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SB 216

AN ACT concerning labor and employment; establishing the Kansas paid sick time act; requiring earned paid sick time to be compensated at the same hourly rate and benefits as normally earned; detailing the accrual of earned paid sick time, with different limits based on the size of the employer; allowing carryover of up to 80 hours of unused paid sick time or payment for unused time at year-end; requiring employers to provide employees with written notice regarding earned paid sick time; mandating that earned paid sick time be available for various health-related and safety-related reasons; prohibiting employers from requiring employees to find replacement workers when using paid sick time; allowing employers to require reasonable documentation for earned paid sick time used for three or more consecutive days; making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act; granting employees the right to bring civil action for violations; ensuring confidentiality of health and safety information; affirming that the act does not apply to employees under a collective bargaining agreement until such agreement's expiration; affirming that the act provides minimum requirements and does not preempt greater benefits than provided by this act.

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Senate - Citing Rule 11(b), motion to withdraw from committee failed. - 03/27/2025

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (9):

Corson, Faust Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Holscher, Pettey, Schmidt, Sykes, Ware,

Nay - (30):

Alley, Argabright, Billinger, Blasi, Blew, Bowers, Bowser, Claeys, Clifford, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Klemp, Kloos, Masterson, Murphy, Owens, Peck, Petersen, Rose, Ryckman, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Tyson, Warren,

Present and Passing - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (1):

Claeys,

Not Voting - (0):