Bill Text: TX HB3463 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3463

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3463 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3463-Introduced.html

	88R10808 RDS-D

	By: Metcalf	H.B. No. 3463



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or
	adoption of a child.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 661.912, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 661.912. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT. (a) Except as
	provided by Section 661.9125, to [To] the extent required by
	federal law, a state employee who has a total of at least 12 months
	of state service and who has worked at least 1,250 hours during the
	12-month period preceding the beginning of leave under this section
	is entitled to leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act
	of 1993 (29 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.).
	(b) The employee must first use all available and applicable
	paid vacation and sick leave while taking leave under this section,
	except that an employee who is receiving temporary disability
	benefits or workers' compensation benefits or is taking paid leave
	under Section 661.9125 is not required to first use applicable paid
	vacation or sick leave while receiving those benefits or taking
	paid leave under Section 661.9125.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 661.9125 to read as follows:
	Sec. 661.9125. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.
	(a) This section applies only to a state employee who:
	(1) is a member of the Employees Retirement System of
	Texas; and
	(2) takes leave under Section 661.912 for the:
	(A) birth of a child;
	(B) birth of a child by the employee's spouse;
	(C) birth of a child by a gestational surrogate;
	or
	(D) adoption of a child.
	(b) A state employee who takes leave under Section 661.912
	for the purpose of Subsection (a)(2) is entitled to 60 days of paid
	leave during leave taken under that section.
	(c) This section does not entitle an employee to any leave
	in addition to leave taken under Section 661.912.
	(d) A state employee is not required to use all available
	paid vacation and sick leave before the employee is entitled to take
	paid leave under this section.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.