Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas HB1720: TO CREATE THE BABIES AT WORK ACT; TO ALLOW STATE AGENCIES TO PERMIT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS TO BRING THEIR INFANTS SIX MONTHS OR YOUNGER TO WORK
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to create the babies at work act; to allow state agencies to permit public employees who are parents or legal guardians to bring their infants six months or younger to work; and for other purposes. subtitle to create the babies at work act; to allow state agencies to permit public employees who are parents or legal guardians to bring their infants six months or younger to work.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO CREATE THE BABIES AT WORK ACT; TO ALLOW STATE AGENCIES TO PERMIT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS TO BRING THEIR INFANTS SIX MONTHS OR YOUNGER TO WORK; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO CREATE THE BABIES AT WORK ACT; TO ALLOW STATE AGENCIES TO PERMIT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS TO BRING THEIR INFANTS SIX MONTHS OR YOUNGER TO WORK. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Babies at Work Act". SECTION 2. DO NOT CODIFY. Legislative findings and intent. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) A parent or guardian who is a public employee has a responsibility to both his or her job and his or her family; and (2) The first six (6) months of a child's life poses heightened demands of a parent or a guardian. (b) This act is intended to increase public employee retention by allowing state agencies to permit a parent or guardian who is a public employee to bring his or her infant to work. *LGL137* 03/10/2025 11:06:03 AM LGL137 HB1720 SECTION 3. Arkansas Code Title 21, Chapter 1, Subchapter 1, is amended to add an …
Sponsors
- Deann Vaught (R, 87) · primary sponsor