Old	New	Differences
1	1
2	2
3	3	Req. No. 5102 Page 1 1
4	4	2
5	5	3
6	6	4
7	7	5
8	8	6
9	9	7
10	10	8
11	11	9
12	12	10
13	13	11
14	14	12
15	15	13
16	16	14
17	17	15
18	18	16
19	19	17
20	20	18
21	21	19
22	22	20
23	23	21
24	24	22
25	25	23
26	26	24
27	27
28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
29	29
30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
31	31
32	32	HOUSE BILL 1790 By: Williams
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38	AS INTRODUCED
39	39
40	40	An Act relating to state government; establishing
41	41	volunteer administrative leave for s tate employees;
42	42	defining term; establishing eligibility requirements;
43	43	requiring agencies to provide forma l request process;
44	44	establishing that certain organizations shall be
45	45	ineligible; establishing process by whic h leave may
46	46	be taken; establishing accounta bility provisions;
47	47	establishing disciplinary procedures; establishing
48	48	criteria for denial of requests for leave; stating
49	49	that the Legislature may discontinue program;
50	50	providing for codification; and providing an
51	51	effective date.
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
57	57	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
58	58	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sectio n 840-8.2 of Title 74, unless
59	59	there is created a duplication i n numbering, reads as follows:
60	60	1. As used in this section, "volunteer administrative leave"
61	61	shall mean hours of labor state employees may donate to ward a
62	62	501(c)(3) charitable organization or public school.
63	63	2. Full-time and part-time exempt or non-exempt state employees
64	64	shall be able to donate up to twelve (12) hours of labor, pe r
65	65	calendar year, toward a 501(c)(3) charitable organization or public
66	66
67	67	Req. No. 5102 Page 2 1
68	68	2
69	69	3
70	70	4
71	71	5
72	72	6
73	73	7
74	74	8
75	75	9
76	76	10
77	77	11
78	78	12
79	79	13
80	80	14
81	81	15
82	82	16
83	83	17
84	84	18
85	85	19
86	86	20
87	87	21
88	88	22
89	89	23
90	90	24
91	91
92	92	school located within this state. The provisions of this subsection
93	93	shall not apply to seasonal and temporary em ployees.
94	94	3. Requests for volunte er administrative leave shall be subject
95	95	to the approval of an employee's department manager or agency
96	96	director. All state agencies shall make available to state
97	97	employees a form by which requests for volunteer administrat ive
98	98	leave may be submitted. All state agencies shall require employees
99	99	to submit formal requests for volunteer administrative leave at
100	100	least one (1) week prior to the requested leave date. All forms for
101	101	request of volunteer administrative leave shall inc lude a space for
102	102	the signature of a representative of the charitable orga nization
103	103	attesting to the time volunteered, and employees shall be requir ed
104	104	to return the signed form after volunteering.
105	105	4. Volunteer administrative leave may not be used for
106	106	organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color,
107	107	national origin, religion, sexual orientation, ancestry, age,
108	108	disability or any other federal, state or local protected
109	109	characteristic.
110	110	5. Volunteer administrative leave may be taken in two (2) hour
111	111	increments up to four (4) hours in a day. All time spent traveling
112	112	to and from a volunteering location shall be considered time sp ent
113	113	on volunteer administrative leave. Volunteer administrative leave
114	114	shall not be taken for volunteer time completed outside normally
115	115	scheduled work hours. Volunteer administrati ve leave shall be
116	116
117	117	Req. No. 5102 Page 3 1
118	118	2
119	119	3
120	120	4
121	121	5
122	122	6
123	123	7
124	124	8
125	125	9
126	126	10
127	127	11
128	128	12
129	129	13
130	130	14
131	131	15
132	132	16
133	133	17
134	134	18
135	135	19
136	136	20
137	137	21
138	138	22
139	139	23
140	140	24
141	141
142	142	awarded on the first day of the first p ay period of each calendar
143	143	year. New employees hired during the calendar year will be awarded
144	144	a pro-rated amount of volunteer administrative leave equal to two
145	145	(2) hours per remaining full month of the calendar year.
146	146	6. Volunteer administrative leave sha ll expire on the final day
147	147	of the final pay period of the calendar year. Unused volunteer
148	148	administrative leave will not carry over year to year and will not
149	149	be paid out upon separation of employment , voluntary or involuntary.
150	150	7. Volunteer administrative leave shall not be used to
151	151	supplement any other type of leave including paid time off.
152	152	Volunteer administrative leave shall n ot be transferable between
153	153	employees. Volunteer administrative leave sha ll not be considered
154	154	as time worked when determining over time eligibility. Employees
155	155	shall record the time as volunteer administrative leave on their
156	156	timesheets and/or electronic tim ekeeper.
157	157	8. Employees wishing to volunteer to as sist with programs which
158	158	are operated by this state must seek approval from the human
159	159	resources director to ensure Fair Labor Standards Act guidelines are
160	160	not violated.
161	161	9. Employees may not provide or use S tate of Oklahoma tools,
162	162	equipment, supplies or re sources while performing community service
163	163	unless previously approved by their manager. In some cases, this
164	164	state may already provide assistance to these organizations if the
165	165
166	166	Req. No. 5102 Page 4 1
167	167	2
168	168	3
169	169	4
170	170	5
171	171	6
172	172	7
173	173	8
174	174	9
175	175	10
176	176	11
177	177	12
178	178	13
179	179	14
180	180	15
181	181	16
182	182	17
183	183	18
184	184	19
185	185	20
186	186	21
187	187	22
188	188	23
189	189	24
190	190
191	191	organization made a separate re quest for support that was approved
192	192	by this state.
193	193	10. Employees may not accept any compensation, remuneration,
194	194	money, gifts, privileges or other valuable consideration. No state
195	195	employee may personally profit or advantage from volunteer
196	196	activities performed while on volunteer administrative leave .
197	197	Participation in volunteer activities must not influence the
198	198	employees in the perfo rmance of his or her official duties.
199	199	11. Employees found falsifying performance of volunteer
200	200	activities or abuse of the volunteer administrative leave program in
201	201	any way will be subject to revocati on of eligibility as well as
202	202	disciplinary procedures up t o and including separation of
203	203	employment.
204	204	12. Requests for volunteer administrative leave may be denied
205	205	for reasons including , but not limited to, staffing shortages or
206	206	organizations deemed ineligib le according to the criteria
207	207	established in paragraph 4 o f this section and shall not be the
208	208	basis for a grievance filed by the employee .
209	209	13. The Legislature shall reserve the right to amend or
210	210	discontinue this program at any time.
211	211	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
212	212
213	213	59-1-5102 LRB 01/03/23

Oklahoma 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1790 Compare Versions