Senate File 2311 H-8430 Amend the amendment, H-8340, to Senate File 2311, as 1 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 1, after line 4 by inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 2C.6, Code 2018, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 2C.6 Deputy —— assistant for penal agencies —— assistant for 6 sexual harassment complaints . 7 1. The ombudsman shall designate one of the members of 8 the staff as the deputy ombudsman, with authority to act as 9 ombudsman when the ombudsman is absent from the state or 10 becomes disabled. The ombudsman may delegate to members of the 11 staff any of the authority or duties of the office except the 12 duty of formally making recommendations to agencies or reports 13 to the governor or the general assembly. 14 2. The ombudsman shall appoint an assistant who shall be 15 primarily responsible for investigating complaints relating to 16 penal or correctional agencies. 17 3. The ombudsman shall appoint an assistant who shall be 18 primarily responsible for investigating employee complaints 19 relating to sexual harassment. 20 Sec. ___. Section 2C.9, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 21 following new subsection: 22 NEW SUBSECTION . 2A. Receive and investigate employee 23 complaints concerning sexual harassment, and assist in 24 effective resolution of such complaints. Notwithstanding any 25 provision of this chapter to the contrary, for the purposes of 26 this subsection, “agency” includes the members, committees, or 27 permanent or temporary staffs of the Iowa general assembly. > 28 2. Page 13, line 13, after < utilities > by inserting < and 29 public employees > 30 3. By renumbering as necessary. 31 ______________________________ MASCHER of Johnson -1- H8340.5445 (4) 87 gh/rn 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3.