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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 193 By: Garvin of the Senate
and
Archer, Pittman, Pae, Deck,
and Munson of the House
[ paid leave for state emplo yees - maternity leave -
compensation and protections – codification -
effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF TH E STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sec tion 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 paid
maternity leave, for six (6) weeks for the birth or adoption of the
employee’s child.
B. An employee who is gr anted maternity leave pursuant to the
provisions of this section shall receive t heir annual salary without
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interruption during the maternity leave. For purposes of
determining seniority, pay or pay adva ncement, and performance
awards, and for the rece ipt of any benefit that may be affect ed by
maternity leave, the service of the em ployee shall be considered
uninterrupted by the maternity leave.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Nove mber 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
04/13/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.