House File 759 H-1139 Amend House File 759 as follows: 1 1. Page 20, after line 6 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. Section 19B.12, subsection 4, Code 2019, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 4. a. The department of administrative services for 5 all state agencies, and the state board of regents for its 6 institutions, shall adopt rules and appropriate internal, 7 confidential grievance procedures to implement this section , 8 and shall adopt procedures for determining violations of 9 this section and for ordering appropriate dispositions that 10 may include, but are not limited to, discharge, suspension, 11 or reduction in rank or grade as defined in section 8A.413, 12 subsection 19 . 13 b. Upon receipt or referral of a complaint alleging 14 sexual harassment from a state employee, the department of 15 administrative services or the state board of regents, as 16 applicable, shall initiate an investigation of the complaint 17 and shall complete the investigation within one hundred eighty 18 days of the receipt or referral of the complaint. 19 c. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a 20 state employee alleging to be aggrieved by a violation of this 21 section may file a civil action within two years after the date 22 of the alleged violation in a court of competent jurisdiction 23 in the county where the violation is alleged to have occurred 24 or where the employer has its principal office. > 25 2. By renumbering as necessary. 26 ______________________________ WESSEL-KROESCHELL of Story -1- HF759.1567 (3) 88 gh/tm 1/ 1 #1. #2.