South Carolina · 126th Session (2025-2026)
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This bill amends the South Carolina Code of Laws to expand paid family leave eligibility for state employees. It redefines ‘eligible state employee’ to include employees of higher education institutions and technical colleges, and increases the amount of paid parental leave available from six weeks to twelve weeks for the primary caregiver and four weeks for a co-parent. The bill also includes stillbirth as a qualifying event for parental leave.
This bill is expected to increase state expenditures due to the extended duration of paid parental leave and the expanded eligibility criteria, particularly for substitute teacher costs in school districts. The exact amount of the impact will vary depending on the number of employees utilizing the expanded benefits and the rates charged by local school districts for substitute teachers.
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Read second time (House Journal-page 186)
Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 197)
Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments (House Journal-page 52)
Non-concurrence in House amendment (Senate Journal-page 53)
House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Ballentine, Collins, Cobb-Hunter (House Journal-page 74)
Conference committee appointed Davis, Gambrell, Matthews (Senate Journal-page 54)
Conference report received and adopted (House Journal-page 44)
Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 47)
Conference report received and adopted (Senate Journal-page 80)
Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 80)
Ordered enrolled for ratification (Senate Journal-page 85)
Signed By Governor
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Recorded roll calls list how each member voted. Unanimous consent or voice vote appears in the official action history without a roll call; no member-level tally is available for those steps.
