SB 224

Under current law, state legislators and state employees are generally entitled

to receive paid sick leave as part of their compensation. If a state legislator or

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 legislator leaves office or a state employee terminates

employment and meets certain conditions related to age or years of employment, his

or her 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 legislator may accrue any new sick leave as a

state legislator 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 legislator during a term of office

that began before the bill's effective date.