Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to state employee paid bereavement leave
Sponsored by Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 3, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 4, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary State employees would get up to three days of paid time off if their parent, child, or spouse passes away. Currently, these workers have to use their own saved-up sick leave to take time off for a death in the family.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires a state employee to be provided up to three days of paid leave following the death of an employee’s parent, child, or spouse. Under current rules of the department of administrative services, a state employee may use accrued sick leave, not to exceed a total of 40 hours per fiscal year, when a death occurs in the immediate family, as defined by rule (11 IAC 63.3(11)).
Senate subcommittee
Named March 4, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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