House File 2681 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, REGULATION AND LABOR (SUCCESSOR TO HF 705) (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 88) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to workers' compensation liability for injuries 2 sustained in the course of employment. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6569HV 81 5 av/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 85.3, subsection 1, Code 2005, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. Every employer, not specifically excepted by the 1 4 provisions of this chapter, shall provide, secure, and pay 1 5 compensation according to the provisions of this chapter for 1 6 any and all personal injuries sustained by an employeearising 1 7 out of andin the course of the employment if the employment 1 8 activity was the predominant factor causing the injury, and in 1 9 such cases, the employer shall be relieved from other 1 10 liability for recovery of damages or other compensation for 1 11 such personal injury. 1 12 EXPLANATION 1 13 This bill amends Code section 85.3, subsection 1, to 1 14 provide that for the purposes of Code chapter 85, an employer 1 15 is required to pay workers' compensation benefits for a 1 16 personal injury sustained by an employee in the course of 1 17 employment if the employment activity was the predominant 1 18 factor causing the injury. 1 19 LSB 6569HV 81 1 20 av:rj/cf/24