H.B. 329: State Employee Maternity and Leave Amendments

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 24, 2026. This bill modifies policies related to paid leave and maternity.

• Increases the amount of postpartum recovery leave that a state employer must provide a state employee from three to six weeks
• Requires certain state employers to provide six weeks of paid leave to a state employee who adopts a child under six years old
• Provides that paid leave for an adoption described above runs consecutive to the three weeks of paid leave that is currently available to a state employee who adopts a child under 18 years old
• Clarifies that adoption leave may be used at any point during the adoption process and is not limited to the finalization of an adoption
• Clarifies that a state employee's appointment as legal guardian of a child qualifies the state employee for parental leave
• Removes foster placement as an event making a state employee eligible for paid parental leave and creates a separate foster leave category with a four-week paid-leave duration

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Ariel Defay