State Employees - As introduced, increases, from three days to three months, the amount of paid leave provided to the officers and employees of the various agencies, boards, and departments of state government in the event of the death of such officers' or employees' children or stepchildren. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50.

SB 1358 amends Tennessee law to increase paid bereavement leave for state government employees from three days to three months when a child or stepchild dies. Currently, employees receive three days of paid leave for the death of a child, but this bill extends that to three months without using accumulated leave. The bill also maintains existing three-day paid leave for the death of other family members, such as spouses, parents, or siblings. This change takes effect on July 1, 2025.