UT HB0329

Increases paid postpartum recovery leave for state employees from three weeks to six weeks, effective July 1, 2026

Creates new six-week paid adoption leave for state employees who adopt a child under six years old, running consecutive to the existing three-week parental leave for adopting children under 18

Establishes a separate four-week paid foster leave category for state employees, replacing the previous inclusion of foster care under parental leave; foster leave may be used intermittently and ends when the child leaves foster care

Allows two state employees who jointly adopt or foster the same child to share a single leave period rather than each receiving separate entitlements

Extends similar leave provisions to LEA (school district) employees and amends the Breastfeeding Protection Act to explicitly include breast pump use in any place of public accommodation