Bill Text: TX HB1625 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of parental leave, family and medical leave, vacation leave, and sick leave by certain state employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1625 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1625-Introduced.html

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88R3749 RDS-D
By: Hull H.B. No. 1625

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of parental leave, family and medical leave,
vacation leave, and sick leave by certain state employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 661.252(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The policy must provide clear and objective guidelines
to establish under what circumstances an employee of the agency may
be entitled to or granted:
(1) parental leave;
(2) family and medical leave;
(3) vacation leave;
(4) sick leave; and
(5) each other type of leave provided by this chapter.
SECTION 2. Section 661.912(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) An [The employee must first use all available and
applicable paid vacation and sick leave while taking leave under
this section, except that an] employee who is receiving temporary
disability benefits or workers' compensation benefits while taking
leave under this section is not required to [first] use
[applicable] paid vacation or sick leave [while receiving those
benefits].
SECTION 3. Section 661.913(b), Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.