LINCOLN — A bill to guarantee permanent Nebraska state employees have paid maternity leave received first-round approval in the Legislature on Tuesday. Sen. Dunixi Guereca of Omaha proposed and prioritized Legislative Bill 878 to enshrine in state law the six-week maternity leave guarantee that the Nebraska Association of Public Employees earned in union contract negotiations.

NAPE is the state's largest union, but it doesn't cover the Nebraska State Patrol, state prison security staff and teachers who work for the Department of Correctional Services. Guereca said the state troopers approached him about the maternity leave, asking him to "show that Nebraska supports its public servants."

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