Bill Text: IA HF190 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to holiday time off for Veterans Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-31 - Introduced, referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 191. [HF190 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF190-Introduced.html
House
File
190
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
190
BY
KRESSIG
,
R.
SMITH
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
PRICHARD
,
WILLIAMS
,
KURTH
,
B.
MEYER
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
KURTZ
,
KACENA
,
BRECKENRIDGE
,
and
SUNDE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
holiday
time
off
for
Veterans
Day.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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190
Section
1.
Section
91A.5A,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
An
employer
shall
provide
each
employee
who
is
a
3
veteran
,
as
defined
in
section
35.1
,
with
holiday
time
off
for
4
Veterans
Day,
November
11,
if
the
employee
would
otherwise
be
5
required
to
work
on
that
day,
as
provided
in
this
section
.
6
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“veteran”
means
a
veteran,
as
7
defined
in
section
35.1,
and
additionally
includes
a
member
of
8
the
reserved
forces
of
the
United
States
or
the
Iowa
national
9
guard,
regardless
of
the
time
served,
who
continues
to
serve
or
10
who
was
discharged
under
honorable
conditions.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
relates
to
holiday
time
off
for
Veterans
Day.
15
Currently,
Code
section
91A.5A
uses
the
term
“veteran”
as
16
defined
in
Code
section
35.1,
which,
among
other
designated
17
categories
of
individuals,
includes
former
and
current
members
18
of
the
reserve
forces
of
the
United
States
and
the
Iowa
19
national
guard
who
have
served
at
least
20
years
and
who
were
20
discharged
under
honorable
conditions.
The
bill
provides
that
21
the
term
“veteran”
be
defined
as
in
Code
section
35.1,
but
22
shall
additionally
include
members
of
the
reserved
forces
of
23
the
United
States
or
the
Iowa
national
guard,
regardless
of
the
24
time
served,
who
continue
to
serve
or
who
were
discharged
under
25
honorable
conditions.
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