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Senate approves expansion of paid leave for state employees, adds guardianship eligibility
Summary
First Substitute SB 100, as amended, expands three weeks of paid leave to adoptive or non-birthing parents and legal guardians and passed third reading 24–0–5; sponsors cited recruitment and retention concerns and a roughly $1.7M fiscal note.
The Utah Senate approved First Substitute Senate Bill 100, as amended, extending paid leave benefits for state employees beyond the maternity leave provided last year.
Senator Weiler, presenting the bill, said the change is intended to help the state retain employees in a competitive labor market by modernizing benefits. "If we want to keep our best employees and not have them…
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