SB 220: Paid Parental Leave

GENERAL BILL by Smith; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Arrington

Paid Parental Leave; Defining the term “paid parental leave”; requiring the state to provide paid parental leave to certain employees for a specified period of time; prohibiting the state from requiring that an employee use his or her annual or sick leave for paid parental leave; providing that the employee is entitled to accumulate specified benefits during such leave, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 10/17/2025 08:25 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 825 by Harris, Driskell Paid Parental Leave Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee	Identical

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  110.221

  Parental or family medical leave.

  Page 1 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  10/17/2025	S	• Filed
  11/3/2025	S	• Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability