GA HB1118

Eligible full-time state government employees and local education agency employees receive 120 hours of paid maternal birth leave after six continuous months of employment.

Leave must be taken during the three-week period immediately following childbirth and must precede any paid parental leave under existing law.

Hourly employees qualify if they have worked a minimum of 700 hours over the six months preceding the leave request.

Employers are prohibited from interfering with, retaliating against, or discriminating against employees exercising maternal birth leave rights.

State Accounting Office must update human capital management software to add maternal birth leave as a new benefit category by October 1, 2026.