Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB4146: School employees; paid maternity leave; expanding eligibility to employment at any school district or technology center school district for at least one year; effective date; emergency.
Status: In committee, February 19, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to school employees; amending Section 1, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 57, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 6-104.8), which relates to paid maternity leave; expanding eligibility of paid maternity leave to employment at any school district or technology center school district in this state for at least a year; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text, January 15, 2026:
An Act relating to school employees; amending Section 1, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 57, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 6-104.8), which relates to paid maternity leave; expanding eligibility of paid maternity leave to employment at any school district or technology center school district in this state for at least a year; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 291, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 57, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 6-104.8), is amended to read as follows: Section 6-104.8. A. 1. Full-time employees of a public school district in this state who have been employed by the a school district in this state for at least one year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours during the preceding twelve-month period; 2. Persons employed full time as classroom instructional employees of technology center school districts supervised by the Req. No. 14444 Page Stat e Board of Career and Technology Education who have been employed by the a technology center school district in this state for at least one year and have worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours during the preceding twelve-month …
Sponsors
- Toni Hasenbeck (R, HD-065) · primary sponsor