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HB 200PENNSYLVANIASession 2025-2026State Billpassed chamber

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Pennsylvania Establishes Paid Family and Medical Leave Program and Grant Fund

Original title: An Act establishing family and medical leave benefits, the Paid Family and Medical Leave Account and the Paid Family and Medical Leave Grant Program; conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry; and imposing penalties.

Last action · April 1, 2026: Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, April 1, 2026Sponsors: Jenn O'Mara and 90 others

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What This Bill Would Do

Pennsylvania establishes a state-supervised Family and Medical Leave Program requiring employers to provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave for qualifying medical, family, and domestic violence reasons. The legislation sets wage replacement rates, mandates job protection and health benefits continuation, and creates a grant program to assist smaller employers.

Why it matters

Workers gain statutory rights to paid time off for serious health conditions, newborn care, or family military deployment while maintaining job security and health insurance coverage.

Background

Pennsylvania previously lacked a comprehensive state-administered paid family and medical leave program, relying primarily on federal standards such as the Family and Medical Leave Act. context

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Employees in Pennsylvania

Eligible workers gain access to paid leave benefits, job protection, and maintenance of health insurance during qualifying absences.

Directly affected

Employers doing business in Pennsylvania

Employers must administer leave claims, maintain health benefits, refrain from retaliatory actions, and provide required workplace notices.

Directly affected

Department of Labor and Industry

The department is tasked with administering the program, promulgating regulations, and handling administrative complaints and appeals.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many weeks of paid leave are available to employees?

The maximum number of weeks during which benefits are payable in an application year is 12 weeks.

What are the minimum work and earnings requirements to qualify?

An employee must have worked at least 18 weeks and earned at least $2,718 during the 12-month period prior to submitting a claim.

Will my health insurance remain active while I am on leave?

Yes, employers must maintain health care benefits for the duration of the approved leave as if the employee had continued working continuously.

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Where This Stands

Currently passed chamber. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Law.

Procedural history

17 actions

Apr 1, 2026SenateCommittee
Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, April 1, 2026
Apr 1, 2026Senate
In the Senate
Mar 25, 2026HouseFloor
Third consideration and final passage, March 25, 2026 (107-92)
Mar 25, 2026HouseCommittee
Re-reported as committed, March 25, 2026
Mar 24, 2026House
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 24, 2026
Mar 24, 2026HouseFloor
Second consideration, with amendments, March 24, 2026

Show 11 earlier actions

Mar 24, 2026House
Removed from table, March 24, 2026
Feb 19, 2026House
Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 2920, Feb. 19, 2026
Feb 18, 2026House
Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 2916, Feb. 18, 2026
Nov 17, 2025House
Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71), Nov. 17, 2025
Sep 10, 2025House
Removed from table, Sept. 10, 2025
Jul 14, 2025House
Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71), July 14, 2025
Jun 11, 2025House
Removed from table, June 11, 2025
Mar 18, 2025House
Laid on the table, March 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025HouseIntroduced
First consideration, March 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025HouseCommittee
Reported as committed, March 18, 2025
Feb 12, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Feb. 12, 2025

Version history & redline

4 versions on file

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Comparing Printer's No. 2920 → Printer's No. 3076

removed addedOfficial text

CORRECTIVE REPRINT PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 561, 2916 2916, 2920 PRINTER'S NO. 2920 3076 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 200 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY O'MARA, POWELL, TOMLINSON, MIHALEK, PROBST, FIEDLER, SANCHEZ, VENKAT, KHAN, GUENST, […] SALISBURY, TAKAC, RABB, KRAJEWSKI, BRENNAN, CARROLL, GUZMAN, MERSKI, SCOTT, MUNROE, FLEMING, YOUNG, PARKER, MATZIE, DAY, GOUGHNOUR, ABNEY, RUSNOCK, MADSEN, DAVIDSON, BURGOS, KOSIEROWSKI, N. NELSON, CONKLIN AND CONKLIN, KULIK, FEBRUARY 12, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR GILLEN AND INDUSTRY, MAZZOCCO, FEBRUARY 12, 2025 AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 24, 2026 AN ACT Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Program, the Family and Medical Leave Fund and the Family and Medical Leave Advisory Board; conferring […] Section 103. Definitions. Chapter 3. Family and Medical Leave Program Section 301. Family and Medical Leave Program. Section 302. Powers and duties of department.<--

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Lobbying Activity

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Discoveries

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policy shift98% confidence

Establishment of State-Supervised Paid Leave

The bill shifts Pennsylvania policy by introducing a state-supervised paid family and medical leave program with mandated wage replacement and job protections.

Department of Labor and Industry

Connected Entities

Department of Community and Economic Development, Department of Labor and Industry, Nancy Guenst and 10 more

OrganizationDepartment of Community and Economic Development“State agency administering the grant program”Map →

OrganizationDepartment of Labor and Industry“State agency charged with administering the leave program”Map →

PersonNancy Guenst“Cosponsor of the bill”Map →

PersonElizabeth Fiedler“Cosponsor of the bill”Map →

PersonK.C. Tomlinson“Cosponsor of the bill”Map →

PersonTarah Probst“Cosponsor of the bill”Map →

PersonJenn O'Mara“Primary sponsor of House Bill 200”Map →

PersonTarik Khan“Cosponsor of the bill”Map →

PersonJessica Benham“Cosponsor of the bill”Map →

PersonLindsay Powell“Cosponsor of the bill”Map →

PersonArvind Venkat“Cosponsor of the bill”Map →

PersonNatalie Mihalek“Cosponsor of the bill”Map →

PersonBen Sanchez“Cosponsor of the bill”Map →

Sources

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Controversy65
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Entertainment10
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