Overtime Pay Act" to expand and strengthen overtime protections; Takano said, "I am proud to introduce this bill."
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Takano's official sponsored-legislation page lists H.R.8868 as "Sponsored" with the description: "To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a minimum salary threshold for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees exempt from Federal overtime compensation requirements, and automatically update such threshold each year, and for other purposes."
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Takano's office said he joined Rep. Alma Adams and Sen. Bernie Sanders to reintroduce the Restoring Overtime Pay Act, and Takano said he was proud to introduce the bill.
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Takano's sponsored-legislation page lists H.R. 8868 as sponsored and describes it as a bill to raise the overtime salary threshold and automatically update it each year.
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The congressional office said Takano, Adams, and Sanders reintroduced the Restoring Overtime Pay Act, and Takano said he was proud to introduce the bill.
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Takano's sponsored-legislation page lists H.R. 8868 as sponsored and describes it as an overtime-threshold bill with automatic yearly updates.
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The official Takano press-release archive dated June 2, 2026 includes a May 18, 2026 item titled 'Takano, Adams, Sanders Reintroduce Restoring Overtime Pay Act,' and its summary says Takano, Adams, and Sanders reintroduced the Restoring Overtime Pay Act to expand and strengthen overtime protections for workers.
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Takano's official sponsored-legislation page, refreshed with entries through June 30, 2026, continues to list H.R.8868 as Sponsored and describes it as a bill to establish and annually update a minimum salary threshold for employees exempt from federal overtime compensation requirements.
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Takano's official press-release archive shows a May 18, 2026 item titled 'Takano, Adams, Sanders Reintroduce Restoring Overtime Pay Act,' whose summary says the bill was reintroduced to expand and strengthen overtime protections for workers.
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Takano's office stated that Representative Mark Takano, Representative Alma Adams, and Senator Bernie Sanders reintroduced the Restoring Overtime Pay Act to expand and strengthen overtime protections for workers; Takano said, 'I am proud to introduce this bill.'
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8868 as the Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026, sponsored by Mark Takano, introduced in the House on May 15, 2026, and referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce. The full title says it would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to establish and automatically update a minimum salary threshold for overtime-exempt executive, administrative, and professional employees.
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Rep. Adams's official release says Congresswoman Alma Adams, Congressman Mark Takano, and Senator Bernie Sanders reintroduced the Restoring Overtime Pay Act to expand and strengthen overtime protections for 29.3 million workers; it describes the bill as gradually increasing the overtime salary threshold until it reaches the 55th percentile of full-time salaried workers nationwide.
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The promise was to support and reintroduce legislation expanding and strengthening overtime pay protections, not necessarily to enact it into law. The evidence shows Takano sponsored H.R. 8868, the Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026, introduced in the House on May 15, 2026, and his office announced on May 18, 2026 that he joined Rep. Alma Adams and Sen. Bernie Sanders in reintroducing the bill. That directly matches the promised federal legislative action during the same House term.
The promise was to support and reintroduce legislation expanding and strengthening overtime pay protections, not necessarily to enact it into law. Official House evidence shows Takano joined Rep. Alma Adams and Sen. Bernie Sanders in reintroducing the Restoring Overtime Pay Act on May 18, 2026, and his sponsored-legislation page lists the overtime-threshold bill. That directly satisfies the promised legislative action during the same federal term.
The promise was to support and reintroduce legislation expanding overtime protections, not to enact it into law. The evidence shows Takano publicly said he was proud to introduce the Restoring Overtime Pay Act with Rep. Alma Adams and Sen. Bernie Sanders on May 18, 2026, and his official sponsored-legislation page lists H.R. 8868 as sponsored in the current term. That matches the promised action and gives him direct credit for delivery during the same federal term.
The promise was to support and reintroduce overtime-pay legislation, not necessarily to enact it. The provided official congressional evidence shows Mark Takano publicly said he was proud to introduce the Restoring Overtime Pay Act and that his sponsored-legislation page lists H.R. 8868 as a bill he sponsored to raise and automatically update the overtime threshold. That matches the promised action and occurred during the relevant term, so the promise is fulfilled in the same term.
Official congressional materials and the member’s own office confirm that Mark Takano supported and reintroduced overtime-pay legislation (the Restoring Overtime Pay Act / H.R. 8868) during the current term, matching the promise to support and reintroduce such legislation.
Takano directly reintroduced and sponsored legislation to expand overtime-pay protections in the current term, including the Restoring Overtime Pay Act and H.R. 8868. The claim was about supporting and reintroducing the legislation, not about enactment, so his own legislative action satisfies it.
The promise was to support and reintroduce legislation expanding and strengthening overtime pay protections, not necessarily to enact it. The evidence shows Takano reintroduced the Restoring Overtime Pay Act with Rep. Adams and Sen. Sanders and is listed as sponsoring H.R.8868 to raise and automatically update the overtime salary threshold. That directly satisfies the promised legislative action in his current federal term.