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GA HB1010
Bill
Status
Passed
4/23/2024
Primary Sponsor
Jan Jones
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AI Summary
- Increases the maximum paid parental leave for eligible state and local education employees from 120 hours to 240 hours during a rolling 12-month period, regardless of the number of qualifying life events
- Expands eligibility to include full-time employees of local education agencies, changing the terminology from "local board of education" to "local education agency" as defined in Code Section 20-2-167.1
- Qualifying life events include the birth of a child, placement of a minor child for adoption, or placement of a minor child for foster care
- Leave may be used as needed in increments of less than eight hours, but any unused leave remaining 12 months after the qualifying life event does not carry over for future use
- Requires employing entities to notify each eligible employee of paid parental leave benefits upon hiring and annually thereafter
Legislative Description
Public officers and employees; increase number of hours permitted for paid parental leave
Last Action
Effective Date 2024-07-01
4/23/2024
Committee Referrals
Children and Families2/16/2024
Public Health1/25/2024
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