26RS HB 699

House Bill 699

Actions

Last Action	02/23/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to paid leave for state employees.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	146
Sponsors	L. Burke, A. Camuel
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 to define "child," "family medical leave," "fictive kin," "foster care placement," "kinship care placement," and "parent"; provide classified and unclassified employees family medical leave of up to 6 weeks for the birth or adoption of a child, placement of a child in foster care or kinship care, or a serious health condition that would render the employee unable to perform his or her job functions; require the employee to complete 30 days of service before he or she is eligible for family medical leave; require the leave be used within 1 year of the birth, adoption, foster or kinship care placement, or serious health condition; require any leave which involves the birth of more than 1 child during a particular pregnancy or the adoption or placement of more than 1 child with an employee to be taken concurrently and used as 1 adoption or placement; allow the employee to use the leave as a block or intermittently; allow both parents to use the leave concurrently or consecutively under certain conditions; require the employee to use family medical leave before using any other accrued leave; limit use of family medical leave to 2 times during a 60-month period; provide that once an employee leaves the position eligible for family medical leave, any unused balance shall lapse; require an employee who returns to a position in state service that provides family medical leave to complete 30 days of service before becoming eligible for the leave; prohibit an employee from converting any unused balance of family medical leave to any other type of paid leave, benefit, or compensation; require the employee to submit written verification of the birth, placement of a child, or serious health condition; amend KRS 18A.025 to conform; amend KRS 18A.110 to authorize the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the family medical leave program.
Index Headings of Original Version	Children And Minors - Family medical leave, state employees Labor And Industry - Family medical leave, state employees Parental Rights - Family medical leave, state employees Personnel And Employment - Family medical leave, state employees State Agencies - Personnel Cabinet, family medical leave, state employees, establishment State Employees - Family medical leave, executive branch employees, establishment Wages And Hours - Family medical leave, state employees Workforce - Family medical leave, state employees Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Personnel Cabinet, family medical leave