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HB 493: Leave for Living Organ Donation

GENERAL BILL by Berfield ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Basabe ; Chaney ; Gentry ; Griffitts ; Harris ; Sapp ; Shoaf ; Stark ; Tant ; Valdés

Leave for Living Organ Donation; Requires state agencies to grant administrative leave, not to exceed specified number of days, to allow employee to serve as living organ donor; specifies that such leave is in addition to other leave authorized by law; requires employers to grant unpaid leave of absence to allow employee to serve as living organ donor; specifies length of such leave of absence; authorizes employers to grant paid or unpaid leave for period longer than required period of time.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/19/2025	House	• Filed
  11/24/2025	House	• Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/27/2026	House	• Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
  1/29/2026	House	• Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee • Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee(Amended)

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• HB 493, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/19/2025 at 2:24 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Government Operations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/27/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 390	Living Organ Donation	Harrell	Identical	Last Action: 1/13/2026 S Introduced

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  265541 - Amendment Remove lines 39-52 and insert:	Berfield	1/28/2026 3:09 PM	Adopted 1/29/2026	PDF

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  110.1185		Page 1 (pdf)
  381.865		Page 2 (pdf)

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