| State |
Bill |
Summary |
Last Action |
| Arizona |
HB 2422 /
SB 1204 |
Relates to payment of benefits. |
House Second Read, 1/23/06;
To Senate Committee On Rules, 1/19/06 |
| California |
AB 227 |
Requires any employee receiving temporary partial or temporary total disability benefits or necessary medical treatment due to a work-related injury or illness to forfeit the right to receive these benefits and medical treatment if the employee leaves the state for a period exceeding 2 weeks without written authorization of the employer. |
Died, 1/31/06 |
| Connecticut |
HB 5011 |
Extends family and medical leave to foster parents who are state employees; provides a leave of absence for state employees due to the serious illness of a foster child, provided such leave does not exceed four weeks during any one-year period. |
Assigned Public Act 06-102, 05/11/06 |
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SB 22 |
Extends family and medical leave coverage to state and municipal employees. Gives all state and local employees in Connecticut the benefits of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. |
To Senate Committee on Appropriations, 04/05/06 |
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SB 23 |
Allows state employees to use up to two weeks of accumulated sick leave while on family and medical leave due to the birth or adoption of a child or to care for a seriously ill child, spouse or parent. |
To Senate Committee on Labor and Public Employees, 04/25/06 |
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SB 463 |
Permits a state employee to take family and medical leave to care for an ill child who is in the care of the employee, such as a custodial grandparent. |
Passed Senate, 04/20/06 |
| Hawaii |
HB 2954 |
Allows an employee to elect to use accrued paid leave, including vacation, personal, or family leave, for any part of the four-week period of family leave provided under the law; relates to family leave. |
To House Committee On Labor And Public Employment, 1/30/06 |
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SB 2210 |
Allows an employee to elect to use accrued paid leave, including vacation, personal, or family leave, for any part of the four-week period of family leave provided under the law. |
To Senate Committee On Judiciary And Hawaiian Affairs, 2/17/06 |
| Indiana |
SB 289 |
Provides that certain employees are entitled to up to 30 days leave from employment for family military leave when the spouse or a child of the employee is called to active duty in the armed forces of the United States or the national guard. |
To Senate Committee On Homeland Security, Utilities And Public Policy, 1/9/06 |
| Kentucky |
HB 357 |
Provides up to 5 days of unpaid family military leave for firms that employ 15 to 50 employees and up to 10 days of unpaid family military leave for firms that employ more than 50 employees. |
To Senate Committee On Appropriations And Revenue, 2/13/06 |
| Massachusetts |
HB 3121 |
Establishes family temporary disability benefits and leaves of absence for employees providing care and assistance for family members. |
From Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development, 1/26/06 |
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HB 3771 |
HD 1039- Requires certain employees to provide unpaid family and medical leave. |
From Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development, 1/26/06 |
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HB 3944 |
HD 3774- Establishes a paid family and medical leave program. |
From Joint Committee On Labor And Workforce Development, 1/26/06 |
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SB 2535 |
Provides for legislation to support strong families by providing paid family and medical leave, increasing tax deductions for working families, and establishing a work-family council. |
To Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules, 07/11/06 |
| Michigan |
HB 5815 |
Requires medical insurance coverage to continue for dependent students who leave college for medical reasons. |
To Senate Committee On Banking and Financial Institutions, 07/26/06 |
| Minnesota |
HF 2921 /
SF 2654 |
Requires leaves of absence for the immediate family members of a seriously injured or killed member of the armed forces. |
To House Committee On Taxes, 04/21/06;
To Senate Committee on Finance, 03/23/06 |
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HF 3125 /
SF 2837 |
Requires leaves of absence for the immediate family members of a seriously injured or killed member of the armed forces. |
To House Committee On Governmental Operations And Veterans Affairs Policy, 3/2/06;
To Senate Committee on Jobs, Energy and Community Development, 03/08/06 |
| Mississippi |
HB 13 |
Allows state employees to be paid for no more than 30 days at termination of employment. |
Died In Committee, 1/31/06 |
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HB 87 |
Removes requirement that state employee must use one day of personal leave before using. |
Died In Committee, 1/31/06 |
| Missouri |
HB 1902 |
Eliminates the provision requiring an employee to take paid leave, personal leave, or medical or sick leave to attend to medical treatment or evaluations or physical rehabilitation during work time. |
To House Committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety, 05/12/06 |
| New Jersey |
AB 1518 |
Provides family leave insurance. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 1/10/06 |
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AB 1529 |
Sets and enforces minimum standards for paid time off from work for family leave. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 1/10/06 |
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AB 2427 |
Provides benefits for family temporary disability leave. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/6/06 |
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AB 2437 |
Provides for school and medical family leave. |
To Assembly Committee On Labor, 2/6/06 |
| New York |
AB 1301 |
Allows seven days of unpaid leave for families for the purpose of bereavement in connection with the death of an immediate family or household member or to provide care to an immediate family or household member. |
Amended on Third Reading, 06/13/06 |
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AB 2673 |
Allows employees to utilize accrued and available sick leave to provide care to immediate family, household members or domestic partners. |
To Senate Committee On Labor, 2/28/06 |
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AB 10142 /
SB 2836 |
Establishes the Family and Medical Leave Independent Savings Account. |
Held for consideration in Assembly Committee On Labor, 06/06/06;
To Senate Committee on Labor, 01/04/06 |
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SB 1501 |
Enacts the "families in the workplace act"; provides for unpaid leave for families for the purpose of meeting with a child’s teacher or administrator, for the purpose of bereavement in connection with the death of an immediate family or household member or to provide care to an immediate family or household member; provides that such leave shall be limited to seven days per calendar year. |
To Senate Committee on Labor, 06/21/06 |
| North Carolina |
HB 2746 /
SB 2007 |
Authorizes the legislative research commission to study the feasibility of the State providing family leave for employees and state policies relating to the voluntary sick leave bank for public school employees |
To House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House, 05/29/06;
To Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate, 05/26/06 |
| Rhode Island |
HB 7804
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Amends statutes on health insurance coverage, family leave and income tax to include domestic partners. |
Effective without Governor's signature, 06/28/06 |
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HB 7806 |
Clarify that a cause of action exists against the state of Rhode Island by state employees and other parties seeking to enforce rights with respect to certain statutes, including The Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act. |
Continued, 05/09/06 |
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SB 2713 |
Amends statutes on health insurance coverage, family leave and income tax to include domestic partners. |
Effective without Governor's signature, 07/04/06 |
| Tennessee |
HB 984 /
SB 1312 |
Creates the “Tennessee Family Medical Leave Act”; prohibits an employer from refusing to allow a female employee disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions to take a reasonable period of leave; and prohibits an employer from refusing to provide reasonable accommodation or transfer for conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions, if the employee requests such accommodation or transfer upon her health care provider's advice. |
In House Committee on Consumer and Employee Affairs: 03/29/06;
To Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor & Agriculture, 04/12/06 |
| Vermont |
SB 274 |
Clarifies the family leave law. |
To Senate Committee On Economic Development, Housing And General Affairs, 1/10/06 |
| Washington |
HB 2392 |
Modifies the Family and Medical Leave Act. |
To House Committee on Rules, 02/14/06 |
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SB 6185 |
Provides that an employee is entitled to a total of twelve work weeks of leave during any twelve-month period for the birth of a child, adoption or to care for a family member. |
Signed By Governor, Chapter 59, 3/15/06 |
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West Virginia |
SB 666 |
Allows use of accumulated sick leave for family leave |
To House Committee On Judiciary, 03/08/06 |
| Wisconsin |
AB 867 |
Provides that an employee who is granted family or medical leave is ineligible to receive benefits as of the first full week affected by a leave; provides that for any week in which a leave occurs after the beginning of the week or any week in which a leave ends after the beginning of the week, an employee is treated as partially unemployed for purposes of benefit computation. |
Failed to Pass, 05/11/06 |
