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FISCAL NOTE
Senate Bill 199
Committee: Finance and Taxation EducationSponsor: Senator Vivian Davis Figures
Analyst: John Friedenreich Date: 02/26/2025
Senate Bill 199as introduced would decrease the potential savings of certain state entities
pursuant to this bill by: (1) an estimated average of $8,600 per eligible employee that utilizes
eight weeks of paid leave in the event of a birth, miscarriage, stillbirth, or adoption of a child;
and who otherwise would have utilized unpaid leave; or (2) by an estimated average of $2,100
per eligible employee that utilizes two weeks of paid leave.
Additionally, this bill would increase the financial obligations of the various local boards of
education by: (1) an estimated average of $4,800 per eligible employee that utilizes eight weeks
of paid leave in the event of a birth, miscarriage, stillbirth, or adoption of a child who otherwise
would have utilized unpaid leave or; (2) by an estimated average of $1,200 per eligible
employee that utilizes two weeks of paid leave for the adoption of a child.
This bill would also provide that: (1) use of paid parental leave would not require the use of any
accrued personal leave, sick leave, or any other leave or paid time off and would not be used to
calculate retirement benefits; and (2) failure to comply with the return-to-work agreement would
allow an employer to recover from the employee an amount equal to the employee's hourly rate
of pay multiplied by the number of hours the employee failed to work.
Finally, this bill would increase the obligations of the State Personnel Department and the State
Board of Education to adopt rules and to administer the provisions of this bill.