US SB559 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1-1)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Entitles an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter. Such an employee may substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay. The bill applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees.

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Title

Parental Bereavement Act of 2019 Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-02-26SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Same As/Similar To

HB983 (Same As) 2019-02-05 - Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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