Bill Text: IA SSB1040 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to government employee paid leave.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-23 - Subcommittee: Driscoll, Dotzler, and Schultz. [SSB1040 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SSB1040-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1040
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
GOVERNOR
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
government
employee
paid
leave.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
70A.1,
subsection
7,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
7.
a.
State
During
the
first
four
years
of
employment,
3
state
employees,
excluding
state
board
of
regents’
faculty
4
members
with
nine-month
appointments,
and
employees
covered
5
under
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
negotiated
with
the
6
public
safety
bargaining
unit
who
are
eligible
for
accrued
7
vacation
benefits
and
accrued
sick
leave
benefits,
who
have
8
accumulated
ten
days
of
sick
leave,
and
who
do
not
use
sick
9
leave
during
a
full
month
of
employment,
may
elect
to
have
up
10
to
one-half
day
of
additional
vacation
added
to
the
employee’s
11
accrued
vacation
account.
12
b.
After
the
fourth
year
of
employment,
state
employees,
13
excluding
state
board
of
regents’
faculty
members
with
14
nine-month
appointments,
and
employees
covered
under
a
15
collective
bargaining
agreement
negotiated
with
the
public
16
safety
bargaining
unit
who
are
eligible
for
accrued
vacation
17
benefits
and
accrued
sick
leave
benefits,
who
have
accumulated
18
thirty
days
of
sick
leave,
and
who
do
not
use
sick
leave
during
19
a
full
month
of
employment
,
may
elect
to
have
up
to
one-half
20
day
of
additional
vacation
added
to
the
employee’s
accrued
21
vacation
account.
22
c.
The
additional
vacation
time
added
to
an
employee’s
23
accrued
vacation
account
for
not
using
sick
leave
during
a
24
month
is
in
lieu
of
the
accrual
of
sick
leave
for
that
month.
25
The
amount
of
additional
vacation
for
part-time
employees
shall
26
be
prorated
to
the
amount
of
additional
vacation
authorized
27
for
full-time
employees.
The
director
of
the
department
of
28
administrative
services
may
adopt
the
necessary
rules
and
29
procedures
for
the
implementation
of
this
program
for
all
state
30
employees
except
employees
of
the
state
board
of
regents.
31
The
state
board
of
regents
may
adopt
necessary
rules
for
the
32
implementation
of
this
program
for
its
employees.
33
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
70A.24
Paid
parental
leave.
34
1.
A
state
employee
entitled
to
leave
under
the
federal
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Family
and
Medical
Leave
Act
of
1993
shall
be
provided
paid
1
leave
for
such
time
as
specified
in
this
section
for
the
birth
2
of
a
child
or
placement
of
a
child
for
adoption
with
the
3
employee
if
the
leave
is
taken
within
twelve
months
following
4
any
such
birth
or
adoption.
5
2.
a.
For
the
birth
of
a
child,
a
state
employee
parent
who
6
gave
birth
shall
be
entitled
to
up
to
four
weeks
of
paid
leave
7
and
a
state
employee
parent
who
did
not
give
birth
shall
be
8
entitled
to
up
to
one
week
of
paid
leave.
9
b.
For
the
placement
of
a
child
for
adoption,
a
state
10
employee
parent
shall
be
entitled
to
up
to
four
weeks
of
paid
11
leave.
12
3.
The
department
of
administrative
services
shall
adopt
13
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
section.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
Under
current
law,
certain
state
employees
and
employees
18
covered
under
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
negotiated
19
with
the
public
safety
bargaining
unit,
who
have
accumulated
20
30
days
of
sick
leave,
and
who
do
not
use
sick
leave
during
a
21
full
month
of
employment,
may
elect
to
have
up
to
one-half
day
22
of
additional
vacation
added
to
the
employee’s
accrued
vacation
23
account
in
lieu
of
the
accrual
of
sick
leave
for
that
month.
24
This
bill
applies
this
provision
beginning
after
the
fourth
25
year
of
employment,
and
provides
that
for
the
first
four
years
26
of
employment,
the
employee
may
make
the
election
after
having
27
accumulated
10
days
of
sick
leave.
28
The
bill
also
requires
a
state
employee
entitled
to
leave
29
under
the
federal
Family
and
Medical
Leave
Act
of
1993
to
be
30
provided
paid
leave
for
the
birth
or
adoption
of
a
child
if
the
31
leave
is
taken
within
12
months
following
any
such
birth
or
32
adoption.
The
bill
provides
that
a
state
employee
parent
who
33
gives
birth
or
adopts
a
child
is
entitled
to
up
to
four
weeks
34
of
paid
leave.
A
state
employee
parent
who
did
not
give
birth
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