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KY HB699

KY HB699
AN ACT relating to paid leave for state employees.

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Introduced
02/23/2026
In Committee
03/02/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Create a new section of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 to define "child," "family medical leave," "fictive kin," "foster care placement," "kinship care placement," and "parent"; provide classified and unclassified employees family medical leave of up to 6 weeks for the birth or adoption of a child, placement of a child in foster care or kinship care, or a serious health condition that would render the employee unable to perform his or her job functions; require the employee to complete 30 days of service before he or she is eligible for family medical leave; require the leave be used within 1 year of the birth, adoption, foster or kinship care placement, or serious health condition; require any leave which involves the birth of more than 1 child during a particular pregnancy or the adoption or placement of more than 1 child with an employee to be taken concurrently and used as 1 adoption or placement; allow the employee to use the leave as a block or intermittently; allow both parents to use the leave concurrently or consecutively under certain conditions; require the employee to use family medical leave before using any other accrued leave; limit use of family medical leave to 2 times during a 60-month period; provide that once an employee leaves the position eligible for family medical leave, any unused balance shall lapse; require an employee who returns to a position in state service that provides family medical leave to complete 30 days of service before becoming eligible for the leave; prohibit an employee from converting any unused balance of family medical leave to any other type of paid leave, benefit, or compensation; require the employee to submit written verification of the birth, placement of a child, or serious health condition; amend KRS 18A.025 to conform; amend KRS 18A.110 to authorize the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the family medical leave program.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a new paid family medical leave program for state employees, defining key terms like "child," "family medical leave," "fictive kin" (a person considered family though not related by blood or marriage), "foster care placement," "kinship care placement" (temporary placement with a relative or fictive kin by court order), and "parent." Eligible full-time classified and unclassified employees can receive up to six weeks of paid leave within one year of a qualifying event, such as the birth or adoption of a child, a foster or kinship care placement, or a serious personal health condition that prevents them from working. Employees must complete 30 days of service to be eligible, and the leave must be used before any other accrued leave. The bill also specifies that multiple births or adoptions in a single event count as one instance of leave, that both parents can use the leave concurrently or consecutively if both are state employees, and that the leave can be taken as a continuous block or intermittently. Employees are limited to using this leave a maximum of two times within a 60-month period, and any unused leave will lapse if the employee leaves a position eligible for this benefit or upon separation from state service, with no option to convert it to other forms of compensation. The bill also requires written verification for leave requests and allows the Personnel Cabinet secretary to create administrative regulations for the program. The judicial and legislative branches of state government are given the option to adopt a similar policy.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

to State Government (H) (on 03/02/2026)

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