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Committee approves repeal of obsolete paid‑family‑leave study provisions
Summary
The committee voted to introduce a draft bill repealing Part 3 of a 2019 statutory enactment that created a task force and required an actuarial study concerning a prospective paid family and medical leave program; drafters said the task force is no longer active and the provisions are obsolete.
Bridal Darling, counsel with the Office of Legislative Legal Services, told the committee that Part 3 of Article 13.3 of Title 8 — which created a task force and required an actuarial study for a prospective paid family and medical leave program — is now obsolete. Darling said the actuarial study was completed in 2019 and the task force issued its final report in January 2020, and that “the task force is no longer active, and there's no outstanding work to be completed. Therefore, this Part 3 is now obsolete.”
Under the committee’s charge to modify or eliminate redundant, contradictory or antiquated statutory language, Darling presented a draft that repeals the obsolete text. Committee members had no witnesses to the measure and moved to introduce the draft. Senator Rich moved to introduce LLS 205‑674; Representative Bradley seconded the motion. The committee also approved an amendment changing the safety clause to a petition clause at Vice Chair Rich’s request.
Committee members assigned sponsors to carry the bill in both chambers. Drafters told the committee the repeal is a narrow housekeeping change designed to remove obsolete requirements from statute and does not create new programmatic requirements.
