Eligibility for paid blood donation leave to include employees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities expanded.

Labor

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Hicks
Last action: 2026-03-23
Official status: Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy
Effective date: Not listed

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Bill History

2026-03-23 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Eligibility for paid blood donation leave to include employees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities expanded.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to labor; expanding eligibility for paid blood donation leave to include

employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; amending Minnesota

Statutes 2024, section 43A.187.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.187, is amended to read:

43A.187 BLOOD DONATION LEAVE.

A state employee must be granted leave from work with 100 percent of pay to donate

blood at a location away from the place of work. The total amount of leave used under this

section may not exceed three hours in a 12-month period, and must be determined by the

employee. A state employee seeking leave from work under this section must provide 14

days' notice to the appointing authority. This leave must not affect the employee's vacation

leave, pension, compensatory time, personal vacation days, sick leave, earned overtime

accumulation, or cause a loss of seniority.
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For the purposes of this section, "state employee"

does not include an employee of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
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