Paid Sick Time Legislative Successes

A growing number of paid sick time laws have been passed in cities and states around the country! See below for more background information on all paid sick time legislative successes:

• 2006 — San Francisco Voters Pass Paid Sick Days
• 2008 — Washington, D.C. Approves Paid Sick Days
• 2008 — Milwaukee Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Paid Sick Days
• 2011 — Connecticut Becomes First State to Pass Paid Sick Days
• 2011 — Seattle City Council Passes Paid Sick Days with Mayoral Support
• 2012 — Long Beach (California) Passes Paid Sick Days for Hotel Workers
• 2013 — Portland, Oregon City Council Unanimously Passes Paid Sick Days with Mayoral Support
• 2013 — City Council of Jersey City, NJ Passes Paid Sick Days with Mayoral Support
• 2013 – Voters in Seatac, Washington Vote for Paid Sick Days
• 2014 — Municipal Council of Newark, NJ Unanimously Passes Paid Sick Days with Mayoral Support
• 2014 — New York City Council Strengthens and Expands Its Paid Sick Days Law with Mayoral Support
• 2014 — Voters in Orange County, Florida Overwhelmingly Vote for Paid Sick Days, Sending a Strong Message
• 2014 — California Becomes the Second State in the Country to Pass Paid Sick Days
• 2014 — Six Additional Cities in New Jersey (Passaic, East Orange, Paterson, Irvington, Trenton & Montclair) Pass Paid Sick Days
• 2014 — Voters in Oakland (California) Pass Paid Sick Days By a Huge Margin
• 2014 — Massachusetts Becomes the Third State in the Country to Pass Paid Sick Days
• 2015 — Tacoma (Washington) Passes Paid Sick Days
• 2015 — Philadelphia Council Passes Paid Sick Days with Mayoral Support
• 2015 — Bloomfield Becomes the Ninth City in NJ to Pass Paid Sick Days
• 2015 — Emeryville (California) Passes a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2015 — Oregon Becomes the Fourth State to Pass Paid Sick Days
• 2015 — Montgomery County (Maryland) Unanimously Passes a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2015 — Pittsburgh Passes a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2015 — Elizabeth and New Brunswick become the 10th and 11th New Jersey Cities to Pass Paid Sick Days and Jersey City Expands its Law
• 2016 — Spokane (Washington) Passes a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2016 — Vermont Becomes the Fifth State in the Country to Pass Paid Sick Days
• 2016 — Plainfield, NJ Becomes the 12th New Jersey City to Pass Paid Sick Days
• 2016 — Santa Monica Passes a paid sick days law
• 2016 — Minneapolis Passes a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2016 — Los Angeles Passes a Paid Sick Days Law with a Model Family Definition
• 2016 — San Diego Voters Overwhelmingly Approve a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2016 — Chicago Unanimously Passes a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2016 — Berkeley (CA) Unanimously Passes a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2016 — Saint Paul (MN) Unanimously Passes a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2016 — Cook County (IL) Passed a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2016 — Arizona Voters Overwhelmingly Approve a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2016 — Washington State Voters Overwhelmingly Approve a Paid Sick Days Law
• 2017 — Rhode Island Passes a Paid Sick and Safe Time Law