The Texas Senate has advanced a bill that would provide paid parental leave for state employees.
The Texas Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would grant paid parental leave to state employees.While on many hot-button issues that’s not the case, on Wednesday afternoon the Senate unanimously passed SB 222, a bill that would grant paid parental leave to state employees. It’s also a measure some Republicans have said is necessary after the state banned nearly all abortions.
“The passage of this legislation will highlight the necessity of paid leave for new mothers, and encourage employers to follow suit,” Nichols said. But Nichols’ legislation would grant newborn parents six weeks of paid parental leave. The measure also applies to adoptive parents.. Republican and Democratic senators even supported the original version of the bill, which granted four weeks of paid parental leave.
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