The business reality of paid family and medical leave
May 9, 2025
Here we are, friends – 10 days out from the required adjournment of the 2025 legislative session, and quite a number of big-ticket items are still on the table for consideration as they wrap up this budget year. Of course, there's always speculation, which is a hot topic at the Capitol right now: whether or not they can finish on time. They do need to produce a budget, and if they don't by the required adjournment date of May 19, it means they'll have to come back in a special session, which only the governor can call, but only the Legislature can adjourn. They'll need to negotiate a deal on what a special session will look like. But we're not there yet. What we want to do is keep pressing forward with the time we have left – just a short 10 days – and they will work through the weekend to complete whatever they can. Leadership has been meeting, the two bodies have been meeting, and progress, I believe, is being made. But there are a few things, as I mentioned, that we want to get done.