Bill Text: IA HF2159 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning veterans eligible to take holiday time off for Veterans Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-31 - Introduced, referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 176. [HF2159 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2159-Introduced.html
House File 2159 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HUNTER, STAED, T. TAYLOR, KEARNS, THEDE, KACENA, HEDDENS, and BROWN=POWERS (COMPANION TO SF 2089 BY DANIELSON) A BILL FOR 1 An Act concerning veterans eligible to take holiday time off 2 for Veterans Day. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5723YH (3) 87 ec/rh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 91A.5A, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. An employer shall provide each employee who isaan 1 4 eligible veteran, as defined in section 35.1,with holiday 1 5 time off for Veterans Day, November 11, if the employee would 1 6 otherwise be required to work on that day, as provided in this 1 7 section. For purposes of this section, "eligible veteran" 1 8 means a veteran, as defined in section 35.1, and includes a 1 9 former member of the reserve forces of the United States or 1 10 Iowa national guard who has served at least four years in the 1 11 reserve forces or national guard and who was discharged under 1 12 honorable conditions. 1 13 EXPLANATION 1 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 16 This bill provides that a former member of the reserve forces 1 17 of the United States or the Iowa national guard who has served 1 18 at least four years and who was discharged under honorable 1 19 conditions is eligible to take holiday time off for Veterans 1 20 Day as provided in Code section 91A.5A. LSB 5723YH (3) 87 ec/rh
