1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; providing up to three hours of paid leave in any 
1.3 	12-month period for state employees to donate blood; authorizing employers to 
1.4 	provide leave to employees to donate blood; proposing coding for new law in 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 43A; 181.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [43A.187] BLOOD DONATION LEAVE.
1.8 	A state employee must be granted leave from work with 100 percent of pay, not to 
1.9 	exceed three hours in a 12-month period, to donate blood. This leave must not affect the 
1.10 	employee's vacation leave, pension, compensatory time, personal vacation days, sick 
1.11 	leave, earned overtime accumulation, or cause a loss of seniority.

1.12 	Sec. 2. [181.9458] AUTHORIZATION FOR BLOOD DONATION LEAVE.
1.13 	An employer may grant paid leave from work to an employee to allow the employee 
1.14 	to donate blood.