Bill Text: TX SB48 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Education K-16 [SB48 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB48-Introduced.html

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89R297 CXP-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 48

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or
adoption of a child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 661.9125(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to a state employee who:
(1) is a member of the Employees Retirement System of
Texas or is employed by a board, commission, department, or other
agency in the executive branch of state government created by the
constitution or a statute of this state, including [except for] an
institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003,
Education Code; and
(2) takes leave under Section 661.912 for the:
(A) birth of a child;
(B) birth of a child by the employee's spouse;
(C) birth of a child by a gestational surrogate;
or
(D) adoption of a child.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.