SB 64 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0864
04/10
SENATE BILL 64
AN ACT extending unpaid leave benefits to employees for COVID-19 purposes.
SPONSORS: Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen.
Watters, Dist 4; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen.
Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Rep. McWilliams,
Merr. 27; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10; Rep. Schultz, Merr. 18; Rep. Wazir, Merr. 17
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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ANALYSIS
This bill extends the provisions of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for COVID-19
related reasons to employees of certain employers.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 SB 64 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0864
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT extending unpaid leave benefits to employees for COVID-19 purposes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Subdivision; Labor; Protective Legislation; Family and Medical Leave Benefits for
2 COVID-19. Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 66 the following new section:
3 Family and Medical Leave Benefits for COVID-19
4 275:66-a Family and Medical Leave Benefits for COVID-19. The provisions of the federal
5 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. section 28, shall be extended to all employees of
6 employers with at least 15 or more employees for any employee in quarantine, covered family
7 member in quarantine, or covered family member sent home from school or child care, for
8 coronavirus or COVID-19, or for a COVID-19 related reason, as directed by a medical provider or
9 under government direction. This section shall not apply to individual instances in which the
10 commissioner determines there to be an economic hardship.
11 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.