Bill Text: IA HF2404 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to collective bargaining, health insurance for a surviving spouse and children of certain employees of the department of corrections, assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations, and certain operational and employment matters involving the department of corrections, and providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-16 - Sponsor added, Thorup. H.J. 281. [HF2404 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2404-Introduced.html
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BY
PRICHARD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
collective
bargaining,
health
insurance
for
1
a
surviving
spouse
and
children
of
certain
employees
of
the
2
department
of
corrections,
assaults
on
persons
engaged
in
3
certain
occupations,
and
certain
operational
and
employment
4
matters
involving
the
department
of
corrections,
and
5
providing
penalties.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING
2
Section
1.
Section
20.1,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
3
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
a.
Determining
appropriate
bargaining
units
,
amending
5
the
composition
of
previously
determined
bargaining
units
6
represented
by
a
certified
employee
organization,
reconsidering
7
and
altering
the
composition
of
previously
determined
8
bargaining
units
which
are
not
represented
by
a
certified
9
employee
organization,
and
conducting
representation
elections.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
20.3,
subsection
11,
Code
2022,
is
amended
11
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
12
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
g.
An
employee
of
the
Iowa
department
of
13
corrections
who
is
responsible
for
the
custody
and
supervision
14
of
inmates
through
ongoing
direct
inmate
contact,
to
enforce
15
and
maintain
discipline,
safety,
and
security
within
a
16
correctional
facility.
17
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
h.
A
jailer
or
detention
officer
who
18
performs
duties
as
a
jailer,
including
but
not
limited
to
the
19
transportation
of
inmates,
who
is
certified
as
having
completed
20
jailer
training
pursuant
to
chapter
80B,
and
who
is
employed
21
by
a
county
as
a
jailer.
22
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
i.
An
emergency
dispatcher
for
a
county
23
sheriff.
24
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
j.
A
probation
or
parole
officer
employed
by
25
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections.
26
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
k.
A
residential
officer
employed
by
27
the
department
of
corrections
working
at
a
community-based
28
corrections
residential
facility.
29
Sec.
3.
Section
20.13,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
30
follows:
31
20.13
Bargaining
unit
determination
,
amendment,
and
32
reconsideration
.
33
1.
Board
The
board’s
determination
of
an
appropriate
34
bargaining
unit
shall
be
upon
petition
filed
by
a
public
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employer,
public
employee,
or
employee
organization.
Except
1
as
provided
in
subsection
4,
the
board’s
amendment
of
the
2
composition
of
a
represented
bargaining
unit
shall
be
upon
3
petition
filed
by
the
employer
or
certified
representative
4
of
the
bargaining
unit.
The
board’s
reconsideration
of
the
5
composition
of
a
previously
determined
bargaining
unit
which
is
6
not
represented
by
a
certified
representative
shall
be
upon
the
7
combined
petition
of
an
employee
organization
which
also
seeks
8
a
representation
election
pursuant
to
section
20.14,
subsection
9
2.
10
2.
Within
thirty
days
of
receipt
of
a
petition,
the
board
11
shall
conduct
a
public
hearing,
receive
written
or
oral
12
testimony,
and
promptly
thereafter
file
an
order
defining
13
the
appropriate
bargaining
unit
,
amending
or
refusing
to
14
amend
the
composition
of
a
represented
bargaining
unit
or
15
reconsidering
and
altering
or
refusing
to
alter
the
composition
16
of
an
unrepresented
bargaining
unit
.
In
defining
the
unit,
17
or
determining
whether
a
unit
should
be
amended
or
altered
18
in
response
to
a
petition
for
amendment
or
reconsideration,
19
the
board
shall
take
into
consideration,
along
with
other
20
relevant
factors,
the
principles
of
efficient
administration
21
of
government,
the
existence
of
a
community
of
interest
among
22
public
employees,
the
history
and
extent
of
public
employee
23
organization,
geographical
location,
and
the
recommendations
24
of
the
parties
involved.
25
3.
Appeals
from
such
order
shall
be
governed
by
the
26
provisions
of
chapter
17A
.
27
4.
3.
Professional
and
nonprofessional
employees
shall
not
28
be
included
in
the
same
bargaining
unit
unless
a
majority
of
29
both
agree.
30
4.
Notwithstanding
the
provisions
of
subsection
1,
a
31
petition
to
amend
the
composition
of
a
represented
bargaining
32
unit
by
the
removal
of
public
safety
employees
may
be
filed
33
by
a
public
safety
employee
who
is
a
member
of
the
bargaining
34
unit.
If
the
petition
is
accompanied
by
evidence
satisfactory
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to
the
board
that
the
public
safety
employees
in
the
bargaining
1
unit
do
not
constitute
at
least
thirty
percent
of
the
employees
2
in
the
unit
and
that
a
majority
of
the
public
safety
employees
3
in
the
unit
support
the
petition,
the
board
shall
conduct
4
a
hearing
within
thirty
days
of
its
finding
such
evidence
5
satisfactory
and
shall
promptly
thereafter
issue
an
order
6
granting
or
denying
the
requested
amendment.
If
the
board
7
amends
the
composition
of
the
bargaining
unit
by
removing
8
public
safety
employees,
those
employees
may
immediately
be
the
9
subject
of
a
separate
bargaining
unit
determination
petition
10
filed
in
accordance
with
subsection
1.
11
5.
Appeals
from
such
orders
shall
be
governed
by
the
12
provisions
of
chapter
17A.
13
Sec.
4.
Section
20.15,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
striking
the
14
section
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
following:
15
20.15
Elections.
16
1.
Upon
the
filing
of
a
petition
for
certification
of
an
17
employee
organization,
the
board
shall
submit
a
question
to
18
the
public
employees
at
an
election
in
the
bargaining
unit
19
found
appropriate
by
the
board.
The
question
on
the
ballot
20
shall
permit
the
public
employees
to
vote
for
no
bargaining
21
representation
or
for
any
employee
organization
which
has
22
petitioned
for
certification
or
which
has
presented
proof
23
satisfactory
to
the
board
of
support
of
ten
percent
or
more
of
24
the
public
employees
in
the
appropriate
unit.
25
2.
If
a
majority
of
the
votes
cast
on
the
question
is
26
for
no
bargaining
representation,
the
public
employees
in
27
the
bargaining
unit
found
appropriate
by
the
board
shall
not
28
be
represented
by
an
employee
organization.
If
a
majority
29
of
the
votes
cast
on
the
question
is
for
a
listed
employee
30
organization,
then
that
employee
organization
shall
represent
31
the
public
employees
in
the
bargaining
unit
found
appropriate
32
by
the
board.
33
3.
If
none
of
the
choices
on
the
ballot
receives
the
vote
34
of
a
majority
of
the
public
employees
voting,
the
board
shall
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conduct
a
runoff
election
among
the
two
choices
receiving
the
1
greatest
number
of
votes.
2
4.
Upon
written
objections
filed
by
any
party
to
the
3
election
within
ten
days
after
notice
of
the
results
of
4
the
election,
if
the
board
finds
that
misconduct
or
other
5
circumstances
prevented
the
public
employees
eligible
to
6
vote
from
freely
expressing
their
preferences,
the
board
may
7
invalidate
the
election
and
hold
a
second
election
for
the
8
public
employees.
9
5.
Upon
completion
of
a
valid
election
in
which
the
majority
10
choice
of
the
employees
voting
is
determined,
the
board
shall
11
certify
the
results
of
the
election
and
shall
give
reasonable
12
notice
of
the
order
to
all
employee
organizations
listed
on
the
13
ballot,
the
public
employers,
and
the
public
employees
in
the
14
appropriate
bargaining
unit.
15
6.
a.
A
petition
for
certification
as
exclusive
bargaining
16
representative
of
a
bargaining
unit
shall
not
be
considered
17
by
the
board
for
a
period
of
one
year
from
the
date
of
the
18
noncertification
of
an
employee
organization
as
the
exclusive
19
bargaining
representative
of
that
bargaining
unit
following
a
20
certification
election.
A
petition
for
certification
as
the
21
exclusive
bargaining
representative
of
a
bargaining
unit
shall
22
also
not
be
considered
by
the
board
if
the
bargaining
unit
is
23
at
that
time
represented
by
a
certified
exclusive
bargaining
24
representative.
25
b.
A
petition
for
the
decertification
of
the
exclusive
26
bargaining
representative
of
a
bargaining
unit
shall
not
be
27
considered
by
the
board
for
a
period
of
one
year
from
the
date
28
of
its
certification,
or
within
one
year
of
its
continued
29
certification
following
a
decertification
election,
or
during
30
the
duration
of
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
which,
for
31
purposes
of
this
section,
shall
be
deemed
not
to
exceed
two
32
years.
However,
if
a
petition
for
decertification
is
filed
33
during
the
duration
of
a
collective
bargaining
agreement,
the
34
board
shall
award
an
election
under
this
section
not
more
than
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one
hundred
eighty
days
and
not
less
than
one
hundred
fifty
1
days
prior
to
the
expiration
of
the
collective
bargaining
2
agreement.
If
an
employee
organization
is
decertified,
the
3
board
may
receive
petitions
under
section
20.14,
provided
that
4
no
such
petition
and
no
election
conducted
pursuant
to
such
5
petition
within
one
year
from
decertification
shall
include
as
6
a
party
the
decertified
employee
organization.
7
7.
A
collective
bargaining
agreement
with
the
state,
its
8
boards,
commissions,
departments,
and
agencies
shall
be
for
two
9
years.
The
provisions
of
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
or
10
arbitrator’s
award
affecting
state
employees
shall
not
provide
11
for
renegotiations
which
would
require
the
refinancing
of
12
salary
and
fringe
benefits
for
the
second
year
of
the
term
of
13
the
agreement,
except
as
provided
in
section
20.17,
subsection
14
6.
The
effective
date
of
any
such
agreement
shall
be
July
1
of
15
odd-numbered
years,
provided
that
if
an
exclusive
bargaining
16
representative
is
certified
on
a
date
which
will
prevent
the
17
negotiation
of
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
prior
to
18
July
1
of
odd-numbered
years
for
a
period
of
two
years,
the
19
certified
collective
bargaining
representative
may
negotiate
20
a
one-year
contract
with
the
public
employer
which
shall
be
21
effective
from
July
1
of
the
even-numbered
year
to
July
1
22
of
the
succeeding
odd-numbered
year
when
new
contracts
shall
23
become
effective.
24
Sec.
5.
Section
22.7,
subsections
69
and
70,
Code
2022,
are
25
amended
to
read
as
follows:
26
69.
The
evidence
of
public
employee
support
for
27
the
certification
,
retention
and
recertification,
or
28
decertification
of
an
employee
organization
as
defined
in
29
section
20.3
that
is
submitted
to
the
public
employment
30
relations
board
as
provided
in
section
20.14
or
20.15
.
31
70.
Information
indicating
whether
a
public
employee
32
voted
in
a
certification
,
retention
and
recertification,
or
33
decertification
election
held
pursuant
to
section
20.15
or
34
how
the
employee
voted
on
any
question
on
a
ballot
in
such
an
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election.
1
Sec.
6.
Section
602.1401,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
2
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3
b.
For
purposes
of
chapter
20
,
the
certified
representative,
4
which
on
July
1,
1983,
represents
employees
who
become
judicial
5
branch
employees
as
a
result
of
1983
Iowa
Acts,
ch.
186
,
shall
6
remain
the
certified
representative
when
the
employees
become
7
judicial
branch
employees
and
thereafter,
unless
the
public
8
employee
organization
is
not
retained
and
recertified
or
is
9
decertified
in
an
election
held
under
section
20.15
or
amended
10
or
absorbed
into
another
certified
organization
pursuant
to
11
chapter
20
.
Collective
bargaining
negotiations
shall
be
12
conducted
on
a
statewide
basis
and
the
certified
employee
13
organizations
which
engage
in
bargaining
shall
negotiate
on
a
14
statewide
basis,
although
bargaining
units
shall
be
organized
15
by
judicial
district.
The
public
employment
relations
board
16
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
17
subsection
.
18
Sec.
7.
Section
905.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2022,
is
amended
19
to
read
as
follows:
20
2.
Employ
a
director
having
the
qualifications
required
by
21
section
905.6
to
head
the
district
department’s
community-based
22
correctional
program
and,
within
a
range
established
by
the
23
Iowa
department
of
corrections,
fix
the
compensation
of
and
24
have
control
over
the
director
and
the
district
department’s
25
staff.
For
purposes
of
collective
bargaining
under
chapter
26
20
,
employees
of
the
district
board
who
are
not
exempt
from
27
chapter
20
are
employees
of
the
state,
and
the
employees
of
all
28
of
the
district
boards
shall
be
included
within
one
collective
29
bargaining
unit.
Furthermore,
employees
of
the
district
board
30
shall
be
considered
state
employees
for
purposes
of
section
31
8A.415,
subsection
2.
32
Sec.
8.
DIRECTIVES
TO
PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT
RELATIONS
BOARD.
33
1.
The
public
employment
relations
board
shall
cancel
any
34
elections
scheduled
or
in
process
pursuant
to
section
20.15,
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subsection
2,
Code
2022,
as
of
the
effective
date
of
this
1
division
of
this
Act.
2
2.
Notwithstanding
section
20.15,
subsection
1,
paragraph
3
“c”,
Code
2022,
the
public
employment
relations
board
4
shall
consider
a
petition
for
certification
of
an
employee
5
organization
as
the
exclusive
representative
of
a
bargaining
6
unit
for
which
an
employee
organization
was
not
retained
and
7
recertified
as
the
exclusive
representative
of
that
bargaining
8
unit
regardless
of
the
amount
of
time
that
has
elapsed
since
9
the
retention
and
recertification
election
at
which
an
employee
10
organization
was
not
retained
or
recertified.
11
DIVISION
II
12
HEALTH
INSURANCE
COVERAGE
——
SURVIVING
SPOUSE
AND
CHILDREN
OF
13
CERTAIN
DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTIONS
EMPLOYEES
14
Sec.
9.
Section
509A.13D,
subsection
3,
Code
2022,
is
15
amended
to
read
as
follows:
16
3.
The
governing
body
of
the
state
shall
not
be
required
17
to
pay
for
the
full
cost
of
the
health
insurance
under
this
18
section
;
however,
the
governing
body
of
the
state
may
pay
the
19
full
cost
or
a
portion
of
the
cost
of
the
health
insurance
.
If
20
the
full
cost
or
a
portion
of
the
cost
of
the
coverage
is
not
21
paid
by
the
governing
body
of
the
state,
the
surviving
spouse
22
and
each
surviving
child
who
is
eligible
for
health
insurance
23
under
this
section
may
elect
to
continue
coverage
by
paying
24
that
portion
of
the
cost
of
the
health
insurance
not
paid
by
25
the
governing
body
of
the
state.
26
DIVISION
III
27
ASSAULTS
ON
PERSONS
ENGAGED
IN
CERTAIN
OCCUPATIONS
28
Sec.
10.
Section
708.3A,
subsections
3
and
4,
Code
2022,
are
29
amended
to
read
as
follows:
30
3.
A
person
who
commits
an
assault,
as
defined
in
section
31
708.1
,
against
a
peace
officer,
jailer,
correctional
staff,
32
member
or
employee
of
the
board
of
parole,
health
care
33
provider,
employee
of
the
department
of
human
services,
34
employee
of
the
department
of
revenue,
civilian
employee
of
a
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law
enforcement
agency,
civilian
employee
of
a
fire
department,
1
or
fire
fighter,
whether
paid
or
volunteer,
who
knows
that
2
the
person
against
whom
the
assault
is
committed
is
a
peace
3
officer,
jailer,
correctional
staff,
member
or
employee
of
4
the
board
of
parole,
health
care
provider,
employee
of
the
5
department
of
human
services,
employee
of
the
department
6
of
revenue,
civilian
employee
of
a
law
enforcement
agency,
7
civilian
employee
of
a
fire
department,
or
fire
fighter,
and
8
who
causes
bodily
injury
or
mental
illness,
is
guilty
of
an
9
aggravated
misdemeanor
a
class
“D”
felony
.
10
4.
Any
other
assault,
as
defined
in
section
708.1
,
committed
11
against
a
peace
officer,
jailer,
correctional
staff,
member
12
or
employee
of
the
board
of
parole,
health
care
provider,
13
employee
of
the
department
of
human
services,
employee
of
the
14
department
of
revenue,
civilian
employee
of
a
law
enforcement
15
agency,
civilian
employee
of
a
fire
department,
or
fire
16
fighter,
whether
paid
or
volunteer,
by
a
person
who
knows
17
that
the
person
against
whom
the
assault
is
committed
is
a
18
peace
officer,
jailer,
correctional
staff,
member
or
employee
19
of
the
board
of
parole,
health
care
provider,
employee
of
20
the
department
of
human
services,
employee
of
the
department
21
of
revenue,
civilian
employee
of
a
law
enforcement
agency,
22
civilian
employee
of
a
fire
department,
or
fire
fighter,
is
a
23
serious
misdemeanor
an
aggravated
misdemeanor
.
24
Sec.
11.
Section
708.3A,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
25
following
new
subsections:
26
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4A.
Any
person
who
commits
an
assault,
27
as
defined
in
section
708.1,
against
a
jailer
or
correctional
28
staff
while
the
person
is
in
the
custody
and
control
of
the
29
department
of
corrections
in
a
correctional
institution,
30
community-based
correctional
facility,
or
an
institution
under
31
the
management
of
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections
which
32
is
used
for
the
purposes
of
confinement
of
persons
who
have
33
committed
public
offenses,
or
a
county
jail
or
other
facility
34
used
for
purposes
of
confinement
of
persons
who
have
committed
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public
offenses,
shall,
upon
conviction
of
a
violation
of
1
this
section,
in
addition
to
any
other
sentence
imposed,
lose
2
one-half
of
all
earned
time
accumulated
pursuant
to
section
3
903A.2
for
a
first
conviction,
and
shall
lose
all
earned
4
time
accumulated
pursuant
to
section
903A.2
for
a
second
or
5
subsequent
conviction.
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4B.
If
the
county
attorney
of
the
county
7
where
a
violation
of
this
section
occurs
against
a
jailer
8
or
correctional
staff
by
a
person
who
is
in
the
custody
9
and
control
of
the
department
of
corrections
while
in
any
10
correctional
institution
or
a
county
jail
or
other
facility
11
used
for
purposes
of
confinement
fails
to
prosecute
the
case
12
against
the
person,
the
area
prosecutions
division
of
the
13
attorney
general’s
office
may
elect
to
prosecute
the
case.
14
DIVISION
IV
15
DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTIONS
16
Sec.
12.
DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTIONS
——
CONTRABAND
AND
17
SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS
——
TRAUMA
EVENTS.
18
1.
For
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2022,
19
the
department
of
corrections
shall
increase
funding
for
20
screening
for
contraband
and
surveillance
cameras
at
all
state
21
correctional
facilities
and
for
upgrades
to
provide
for
an
22
enhanced
technology
system
to
improve
the
safety
and
efficiency
23
of
operations
at
all
state
correctional
facilities.
24
2.
The
department
of
corrections
shall
amend
its
25
administrative
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
allow
an
26
employee
of
the
department
who
has
witnessed
a
trauma
event
to
27
take
between
five
and
thirty
days
of
paid
leave
depending
upon
28
the
severity
of
the
trauma
event.
If
the
appointing
authority
29
of
a
correctional
institution
determines
that
an
employee
30
has
been
held
hostage,
the
employee
shall
be
eligible
for
a
31
paid
leave
of
absence
of
up
to
ninety
days,
as
determined
by
32
a
licensed
physician,
to
allow
for
recovery
from
stress
and
33
any
related
conditions.
Such
paid
leave
shall
not
be
charged
34
against
the
employee’s
sick
leave
account.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
relates
to
collective
bargaining,
health
insurance
4
for
a
surviving
spouse
and
children
of
certain
employees
of
5
the
department
of
corrections,
assaults
on
persons
engaged
in
6
certain
occupations,
and
certain
operational
and
employment
7
matters
involving
the
department
of
corrections.
8
DIVISION
I
——
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING.
The
bill
makes
changes
9
to
public
employment
collective
bargaining
and
bargaining
unit
10
determinations.
The
bill
makes
changes
to
the
definition
of
11
a
“public
safety
employee”
to
include
a
correctional
officer,
12
a
jailer
or
detention
officer,
an
emergency
dispatcher,
a
13
probation
or
parole
officer,
and
a
residential
officer
working
14
at
a
community-based
corrections
residential
facility.
The
15
bill
allows
public
safety
employees
to
be
the
subject
of
a
16
separate
bargaining
unit
if
they
comprise
fewer
than
30
percent
17
of
the
current
unit
and
the
majority
of
the
public
safety
18
employees
support
a
petition
to
form
a
new
unit.
19
ELECTIONS.
The
bill
strikes
current
Code
section
20.15
20
concerning
the
certification
of
public
employee
organization
21
certification
and
replaces
it
with
language
which
does
22
not
require
recertification.
The
bill
provides
that
upon
23
the
filing
of
a
petition
for
certification
of
an
employee
24
organization,
the
public
employment
relations
board
shall
25
submit
a
question
to
the
public
employees
at
an
election
in
26
the
bargaining
unit
found
appropriate
by
the
board.
The
27
public
employees
may
vote
for
no
bargaining
representation
28
or
for
any
employee
organization
which
has
petitioned
for
29
certification
or
which
has
presented
proof
satisfactory
to
30
the
board
of
support
of
10
percent
or
more
of
the
public
31
employees
in
the
appropriate
unit.
If
none
of
the
choices
32
on
the
ballot
receives
the
vote
of
a
majority
of
the
public
33
employees
voting,
the
board
shall
conduct
a
runoff
election
34
among
the
two
choices
receiving
the
greatest
number
of
votes.
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Upon
completion
of
a
valid
election
in
which
the
majority
1
choice
of
the
employees
voting
is
determined,
the
board
shall
2
certify
the
results
of
the
election
and
shall
give
reasonable
3
notice
of
the
order
to
all
employee
organizations
listed
on
the
4
ballot,
the
public
employers,
and
the
public
employees
in
the
5
appropriate
bargaining
unit.
A
petition
for
certification
as
6
exclusive
bargaining
representative
of
a
bargaining
unit
shall
7
not
be
considered
by
the
board
for
a
period
of
one
year
from
8
the
date
of
the
noncertification
of
an
employee
organization
9
as
the
exclusive
bargaining
representative
of
that
bargaining
10
unit
following
a
certification
election,
and
a
petition
for
11
certification
as
the
exclusive
bargaining
representative
of
a
12
bargaining
unit
shall
not
be
considered
by
the
board
if
the
13
bargaining
unit
is
at
that
time
represented
by
a
certified
14
exclusive
bargaining
representative.
15
The
bill
provides
that
a
petition
for
the
decertification
of
16
the
exclusive
bargaining
representative
of
a
bargaining
unit
17
shall
not
be
considered
by
the
board
for
a
period
of
one
year
18
from
the
date
of
its
certification,
or
within
one
year
of
its
19
continued
certification
following
a
decertification
election,
20
or
during
the
duration
of
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
21
which,
for
purposes
of
the
bill,
shall
be
deemed
not
to
exceed
22
two
years.
A
collective
bargaining
agreement
with
the
state,
23
its
boards,
commissions,
departments,
and
agencies
shall
be
for
24
two
years.
The
provisions
of
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
25
or
arbitrator’s
award
affecting
state
employees
shall
not
26
provide
for
renegotiations
which
would
require
the
refinancing
27
of
salary
and
fringe
benefits
for
the
second
year
of
the
term
28
of
the
agreement,
except
as
provided
in
Code
section
20.17(6).
29
DIVISION
II
——
HEALTH
INSURANCE
COVERAGE
——
SURVIVING
SPOUSE
30
AND
CHILDREN
OF
CERTAIN
DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTIONS
EMPLOYEES.
31
The
bill
provides
that
if
the
governing
body
of
the
state
has
32
procured
health
insurance
coverage
for
its
employees,
the
33
governing
body
of
the
state
shall
be
required
to
pay
for
the
34
full
cost
of
continuing
health
insurance
for
the
surviving
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spouse
and
any
surviving
children
of
an
employee
of
the
Iowa
1
department
of
corrections
whose
death
has
been
determined
2
by
the
department
to
be
the
direct
and
proximate
result
of
3
a
traumatic
personal
injury
incurred
in
the
line
of
duty.
4
Current
law
provides
that
the
governing
body
of
the
state
shall
5
not
be
required
to
pay
for
the
cost
of
the
health
insurance
6
for
a
surviving
spouse
and
any
surviving
children
under
such
7
circumstances;
however,
the
governing
body
of
the
state
may
pay
8
the
full
cost
or
a
portion
of
the
cost
of
the
health
insurance.
9
DIVISION
III
——
ASSAULTS
ON
PERSONS
ENGAGED
IN
CERTAIN
10
OCCUPATIONS.
The
bill
increases
the
penalties
for
a
person
11
who
commits
an
assault,
as
provided
in
Code
section
708.1,
12
against
a
peace
officer,
jailer,
correctional
staff,
member
or
13
employee
of
the
board
of
parole,
health
care
provider,
employee
14
of
the
department
of
human
services,
employee
of
the
department
15
of
revenue,
civilian
employee
of
a
law
enforcement
agency,
16
civilian
employee
of
a
fire
department,
or
fire
fighter,
17
whether
paid
or
volunteer,
who
knows
that
the
person
against
18
whom
the
assault
is
committed
is
a
peace
officer,
jailer,
19
correctional
staff,
member
or
employee
of
the
board
of
parole,
20
health
care
provider,
employee
of
the
department
of
human
21
services,
employee
of
the
department
of
revenue,
civilian
22
employee
of
a
law
enforcement
agency,
civilian
employee
of
a
23
fire
department,
or
fire
fighter
which
causes
bodily
injury
or
24
mental
illness
from
an
aggravated
misdemeanor
to
a
class
“D”
25
felony,
or
for
any
other
assault
from
a
serious
misdemeanor
to
26
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
A
class
“D”
felony
is
punishable
by
27
confinement
for
no
more
than
five
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
28
$1,025
but
not
more
than
$10,245.
An
aggravated
misdemeanor
is
29
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
two
years
and
a
fine
30
of
at
least
$855
but
not
more
than
$8,540.
31
The
bill
provides
that
any
person
who
commits
an
assault,
as
32
defined
in
Code
section
708.1,
against
a
jailer
or
correctional
33
staff,
while
the
person
is
in
the
custody
and
control
of
34
the
department
of
corrections
in
a
correctional
institution,
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community-based
correctional
facility,
or
an
institution
under
1
the
management
of
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections
which
2
is
used
for
the
purposes
of
confinement
of
persons
who
have
3
committed
public
offenses,
or
a
county
jail
or
other
facility
4
used
for
purposes
of
confinement
of
persons
who
have
committed
5
public
offenses,
shall,
upon
conviction
of
a
violation
of
the
6
bill,
in
addition
to
any
other
sentence
imposed,
lose
one-half
7
of
all
earned
time
accumulated
pursuant
to
Code
section
903A.2
8
for
a
first
conviction,
and
shall
lose
all
earned
time
for
a
9
second
or
subsequent
conviction.
10
The
bill
provides
that
if
the
county
attorney
of
the
11
county
where
a
violation
of
the
bill
occurs
against
a
jailer
12
or
correctional
staff
by
a
person
who
is
in
the
custody
and
13
control
of
the
department
of
corrections
in
any
correctional
14
institution
or
a
county
jail
or
other
facility
used
for
15
purposes
of
confinement
fails
to
prosecute
the
case
against
16
the
person,
the
area
prosecutions
division
of
the
attorney
17
general’s
office
may
elect
to
prosecute
the
case.
18
DIVISION
IV
——
DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTIONS
——
CONTRABAND
AND
19
SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS
——
TRAUMA
EVENTS.
The
bill
provides
20
that
for
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2022,
21
the
department
of
corrections
shall
increase
funding
for
22
screening
for
contraband
and
surveillance
cameras
at
all
state
23
correctional
facilities
and
for
upgrades
to
provide
an
enhanced
24
system
to
improve
the
safety
and
efficiency
of
operations
25
at
all
state
correctional
facilities.
The
department
of
26
corrections
shall
amend
its
administrative
rules
to
allow
for
27
5
to
30
days
of
paid
leave
for
employees
of
the
department
who
28
have
witnessed
a
trauma
event
and
to
allow
for
up
to
90
days
of
29
paid
leave
for
employees
of
the
department
who
have
been
held
30
hostage.
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