{"bill":{"id":"118-hr-2826","congress":118,"type":"HR","number":2826,"title":"Save Local Business Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2023-04-25","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"C001108","fullName":"Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1]","party":"R","state":"KY","district":1}],"cosponsorsCount":92,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2023-04-25","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce."},"policyArea":"Labor and Employment","subjects":["Labor standards","Labor-management relations","Wages and earnings"],"actions":[{"date":"2023-04-25","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-04-25","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-04-25","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":" <p><b>Save Local Business</b> <strong><strong>Act</strong></strong></p> <p>This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.</p>","updateDate":"2026-01-09T05:26:13Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":258,"ts":"2026-04-19T08:35:25.500Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Save%20Local%20Business%20Act"}]}}