Senate
File
502
H-1201
Amend
Senate
File
502,
as
passed
by
the
Senate,
as
follows:
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1.
Page
1,
before
line
1
by
inserting:
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<
Section
1.
Section
70A.28,
subsections
2
and
5,
Code
2019,
3
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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2.
A
person
shall
not
discharge
an
employee
from
or
take
5
or
fail
to
take
action
regarding
an
employee’s
appointment
or
6
proposed
appointment
to,
promotion
or
proposed
promotion
to,
7
or
any
advantage
in,
a
position
in
a
state
employment
system
8
administered
by,
or
subject
to
approval
of,
a
state
agency
as
a
9
reprisal
for
a
failure
by
that
employee
to
inform
the
person
10
that
the
employee
made
a
disclosure
of
information
permitted
11
by
this
section
,
or
for
a
disclosure
of
any
information
by
12
that
employee
to
a
member
or
employee
of
the
general
assembly,
13
a
disclosure
of
information
to
the
office
of
ombudsman,
a
14
disclosure
of
information
to
a
person
providing
human
resource
15
management
for
the
state,
or
a
disclosure
of
information
to
any
16
other
public
official
or
law
enforcement
agency
if
the
employee
17
reasonably
believes
the
information
evidences
a
violation
18
of
law
or
rule,
mismanagement,
a
gross
abuse
of
funds,
an
19
abuse
of
authority,
or
a
substantial
and
specific
danger
to
20
public
health
or
safety.
However,
an
employee
may
be
required
21
to
inform
the
person
that
the
employee
made
a
disclosure
22
of
information
permitted
by
this
section
if
the
employee
23
represented
that
the
disclosure
was
the
official
position
of
24
the
employee’s
immediate
supervisor
or
employer.
25
5.
Subsection
2
may
be
enforced
through
a
civil
action.
26
a.
A
person
who
violates
subsection
2
is
liable
to
27
an
aggrieved
employee
for
affirmative
relief
including
28
reinstatement,
with
or
without
back
pay,
or
civil
damages
in
an
29
amount
not
to
exceed
three
times
the
annual
wages
and
benefits
30
received
by
the
aggrieved
employee
prior
to
the
violation
of
31
subsection
2,
and
any
other
equitable
relief
the
court
deems
32
appropriate,
including
attorney
fees
and
costs.
33
b.
When
a
person
commits,
is
committing,
or
proposes
to
34
commit
an
act
in
violation
of
subsection
2
,
an
injunction
may
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be
granted
through
an
action
in
district
court
to
prohibit
the
1
person
from
continuing
such
acts.
The
action
for
injunctive
2
relief
may
be
brought
by
an
aggrieved
employee
,
or
the
attorney
3
general
,
or
a
person
providing
human
resource
management
for
4
the
state
.
>
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2.
Title
page,
line
2,
after
<
employees
of
>
by
inserting
6
<
the
state
and
>
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3.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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______________________________
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
KAUFMANN
of
Cedar,
Chairperson
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#3.