Bill Text: IA SF346 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to procedures for grievances under the merit system for state employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Subcommittee: Driscoll, Donahue, and Taylor. S.J. 315. [SF346 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF346-Introduced.html
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BY
TRONE
GARRIOTT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
procedures
for
grievances
under
the
merit
1
system
for
state
employees.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8A.415,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
An
employee,
except
an
employee
covered
by
a
collective
3
bargaining
agreement
which
provides
otherwise,
who
has
4
exhausted
the
available
agency
steps
in
the
uniform
grievance
5
procedure
provided
for
in
the
department
rules
may,
within
6
seven
calendar
days
following
the
date
a
decision
was
7
received
or
should
have
been
received
at
the
second
step
of
8
the
grievance
procedure,
file
the
grievance
at
the
third
9
step
with
the
director.
The
director
shall
respond
within
10
thirty
calendar
days
following
receipt
of
the
third
step
11
grievance.
The
director
shall
include
in
the
response
a
12
description
of
each
interview
carried
out
by
the
department
13
relating
to
the
grievance,
the
results
of
such
interviews,
and
14
the
justification
for
the
director’s
decision
regarding
the
15
grievance.
16
Sec.
2.
Section
8A.415,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
17
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
a.
A
merit
system
employee,
except
an
employee
covered
by
a
19
collective
bargaining
agreement,
who
is
discharged,
suspended,
20
demoted,
or
otherwise
receives
a
reduction
in
pay,
except
21
during
the
employee’s
probationary
period,
may
bypass
steps
one
22
and
two
of
the
grievance
procedure
and
appeal
the
disciplinary
23
action
to
the
director
within
seven
calendar
days
following
24
the
effective
date
of
the
action.
The
director
shall
respond
25
within
thirty
calendar
days
following
receipt
of
the
appeal.
26
The
director
shall
include
in
the
response
a
description
of
27
each
interview
carried
out
by
the
department
relating
to
the
28
disciplinary
action,
the
results
of
such
interviews,
and
29
the
justification
for
the
director’s
decision
regarding
the
30
disciplinary
action.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
Under
current
law,
the
department
of
administrative
services
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establishes
a
multistep
uniform
grievance
procedure
for
1
employees
subject
to
the
state
merit
system.
Such
an
employee
2
who
has
exhausted
the
available
agency
steps
in
the
uniform
3
grievance
procedure
may,
following
receipt
of
a
decision
at
4
the
second
step
of
the
grievance
procedure,
file
the
grievance
5
at
the
third
step
of
the
grievance
procedure
with
the
director
6
of
the
department.
The
director
must
respond
within
30
days
7
following
receipt
of
the
third
step
grievance.
A
similar
8
process
is
provided
for
disciplinary
action
such
as
discharge,
9
suspension,
or
demotion.
10
This
bill
requires
the
director
to
include
in
the
response
11
a
description
of
each
interview
carried
out
by
the
department
12
relating
to
the
grievance
or
disciplinary
action,
the
results
13
of
such
interviews,
and
the
justification
for
the
director’s
14
decision
regarding
the
grievance
or
disciplinary
action.
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