Alabama legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Alabama HB327: State employees; paid parental leave authorized, parameters for eligibility established
Status: Failed, May 6, 2025
What the bill says
An act Relating to state employees and employees of local education agencies; to add Chapter 6A, commencing with Section 36-6A-1, to Title 36 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for paid parental leave for eligible employees following the birth, stillbirth, or miscarriage of a child or the placement of a child for adoption; to provide limitations and requirements related to the use of parental leave; to require the State of Alabama Personnel Department and State Board of Education to adopt rules governing the implementation and administration of parental leave…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to state employees and employees of local education agencies; to add Chapter 6A, commencing with Section 36-6A-1, to Title 36 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for paid parental leave for eligible employees following the birth, stillbirth, or miscarriage of a child or the placement of a child for adoption; to provide limitations and requirements related to the use of parental leave; to require the State of Alabama Personnel Department and State Board of Education to adopt rules governing the implementation and administration of parental leave; to require the State of Alabama Personnel Department and State Department of Education to make an annual report; to amend Section 36-26-35.2, Code of Alabama 1975. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama K-12 Public School and State Employee Paid Parental Leave Act of 2025. Section 2. Chapter 6A, commencing with Section 36-6A-1, is added to Title 36 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 HB327 INTRODUCED Page 3 follows: “§36-6A-1 For the purposes of this chapter, the …
Sponsors
- Shaver, Ginny (R, HD-039) · primary sponsor
- Debbie Wood (R)