House
File
889
-
Enrolled
House
File
889
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEE
PAID
LEAVE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
70A.1,
subsection
7,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7.
a.
State
During
the
first
four
years
of
employment,
state
employees,
excluding
state
board
of
regents’
faculty
members
with
nine-month
appointments,
and
employees
covered
under
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
negotiated
with
the
public
safety
bargaining
unit
who
are
eligible
for
accrued
vacation
benefits
and
accrued
sick
leave
benefits,
who
have
accumulated
ten
days
of
sick
leave,
and
who
do
not
use
sick
House
File
889,
p.
2
leave
during
a
full
month
of
employment,
may
elect
to
have
up
to
one-half
day
of
additional
vacation
added
to
the
employee’s
accrued
vacation
account.
b.
After
the
fourth
year
of
employment,
state
employees,
excluding
state
board
of
regents’
faculty
members
with
nine-month
appointments,
and
employees
covered
under
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
negotiated
with
the
public
safety
bargaining
unit
who
are
eligible
for
accrued
vacation
benefits
and
accrued
sick
leave
benefits,
who
have
accumulated
thirty
days
of
sick
leave,
and
who
do
not
use
sick
leave
during
a
full
month
of
employment
,
may
elect
to
have
up
to
one-half
day
of
additional
vacation
added
to
the
employee’s
accrued
vacation
account.
c.
The
additional
vacation
time
added
to
an
employee’s
accrued
vacation
account
for
not
using
sick
leave
during
a
month
is
in
lieu
of
the
accrual
of
sick
leave
for
that
month.
The
amount
of
additional
vacation
for
part-time
employees
shall
be
prorated
to
the
amount
of
additional
vacation
authorized
for
full-time
employees.
The
director
of
the
department
of
administrative
services
may
adopt
the
necessary
rules
and
procedures
for
the
implementation
of
this
program
for
all
state
employees
except
employees
of
the
state
board
of
regents.
The
state
board
of
regents
may
adopt
necessary
rules
for
the
implementation
of
this
program
for
its
employees.
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
70A.24
Paid
parental
leave.
1.
A
state
employee
entitled
to
leave
under
the
federal
Family
and
Medical
Leave
Act
of
1993
shall
be
provided
paid
leave
for
such
time
as
specified
in
this
section
for
the
birth
of
a
child
or
placement
of
a
child
for
adoption
with
the
employee
if
the
leave
is
taken
within
twelve
months
following
any
such
birth
or
adoption.
2.
a.
For
the
birth
of
a
child,
a
state
employee
parent
who
gave
birth
shall
be
entitled
to
up
to
four
weeks
of
paid
leave
and
a
state
employee
parent
who
did
not
give
birth
shall
be
entitled
to
up
to
one
week
of
paid
leave.
b.
For
the
placement
of
a
child
for
adoption,
a
state
employee
parent
shall
be
entitled
to
up
to
four
weeks
of
paid
leave.
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889,
p.
3
3.
The
department
of
administrative
services
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
section.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
889,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor