AB 653

Currently, individuals employed by the state, including state senators and

representatives to the assembly, are generally entitled to receive paid sick leave as

part of their compensation. If a state employee does not use all of his or her sick leave

during a calendar year, he or she may accumulate unused sick leave from year to year

in a sick leave account. Generally, if a state employee terminates employment and

meets certain conditions related to age or years of employment, the employee's

accumulated unused sick leave may be converted, at his or her highest basic pay rate,

to credits for the payment of postretirement health insurance premiums under a

health insurance plan administered by the Group Insurance Board.

This bill provides that no state senator or representative to the assembly may

accrue any new sick leave as a state senator or representative to the assembly during

any term of office that begins after the bill's effective date. The bill does not affect

any sick leave accrued by a state senator or representative to the assembly during

a term of office that began before the bill's effective date.