Louisiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana SB157: SCHOOLS: Provides for paid parental leave for eligible employees. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Status: Signed into law, June 2, 2026
What the bill says
An act To enact Subpart C-1 of Part X of Chapter 2 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 17:1214 and 1215, and R.S. 17:3996(B)(92), relative to parental leave for educators; to provide for paid leave for eligible employees; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements to qualify for parental leave; to provide for compensation and length of time for use of parental leave; to provide for policies and procedures to implement the parental leave; to provide for certain notification; to provide for a special fund; to provide for an effective date…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT To enact Subpart C-1 of Part X of Chapter 2 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 17:1214 and 1215, and R.S. 17:3996(B)(92), relative to parental leave for educators; to provide for paid leave for eligible employees; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements to qualify for parental leave; to provide for compensation and length of time for use of parental leave; to provide for policies and procedures to implement the parental leave; to provide for certain notification; to provide for a special fund; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: Section 1. Subpart C-1 of Part X of Chapter 2 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 17:1214 and 1215, and R.S. 17:3996(B)(92) are hereby enacted to read as follows: SUBPART C-1. PARENTAL LEAVE §1214. Parental leave for educators; tenure status unaffected; definitions A. As used in this Subpart, the following terms have the following meanings: Page 1 of Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SLS 26RS-115 ORIGINAL SB NO. (1) "Child" means under the age of eighteen years, the biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, …
Sponsors
- (D, 39) · primary sponsor