Committee reports substitute for bill to create 12-week paid family medical leave program

Summary

The House Appropriations Committee voted 13–7 to report a substituted version of Senate Bill 2, companion to House Bill 1207, which would create a statewide paid family medical leave program providing 12 weeks of paid leave for qualifying medical events for employees of private employers and state and local government.

The House Appropriations Committee voted 13–7 to report a substituted version of Senate Bill 2, the committee was told, a companion to House Bill 1207 from Delegate Sewell that would establish a paid family medical leave program for the state.

The clerk told the committee the substitute would apply to employees of private employers as well as state and local government and would provide 12 weeks of annual paid leave for qualifying medical events for the employee or for a family member. The committee moved the substitute and, after a second, recorded a roll-call vote that reported the bill 13 to 7 in favor.

Committee action advances the substituted bill to the next stage of consideration. The bill was introduced to the committee as Senate Bill 2 from Senator Boisco and identified as a companion to House Bill 1207 (Delegate Sewell). No further debate or amendment was recorded in the committee transcript provided.

The committee recorded the vote in favor of reporting the substituted bill 13 to 7; the motion to report was moved by Delegate Doug Carr.