House
Study
Bill
512
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
ALONS)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
allowing
private
employers
to
grant
a
preference
in
1
hiring
and
promotion
to
veterans
and
certain
spouses.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
216.6B
Veterans
preference
1
permitted.
2
1.
A
private
employer
may
grant
preference
in
hiring
and
3
promotion
to
an
individual
who
is
a
veteran,
as
defined
in
4
section
35.1.
5
2.
a.
A
private
employer
may
grant
preference
in
hiring
6
and
promotion
to
the
spouse
of
a
veteran,
as
defined
in
7
section
35.1,
who
has
sustained
a
permanent,
compensable
8
service-connected
disability
as
adjudicated
by
the
United
9
States
veterans
administration
or
by
the
retirement
board
of
10
one
of
the
armed
forces
of
the
United
States.
11
b.
A
private
employer
may
grant
preference
in
hiring
and
12
promotion
to
the
surviving
spouse
of
a
deceased
member
of
the
13
United
States
armed
forces
who
died
while
serving
on
active
14
duty
during
a
time
of
military
conflict
or
who
died
as
a
result
15
of
such
service.
16
3.
The
hiring
and
promotion
preferences
allowable
17
under
this
section
shall
only
be
granted
if
consistent
with
18
applicable
federal
laws
and
regulations.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
allows
private
employers
to
grant
a
preference
in
23
hiring
and
promotion
to
veterans
and
certain
veterans’
spouses.
24
The
bill
specifically
permits
private
employers
to
grant
25
a
preference
in
hiring
and
promotion
to
veterans
as
defined
26
in
the
Iowa
department
of
veterans
affairs
law.
Private
27
employers
are
also
allowed
to
grant
such
preferences
to
the
28
spouse
of
a
veteran
who
has
sustained
a
permanent,
compensable
29
service-connected
disability
as
adjudicated
by
the
United
30
States
veterans
administration
or
by
the
retirement
board
of
31
one
of
the
armed
forces
of
the
United
States.
These
employers
32
may
also
grant
such
preferences
to
the
surviving
spouse
of
a
33
deceased
member
of
the
United
States
armed
forces
who
died
34
while
serving
on
active
duty
during
a
time
of
military
conflict
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or
who
died
as
a
result
of
such
service.
The
bill
only
permits
1
employers
to
grant
such
preferences
as
far
as
is
consistent
2
with
federal
laws
and
regulations.
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