1. (1) Each agency shall establish and administer a leave bank program.

2. (2) Each agency shall ensure that the agency's leave bank program established in accordance with this section:

   1. (a) allows an employee to voluntarily donate the employee's paid time off to a centralized leave bank administered by the agency; and
   2. (b) directs the agency to distribute leave from the leave bank to an employee who satisfies the agency's eligibility criteria.
3. (3) An employee may not donate sick leave to a leave bank established in accordance with this section.
4. (4) The division shall create a model leave bank program policy that complies with this section and make a copy of the model policy available to other agencies.
5. (5) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the division may make rules governing leave bank programs described in this section.

Enacted by Chapter 357, 2026 General Session