26RS HB 699

House Bill 699

Actions

Last Action	03/02/26: to State Government (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

02/23/26	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/02/26	to State Government (H)