2025-2026 Regular Session • South Carolina Legislature
H3645: Paid family leave
Legislative Summary
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 8-11-150 And 8-11-155, Both Relating To Paid Parental Leave, So As To Increase The Number Of Weeks Of Paid Parental Leave In The Event Of The Birth Or Adoption Of A Child For Eligible State Employees.
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Bill History
12/12/2024
Prefiled
House of Representatives
12/12/2024
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
House of Representatives
1/14/2025
Introduced and read first time
House of Representatives
1/14/2025
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Schuessler
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Dillard, Kirby
House of Representatives
4/3/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means
House of Representatives
4/10/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Waters, B.Newton
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Scrivener's error corrected
4/22/2025
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers
House of Representatives
4/23/2025
Debate adjourned until Tues., 4-29-25
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(12/12/2024)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Democrat: 12
Republican: 8
Primary Sponsor
Beth Bernstein
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (19)
William Herbkersman
Republican
Thomas Pope
Republican
Leonidas Stavrinakis
Democrat
Nathan Ballentine
Republican
Micajah Caskey
Republican
Neal Collins
Republican
Elizabeth Wetmore
Democrat
Heather Bauer
Democrat
Todd Rutherford
Democrat
Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Democrat
Tiffany Spann-Wilder
Democrat
Weston Newton
Republican
Carla Schuessler
Republican
Chandra Dillard
Democrat
Roger Kirby
Democrat
David Weeks
Democrat
Courtney Waters
Democrat
Brandon Newton
Republican
Rosalyn Henderson-Myers
Democrat