State Employees - As enacted, grants eligible state employees mandatory paid leave for fostering a minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8.

SB 938 grants eligible Tennessee state employees six workweeks of mandatory paid leave when they become foster parents of a minor child. This applies to employees with at least 12 consecutive months of full-time state service, excluding certain boards/commissions. The leave must be used within 12 months of the foster placement and cannot exceed six weeks per 12-month period, even with multiple placements. The bill amends state law to explicitly include foster parenting under existing paid leave provisions, alongside birth and adoption leave.