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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 314 By: Boren
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state employees; amending Section
1, Chapter 32, 1st Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2023
(74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 84 0-2.20D), which
relates to paid maternity leave for certain state
employees; modifying references from maternity leave
to parental leave; defining term; updating statutory
reference; and providing conditional effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 32, 1st
Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2023 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 840 -
2.20D), is amended to read as follows:
Section 840-2.20D. A. Any full -time employee of this state who
has been employed by the state agency for at least two (2) years
prior to the request for leave shall be entitled to six (6) weeks of
paid maternity parental leave following the birth or adoption of the
employee’s child. For the purposes of this section, “full-time
employee of this state ” shall include individuals employed by
institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of
Higher Education.
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B. Paid maternity parental leave pursuant to this section shall
be in addition to and not in place of sick leave due to pregnancy,
as authorized by Section 840 -2.20 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
Statutes this title.
C. An employee who is granted maternity parental leave pursuant
to the provisions of this section shall receive the employee’s
annual salary without interruption during the maternity parental
leave. For purposes of determining seniority, pay or pay
advancement, and performance awards, and for the receipt of any
benefit that may be affected by maternity parental leave, the
service of the employee shall be considered uninterrupted by the
maternity parental leave.
D. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this
section.
SECTION 2. The provisions of this act shall not become
effective as law unless Enrolled Senate Bill No. 87 of the 1 st
Session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature becomes effective as law .
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