Senate File 2281 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2103)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting employment discrimination against an employee
  2    witness in certain civil proceedings.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6302SV 82
  5 ak/rj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 915.23, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  An employer shall not discharge an employee, or take or
  1  4 fail to take action regarding an employee's promotion or
  1  5 proposed promotion, or take action to reduce an employee's
  1  6 wages or benefits for actual time worked, due to the service
  1  7 of an employee as a witness in a criminal proceeding or in a
  1  8 civil proceeding pursuant to chapter 232, 236, or 598.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill amends Code section 915.23 by prohibiting
  1 11 employment discrimination against an employee due to service
  1 12 as a witness in a civil proceeding pursuant to Code chapter
  1 13 232 (juvenile justice), 236 (domestic abuse), or 598
  1 14 (dissolution of marriage and domestic relations), in addition
  1 15 to a criminal proceeding.
  1 16 LSB 6302SV 82
  1 17 ak/rj/5