AL SB199

Establishes paid parental leave for eligible state employees, local education agency employees, and Alabama Community College System employees effective July 1, 2025.

Female employees receive 8 weeks of paid parental leave for birth, stillbirth, or miscarriage; male employees receive 2 weeks for the same events.

Eligible employees receive 8 weeks of paid parental leave for adoption of children age 3 or younger, with joint adoptive parents splitting leave as 8 weeks for one parent and 2 weeks for the other.

Employees must have 12 consecutive months of employment before the qualifying event and must sign a return-to-work agreement to remain employed for at least 8 weeks after leave concludes.

Parental leave is paid at 100 percent of base pay, maintains health insurance contributions, runs concurrently with Family and Medical Leave Act protections, and does not require use of accrued sick or annual leave.