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2		-	HOUSE BILL 915
3		-	By Sparks
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5	4		SENATE BILL 322
6	5		By Massey
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9	8		SB0322
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-
14	13		50-813, relative to state employees.
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16	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	16		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-813(a), is amended by deleting
18	17		the subsection and substituting:
19	18		(a) In addition to leave granted under §§ 8-50-801, 8-50-802, and 8-50-806, an
20	19		eligible employee must be granted absence from work with pay for a period of time equal
21	20		to six (6) workweeks because of the birth of the employee's child or the placement of a
22	21		child with the employee for adoption, or because the employee is caring for a family
23	22		member with a serious health condition, and upon the employee giving thirty-days' notice
24	23		to the appropriate appointing authority. If the eligible employee learns of the birth,
25	24		adoption, or family member’s serious health condition less than thirty (30) days in
26	25		advance, the employee shall give the notice as soon as reasonably possible. For the
27	26		purpose of calculating service anniversary dates, this absence from work is considered
28	27		full-time employment.
29	28		SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-813(d), is amended by deleting
30	29		the subsection and substituting:
31	30		(d) An eligible employee must not be granted more than six (6) workweeks of
32	31		paid leave under subsection (a) during a twelve-month period, but the workweeks do not
33	32		need to be taken consecutively. Leave granted under subsection (a) may be taken on a
34	33		reduced schedule or intermittently as provided under 29 U.S.C. § 2612 of the federal
35	34		Family and Medical Leave Act. An eligible employee may receive no more than six (6)
	35	+	workweeks of paid leave during a twelve-month period, even if there is more than one
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40		-	workweeks of paid leave during a twelve-month period, even if there is more than one
41	40		(1) qualifying birth, adoption, or family member’s serious health condition under
42	41		subsection (a). Leave granted pursuant to this section must be used within twelve (12)
43	42		months of the qualifying birth, adoption, or family member’s serious health condition.
44	43		SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-813(e), is amended by deleting
45	44		the subsection and substituting:
46	45		(e) As used in this section:
47	46		(1) "Eligible employee" means:
48	47		(A) An employee who has been employed full-time with the state
49	48		for at least twelve (12) consecutive months with an entity described in §§
50	49		8-30-102(a), 8-30-102(b)(2), 8-30-102(b)(6)-(7), and 8-30- 102(b)(10)-
51	50		(13); or
52	51		(B) An employee who has been employed full-time with the state
53	52		for at least twelve (12) consecutive months with an entity described in §
54	53		8-30-102(b)(9), except for an employee of any administrative board or
55	54		commission that is attached to an entity described in § 8-30-102(b)(1) or
56	55		§ 8-30-102(b)(3)-(5);
57	56		(2) "Family member" means:
58	57		(A) A child;
59	58		(B) A biological, adoptive, or foster parent, stepparent or legal
60	59		guardian of an employee or an employee's spouse or domestic partner, or
61	60		a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee or the
62	61		employee's spouse or domestic partner was a minor child;
63	62		(C) A person to whom the employee is legally married under the
64	63		laws of any state, or a domestic partner of an employee;
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69	68		(D) A grandparent, grandchild, or sibling (whether a biological,
70	69		foster, adoptive, or step relationship) of the employee or the employee's
71	70		spouse or domestic partner; or
72	71		(E) Another individual related by blood or whose close
73	72		association with the covered individual is the equivalent of a family
74	73		relationship; and
75	74		(3) "Serious health condition" means an illness, injury, impairment, or
76	75		physical or mental condition that involves:
77	76		(A) Inpatient care in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical
78	77		care facility; or
79	78		(B) Continuing treatment by a healthcare provider.
80	79		SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.