This bill modifies provisions related to state employee benefits.
This bill:
- beginning on a specified date, provides that each agency shall provide the agency's employees paid time off in lieu of annual leave and sick leave;
- directs the Division of Finance to convert each employee's accrued annual leave hours to paid time off hours at a one-to-one ratio;
- grants the Division of Human Resources authority to make rules governing the accrual and use of paid time off;
- increases the amount of available postpartum recovery leave for eligible employees;
- makes State Board of Education employees eligible for parental leave and postpartum recovery leave;
- modifies the 401(k) match available to specified eligible employees by changing the match rate and increasing the maximum employer contribution; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 49-12-701, 49-22-102, 63A-17-501, 63A-17-503, 63A-17-504, 63A-17-511, 63A-17-805, 67-22-2