Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- upper
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Labor And Industry, Legislative Research Commission, Personnel And Employment, State Agencies, State Employees, Women
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-06 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "full-time position" and "qualifying employee"; permit a qualifying employee paid leave of absence of up to 30 days for the birth of a child; require leave of more than 1 child during a singular pregnancy to be taken concurrently; require the employee to use the leave within 1 year of the child's birth; require the employee to use the leave as a continuous 30-day block or as a 20-day block with the remainder to be used intermittently as full days; require the employee to request advance approval before using the leave; require the employee to use the paid leave before other types of accrued leave; require compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act; specify that any other type of leave not specified does not qualify for paid maternity leave; prohibit an employee from converting the unused balance of paid maternity leave to other types of paid leave, benefits, or compensation; require any administrative regulation in conflict with this Act to be amended, withdrawn, or repealed within 90 days of the effective date of the Act.
Sponsors
- M. Deneen (primary), primary
- J. Adams (primary), primary
- D. Douglas (primary), primary
- G. Elkins (primary), primary
- G. Neal (primary), primary
- C. Richardson (primary), primary
- R. Thomas (primary), primary