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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL 193 By: Garvin of the Senate
and
Archer, Pittman, Pae, Deck,
Munson, Townley, Ranson,
Alonso-Sandoval, Hefner,
and Goodwin of the House
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITU TE
An Act relating to paid leave for state employees;
granting state employees to take maternity leave;
requiring that certain employees continue to receive
compensation during maternity leave; providi ng
protections for certain employees during m aternity
leave; allowing certain agencies to provide extended
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 sec tion of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 840 -2.20D of Title 74, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Any full-time employee of this state who has bee n employed
for at least two years prior to the r equest shall be granted a paid
maternity leave for six (6) weeks for the birth or adoption of the
employee’s child.
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B. An employee who is granted maternity leave pursuant to the
provisions of this section shall receive the employee’s annual
salary without interr uption during the maternity leave. For
purposes of determining seniority, pay or pay advancement, and
performance awards, and for the receipt of any benefit t hat may be
affected by maternity leave, the service of the employee shall be
considered uninterru pted by the maternity leave.
C. Nonappropriated state agenc ies may offer more than six (6)
weeks of maternity leave to qualified state em ployees.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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