ColoradoChange Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Prog
What it does
With regard to the family and medical leave insurance program (program), the act extends the duration of paid family and medical leave, up to an additional 12 weeks, for a parent who has a child receiving inpatient care in a neonatal intensive care unit.
More detail
The act also changes the premiums financing the program benefits by extending the current premium amount, 0.9% of wages per employee, through 2025 and setting the premium amount for the 2026 calendar year at 0.88% of wages per employee. For each subsequent calendar year, the director of the division of family and medical leave insurance (director) is required set the premium on or before September 1 of the preceding year, in a manner such that:
At the end of the year, the balance of the family and medical leave insurance fund (fund) is not less than 6 months' worth of projected expenditures from the fund required for performance of the functions and duties of the director; The volatility of the premium rate is minimized; and The premium amount does not exceed 1.2% of wages per employee.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- May 30Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 2Signed by the Speaker of the House
- May 2Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 1Signed by the President of the Senate
- Apr 28Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 25House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Apr 24House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Apr 16House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Mar 19Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 19Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & LaborMinor
- Mar 18Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, FloorMinor
- Mar 14Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Feb 25Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 5Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & TechnologyIntroduced