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Committee rejects bill tying paid maternity leave to employer-funded abortion travel benefits
Summary
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee declined to advance HB 1006, a bill that would have required employers who pay for abortion-related travel for employees to also provide 12 weeks paid maternity leave for eligible workers at firms with 50+ employees. Sponsors framed it as parity; opponents raised concerns about targeting employers and fiscal and operational impacts.
A Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on [date not specified] voted to not advance House Bill 1006, a proposal that would have required certain employers that fund abortion-related travel to provide 12 weeks of paid maternity leave to eligible employees.
Representative (presenting in committee) told senators the bill was designed to achieve parity: several large employers have publicly funded travel or services to enable employees to obtain abortion care across state lines, and HB 1006 would require those…
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