Bill Text: IA HF2235 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing volunteer leave for certain state employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - Subcommittee, Watts, Berry, and Vander Linden. H.J. 215. [HF2235 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF2235-Introduced.html
House File 2235 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HALL A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing volunteer leave for certain state employees. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5906YH (2) 86 ec/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 70A.26A Volunteer leave. 1 2 An employee of an appointing authority may be granted leave 1 3 with pay from work for not more than one hour in any work 1 4 week to participate in volunteer activities at a nonprofit 1 5 organization or school upon the approval of the employee's 1 6 appointing authority without loss of seniority, pay, vacation 1 7 time, personal days, sick leave, insurance and health coverage 1 8 benefits, or earned overtime accumulation. The appointing 1 9 authority shall compensate an employee granted leave under this 1 10 section at the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular 1 11 work hours during which the employee is absent from work. An 1 12 employee deemed to be on leave under this section shall not be 1 13 deemed to be an employee of the state for purposes of workers' 1 14 compensation. An employee deemed to be on leave under this 1 15 section shall not be deemed to be an employee of the state for 1 16 purposes of the Iowa tort claims Act, chapter 669. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 19 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 20 This bill allows an employee of an appointing authority 1 21 paid time off for not more than one hour in any work week to 1 22 volunteer at a nonprofit organization or school upon approval 1 23 of the employee's appointing authority. The employee shall not 1 24 lose any pay or benefits as a result of the paid leave and shall 1 25 not be considered a state employee for workers' compensation or 1 26 state tort claims Act purposes during the period of leave. LSB 5906YH (2) 86 ec/nh