Bill Text: IA HF674 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing paid leave to state employees for volunteer activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-28 - Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 477. [HF674 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF674-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
674
BY
McBURNEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
paid
leave
to
state
employees
for
volunteer
1
activities.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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674
Section
1.
Section
70A.1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10.
a.
An
employee
of
the
state
may
be
3
granted
leave
with
pay
from
work
for
not
more
than
sixteen
4
hours
in
a
calendar
year
to
participate
in
volunteer
activities
5
without
loss
of
seniority,
pay,
vacation
time,
personal
days,
6
sick
leave,
insurance
and
health
coverage
benefits,
or
earned
7
overtime
accumulation.
An
employee
granted
leave
under
this
8
subsection
shall
be
compensated
at
the
employee’s
regular
rate
9
of
pay
for
those
regular
work
hours
during
which
the
employee
10
is
absent
from
work.
11
b.
An
employee
granted
leave
under
this
subsection
shall
12
not
be
deemed
to
be
an
employee
of
the
state
for
purposes
of
13
workers’
compensation
during
the
period
of
leave.
An
employee
14
granted
leave
under
this
subsection
shall
not
be
deemed
to
be
15
an
employee
of
the
state
for
purposes
of
chapter
669
during
the
16
period
of
leave.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
allows
a
state
employee
to
be
granted
paid
21
time
off
for
not
more
than
16
hours
each
calendar
year
for
22
participating
in
volunteer
activities.
The
employee
shall
not
23
lose
any
pay
or
benefits
as
a
result
of
the
paid
leave
and
shall
24
not
be
considered
a
state
employee
for
purposes
of
workers’
25
compensation
or
the
state
tort
claims
Act
during
the
period
of
26
leave.
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