S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 70A.31 Paid parental leave. 1 1. A state employee entitled to leave under the federal 2 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 shall be provided paid 3 leave for such time as specified in this section for the birth 4 of a child or placement of a child for adoption with the 5 employee if the leave is taken within twelve months following 6 any such birth or adoption. 7 2. a. For the birth of a child, a state employee parent who 8 gave birth shall be entitled to up to four weeks of paid leave 9 and a state employee parent who did not give birth shall be 10 entitled to up to one week of paid leave. 11 b. For the placement of a child for adoption, a state 12 employee parent shall be entitled to up to four weeks of paid 13 leave. 14 3. The department of administrative services shall adopt 15 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this section. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill provides that a state employee entitled to leave 20 under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 shall 21 be provided paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child if 22 the leave is taken within 12 months following any such birth 23 or adoption. The bill provides that a state employee parent 24 who gives birth or adopts a child shall be entitled to up to 25 four weeks of paid leave. A state employee parent who did not 26 give birth shall be entitled to up to one week of paid leave. 27 The bill requires the department of administrative services to 28 adopt rules to implement the bill. 29 -1- LSB 5029XL (2) 90 je/js 1/ 1