Sick leave; use for the care of immediate family members.
Summary
Use sick leave for the care of immediate familymembers. Requires employers with a sick leave program to allowan employee to use his sick leave for the care of an immediate familymember. The measure applies only to employers that have 25 or moreemployees and that provide paid sick leave that allows an employeeto be absent from work in the event of the employee's own incapacity,illness, or injury. The measure applies only to employees who workat least 30 hours per week, and it caps the amount of sick leavethat may be used for the care of immediate family members at fivedays per calendar year.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2021
Last action Feb 2, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jan 25, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 7, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100619D
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Liz Guzmán
DDemocratic
Co
Rod Willett
DDemocratic
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