Bill Text: TX HB301 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to leave for state employees for prenatal care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB301 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB301-Introduced.html
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| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 301 | |
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| relating to leave for state employees for prenatal care. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 661.9135 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 661.9135. PRENATAL LEAVE. (a) In this section, | ||
| "prenatal care" means health care services received by an employee | ||
| during their pregnancy or related to such pregnancy, including: | ||
| (1) physical examinations; | ||
| (2) medical procedures; | ||
| (3) monitoring and testing; and | ||
| (4) discussions with a health care provider related to | ||
| the pregnancy. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Sections 661.901(a) and (b), this | ||
| section applies to a state employee employed in the executive, | ||
| judicial, or legislative branch of state government. | ||
| (c) In addition to other leave provided by this chapter, a | ||
| state employee is entitled to a leave of absence without a deduction | ||
| in salary to receive prenatal care. Leave without a deduction in | ||
| salary under this section may not exceed 20 hours during a fiscal | ||
| year. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
