Mississippi House Bill 1608

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide For Six Weeks Of Paid Leave For Eligible State Employees Who Are The Primary Caregivers Of A Qualifying Child And Three Weeks Of Paid Leave For The Secondary Caregivers, To Be Used To Care For The Child After The Birth, Adoption Or Foster Placement Of The Qualifying Child; To Define "eligible Employee" And "qualifying Child" For The Purpose Of This Act; To Provide That The Leave Provided Under This Act Must Be Taken Within Six Months Of The Pregnancy, Birth, Adoption Or Foster Placement Of The Qualifying Child; To Provide That The Leave Provided Under This Act Shall Be In Addition To Other Leave Benefits Available To State Employees By State Or Federal Law And Shall Not Be Counted Against Other Personal Or Medical Leave Allotments; To Provide That The Leave Shall Run Concurrently With Any Leave Provided To An Eligible Employee Under The Federal Family And Medical Leave Act; To Provide That All Legal State And Federal Holidays Shall Not Be Counted Against The Leave Provided Under This Act; To Amend Sections 25-3-93 And 25-3-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

State employees; provide for paid leave for caregivers of child to care for child after birth, adoption or foster placement.

Rep. Angela Cockerham [I]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-19	House	Referred To State Affairs;Appropriations A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	3	93	Amended Code	See Bill Text
25	3	95	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1608.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1608IN.htm