House Study Bill 766 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON MASCHER)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act creating a family friendly business initiative.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 6552HC 82
  4 jp/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  28.11  FAMILY FRIENDLY BUSINESS
  1  2 INITIATIVE.
  1  3    1.  The Iowa empowerment board shall implement a family
  1  4 friendly business initiative to identify and recognize family
  1  5 friendly Iowa businesses and employers.  The initiative shall
  1  6 separately identify and recognize businesses and employers.
  1  7 The board shall engage Iowa businesses and employers in
  1  8 developing the initiative.  Implementation of the initiative
  1  9 shall be limited to the extent of the funding available for
  1 10 the initiative.
  1 11    2.  A family friendly business or employer indicates its
  1 12 attention to the family oriented needs of its customers or
  1 13 employees by instituting special features in the physical
  1 14 location design or the customer or employee practices of the
  1 15 business that are particularly attractive, useful, or helpful
  1 16 to families with children.
  1 17    3.  The Iowa empowerment board shall develop criteria for
  1 18 identifying family friendly Iowa businesses and employers and
  1 19 implement a variety of means of formally recognizing the
  1 20 businesses and employers that meet the criteria on an ongoing
  1 21 basis.  The board shall also implement a variety of means for
  1 22 making the public aware of the family friendly Iowa businesses
  1 23 and employers identified through the initiative.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill directs the Iowa empowerment board to implement a
  1 26 family friendly business initiative to identify and recognize
  1 27 family friendly Iowa businesses and employers.  A family
  1 28 friendly business or employer indicates their attention to the
  1 29 family oriented needs of customers or employees by instituting
  1 30 special features in the physical location design or the
  1 31 business practices of the business or employer that are
  1 32 particularly attractive, useful, or helpful to families with
  1 33 children.
  1 34    The Iowa empowerment board is required to develop criteria
  1 35 for identifying such businesses and employers and to employ a
  2  1 variety of means for providing recognition and making the
  2  2 public aware of the businesses and employers identified.
  2  3    Implementation of the initiative is limited to the extent
  2  4 of the funding available.
  2  5 LSB 6552HC 82
  2  6 jp/nh/24