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HB1855 • 2025

An Act requiring an employer to provide paid leave to an employee due to a climate-related emergency; establishing the Climate-related Emergency Paid Leave Fund; and imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry.

An Act requiring an employer to provide paid leave to an employee due to a climate-related emergency; establishing the Climate-related Emergency Paid Leave Fund; and imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry.

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Sponsor
WAXMAN
Last action
2025-09-10
Official status
Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Sept. 10, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-09-10 Pennsylvania General Assembly

    Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Sept. 10, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act requiring an employer to provide paid leave to an employee due to a climate-related emergency; establishing the Climate-related Emergency Paid Leave Fund; and imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry.