SC S0011

Expands the definition of "eligible state employee" for paid parental leave from employees occupying any percentage of a full-time equivalent position to any person employed by state government departments, institutions, commissions, boards, or other units who occupies a position eligible to earn annual leave

Includes employees of four-year institutions, postgraduate institutions of higher education, and technical colleges under state control who occupy positions eligible to earn annual leave

Provides six weeks of paid leave at 100% base pay or two weeks of paid leave at 100% base pay for qualifying events, with part-time employees receiving prorated benefits

Qualifying events include birth of a biological child, co-parent's birth of a child, or fostering a child in state custody under age 18

Takes effect October 1, 2025, applying to qualifying events occurring on or after that date