Education employees; maternity leave; adoption; purpose; effective date; emergency.

The effective date of the act was moved from November 1, 2026, to July 1, 2026, allowing eligible employees to start using paid maternity leave sooner.

A new Section 3 was added declaring an emergency, which allows the legislation to take effect immediately upon passage rather than waiting for the standard effective date.

The original Section 2 containing the November 1, 2026 effective date was deleted and replaced by the new effective date section.

The document header was updated to reflect the 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) and changed the title from 'Engrossed' to 'Committee Substitute', indicating the bill has been amended by the House Committee.

Page header footers were updated from 'ENGR. H. B. NO. 3467' to 'Req. No. 16877' to reflect the new committee substitute status.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to spacing and line breaks within the text of the bill, but no substantive policy language was altered.

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2026 in the Senate version to November 1, 2026 in the House version.

A new requirement was added mandating that the Legislature appropriate adequate funding annually to a revolving fund for paid maternity leave, with a fallback provision for the State Board of Education to allocate funds if the Legislature fails to do so.

New authority was granted to the State Board of Education, State Board of Career and Technology Education, Commission for Rehabilitation Services, State Board of Corrections, and Board of Juvenile Affairs to promulgate rules to implement the bill's provisions.

The Senate amendment modified the bill's title to emphasize adoption leave and removed a specific section regarding adoption leave, while the House version retained the original scope and added funding provisions.

The bill title was updated to reflect the inclusion of adoption leave and an emergency declaration.

New House coauthors (Archer, Pogemiller, Waldron, and Deck) were added to the bill.

Original procedural text regarding the bill's passage dates and signatures was replaced with standard engrossed amendment formatting.

The effective date was changed from the original text to July 1, 2026, and a formal emergency declaration was added.

Added an emergency clause (Section 3) declaring the act necessary for public peace, health, or safety, allowing it to take effect immediately upon passage and approval rather than a future date.

Changed the effective date from November 1, 2026 (in the introduced version) to July 1, 2026 (in the enrolled version).

Removed the requirement that the Legislature must appropriate specific funding to the Public School Paid Maternity Leave Revolving Fund; the enrolled version states that if specific funding is not appropriated, the State Board of Education must allocate existing funds to fully fund the leave.

Added a provision authorizing various state boards (Education, Career and Technology, Rehabilitation, Corrections, and Juvenile Affairs) to promulgate rules to implement the section's provisions.