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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 193 By: Garvin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to paid leave for state employees;
allowing state employees to take a leave of absence
under certain circumstances; requi ring that certain
employees continue to receive compensation during
certain leaves of absence; providing protections for
certain employees during a leave of absence;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 840-2.20D of Title 74, unless
there is created a dupl ication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Any full-time employee of this state who has been employed
for at least two years prior to the request shall be granted a leave
of absence, subject to approval of the scheduling of such leave by
the employee’s appointing authority, with medical necessity being
the primary determinant for such approval, for six (6) weeks for the
birth or adoption of a child.
B. An employee who is granted a leave of absence pursuant t o
the provisions of this section shall receive t he base state pay
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without interruption during the l eave of absence. For purposes of
determining seniority, pay or pay adva ncement, and performance
awards, and for the receipt of any benefit that may be affect ed by a
leave of absence, the service of the em ployee shall be considered
uninterrupted by the lea ve of absence.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Nove mber 1, 2023.
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