State government employees; stillborn; bereavement pay; effective date.

HB 3964 expands bereavement leave eligibility for Oklahoma state employees by adding "stillborn" to the definition of "relative" under the state leave sharing program. This change directly affects state employees with one year of continuous service who experience the loss of a stillborn child, allowing them to use donated leave for this purpose. The bill modifies existing provisions to include stillborns under "relative" for bereavement leave, alongside other family members, and creates a Leave of Last Resort Bank funded by retiring employees' unused leave. The policy change ensures state employees can access shared leave support for stillbirth-related bereavement without needing to exhaust all other leave options first.