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Legislature corrects typographical errors in Pregnant Workers rules, moves technical fix to third reading
Summary
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.
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.
Senators debated whether the Department of Labor should be held accountable for submitting regulations with errors, but supporters said the Department’s substantive guidance and materials were correct and that the bill is a straightforward technical correction to prevent legal confusion. The author said the corrections were necessary because clerks could not implement the changes without legislative action. The motion to move the bill to the voting file carried without objection.
The measure is a housekeeping correction and does not change the underlying rights or enforcement standards in the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; its primary effect is to align statutory text and agency guidance to avoid procedural misunderstandings.
