SESSION WATCH
Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 390

Living Organ Donation
Send via email
SPONSOR
Harrell
FILED BY
Gayle Harrell — District 31, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Commerce and Tourism

Filed under Healthcare.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Living Organ Donation; Defining the term “living organ donor”; requiring state agencies to grant administrative leave, not to exceed a specified number of days, to allow an employee to serve as a living organ donor; requiring employers to grant an unpaid leave of absence to allow an employee to serve as a living organ donor under certain circumstances, etc.

Full bill text →

Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Requires employers to grant leave for employees donating organs.

Private employers and local governments must grant an employee unpaid leave to serve as a living organ donor, capped at 30 working days or the time requested, whichever is less, if the employee asks in writing.

State agencies must go further: they must grant their own employees paid administrative leave, up to 30 working days, to serve as a living organ donor, on top of whatever other leave already applies.

Employers of any size are covered, including a sole proprietor with a single employee, and nothing stops an employer from voluntarily granting paid or unpaid leave beyond the 30-day floor.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Requires private and local-government employers to grant unpaid donor leave majors. 381.865

AIAn employer, including a private business or a local government, must grant an employee an unpaid leave of absence to serve as a living organ donor once the employee submits a written request.

“an employer shall grant an employee an unpaid leave of absence to allow the employee to serve as a living organ donor” bill text, line 44 →
§ 2 Requires state agencies to grant paid organ-donor leave majors. 110.1185

AIEvery state agency must grant an employee paid administrative leave, capped at 30 working days, to serve as a living organ donor, regardless of any written-request process.

“state agency shall grant administrative leave, with pay, not to exceed 30 working days, to allow an employee to serve as a living organ donor” bill text, line 26 →
§ 3 Stacks the new leave on top of existing leave types moderates. 110.1185

AIThe paid administrative leave for state employees does not replace or reduce any medical, personal, or other leave the employee already qualifies for under other law.

“is in addition to any medical, personal, or other leave otherwise authorized by law” bill text, line 29 →
§ 4 Caps private-sector leave at 30 days or the time requested moderates. 381.865

AIThe unpaid leave a private or local-government employer must grant is limited to whichever is shorter: the amount of time the employee actually requested, or 30 working days.

“The length of the leave of absence must be equal to the time requested by the employee or 30 working days, whichever is less” bill text, line 48 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Commerce and Tourism
1/13/2026
Introduced
11/17/2025
Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Governmental Oversight and...
11/4/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 110.1185
+88 / −0
s. 381.865
+169 / −0