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Committee advances bill to align fair-employment language with family-leave provisions
Summary
The General & Housing Committee voted to approve draft 1.1 of H87 on March 11, 2026, a measure intended to align language in employment statutes with parental and family leave provisions and the Fair Employment Practices Act; sponsors said alignment will improve enforcement and avoid dependence on larger Senate labor packages.
Committee members considered H87 (referred in committee discussion as 887/887) — a bill described as aligning the Fair Employment Practices Act and related statutes with parental and family leave provisions. The sponsor told the committee the change is intended to ensure enforcement mechanisms in FEPA (the committee discussion used the term FEPA/FEIPA) align with the family‑leave language passed in the prior…
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