House File 876 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO HF 224) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act establishing a sensitivity training program for heads of 2 state agencies. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2045HV 82 5 ec/es/88 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 19B.13 SENSITIVITY TRAINING 1 2 PROGRAM. 1 3 The department of human rights, in consultation with the 1 4 department of administrative services and the civil rights 1 5 commission, shall develop a sensitivity program for state 1 6 agency heads and deputies to examine issues involving racism, 1 7 diversity, and civil liberties, and their impact on the work 1 8 environment. The program shall explore strategies for state 1 9 agency heads and deputies to help people from diverse 1 10 backgrounds and life experiences within the agency to 1 11 understand each other and work together. Each state agency 1 12 head and deputy shall be required to attend the program upon 1 13 appointment or hire to the position and every four years 1 14 thereafter. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill requires the department of human rights, in 1 17 consultation with the department of administrative services 1 18 and the civil rights commission, to develop a sensitivity 1 19 program for state agency heads and deputies involving issues 1 20 relative to racism, diversity, and civil liberties. The bill 1 21 requires each state agency head and deputy to attend the 1 22 program upon appointment or hire to the position and every 1 23 four years thereafter. 1 24 LSB 2045HV 82 1 25 ec:nh/es/88