Legislature corrects typographical errors in Pregnant Workers rules, moves technical fix to third reading

May 21, 2026

Lawmakers approved Bill 29238, a technical cleanup of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act rules (correcting misspellings and labels such as FE?D/FEPD and 'complaints'→'complainants'); supporters said Department of Labor guidance was correct and the correction restores statutory clarity.

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A lawmaker (S3) moved Bill 29238 to the third reading file to correct typographical and labeling errors in the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act rules and administrative regulations. The measure fixes misspellings (for example, correcting the Fair Employment Practice Division acronym), replaces phrases such as 'complaints' with 'complainants' and updates other editorial inconsistencies that slipped into the earlier statutory language.

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