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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3196
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE RUSH.
6298H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 285, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to paid leave for
parents to attend certain school activities, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 285, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 285.690, to read as follows:
285.690. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:
2 (1) "Child", a biological child, adopted child, foster child, or a child for whom
3 the employee stands in loco par entis, who is enro lled in a licensed daycar e, early
4 childhood pro gram, public school, or nonpublic school;
5 (2) "Employer", any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business,
6 or other entity employing ten or mor e employees within the state;
7 (3) "School-related activity", any conferen ce, meeting, appointment,
8 disciplinary pro ceeding, academic support session, or event initiated by a child’ s
9 school, daycar e, or licensed childcare provi der for the purpose of discussing the child’ s
10 education, development, behavior , or well-being.
11 2. Each employer shall pro vide to every employee a minimum of two hours of
12 paid leave per calendar month, to be used exclusively for school-rel ated activities
13 concerning the employee’ s child. Paid leave under this section:
14 (1) Shall be paid at the employee’ s regul ar rate of pay;
15 (2) Shall not be counted against sick leave, vacation leave, or any other accrued
16 leave;
17 (3) May be taken in incr ements as small as thirty minutes;
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 (4) Shall not be carried over to subsequent months.
19 3. Employees shall pr ovide the employer with reas onable advance notice of the
20 need to use leave under this section, unless the activity could not reas onably have been
21 anticipated. Employers may r equest written verification fr om the school or childcar e
22 pr ovider indicating that the employee attended a school-relat ed activity on the date and
23 time claimed.
24 4. An employer shall not:
25 (1) Interfer e with, res train, or deny the exer cise of rights pr ovided under this
26 section; or
27 (2) Discharge, discipline, or otherwise ret aliate against an employee for using or
28 attempting to use leave under this section.
29 5. The department of labor and industrial rela tions shall administer and enforce
30 this section. An employer who willfully violates this section may be subject to an
31 administrative penalty of not mor e than five hundr ed dollars for each violation.
32 6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish any right, privilege, or
33 benefit prov ided to an employee under any collective bargaining agreement, employer
34 policy , or other state or federal law .
35 7. The dir ector of the department of labor and industrial rel ations may
36 pr omulgate all necessary rules and reg ulations for the administration of this section.
37 Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is creat ed
38 under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies
39 with and is subject to all of the pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section
40 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested
41 with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to rev iew , to delay the effective date,
42 or to disappr ove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant
43 of rulemaking authority and any rule pr oposed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall
44 be invalid and void.
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