Bill Text: IA SF480 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to state employee paid bereavement leave.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-04 - Subcommittee: Driscoll, Donahue, and Schultz. S.J. 405. [SF480 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF480-Introduced.html
Senate
File
480
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
480
BY
TRONE
GARRIOTT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
state
employee
paid
bereavement
leave.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
70A.24
Paid
bereavement
leave.
1
A
state
employee
shall
be
provided
up
to
three
days
of
paid
2
leave
following
the
death
of
a
parent,
child,
or
spouse
of
the
3
employee.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
requires
a
state
employee
to
be
provided
up
to
8
three
days
of
paid
leave
following
the
death
of
an
employee’s
9
parent,
child,
or
spouse.
Under
current
rules
of
the
10
department
of
administrative
services,
a
state
employee
may
11
use
accrued
sick
leave,
not
to
exceed
a
total
of
40
hours
per
12
fiscal
year,
when
a
death
occurs
in
the
immediate
family,
as
13
defined
by
rule
(11
IAC
63.3(11)).
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