HB 338 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

HEALTH/ANATOMICAL GIFTS: Provides relative to paid leave for living organ donations (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

HB 338 provides for paid leave for employees who are living organ donors. The bill allows employees to take up to forty work hours of paid leave for an organ donation, though employers may agree to a longer period. Employers are also permitted to request verification for this leave.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Apr 3, 2025 Last action May 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB338 Original → HB338 Engrossed · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to reduce the maximum paid leave for organ donation from an unlimited amount to a cap of 40 work hours. This change aligns the leave policy with the existing limit for bone marrow donations and clarifies that any leave granted before a medical determination of ineligibility is not forfeited.

Scope change

The scope of the leave entitlement was narrowed by introducing a specific time limit on the duration of paid leave.

REQUIREMENT

The maximum duration of paid leave for bone marrow or living organ donation was changed from an employee-determined amount to a strict cap of 40 work hours.

The bill now explicitly states that paid leave granted to an employee before a medical determination of ineligibility is not forfeited.

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Committee

May 12, 2025

Committee

Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

lower

May 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (9-5) with recommendation to recommit to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors