Senate Study Bill 3028 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED CIVIL RIGHTS
                                            COMMISSION BILL)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act expanding the time period during which a complaint may be
  2    filed with the Iowa civil rights commission.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5324XD 82
  5 rh/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 216.15, subsection 12, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    12.  Except as provided in section 614.8, a claim under
  1  4 this chapter shall not be maintained unless a complaint is
  1  5 filed with the commission within one three hundred eighty days
  1  6 after the alleged discriminatory or unfair practice occurred.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    This bill expands the time period during which a complaint
  1  9 may be filed with the Iowa civil rights commission from 180 to
  1 10 300 days after the alleged discriminatory or unfair practice
  1 11 occurred.
  1 12    The Iowa civil rights commission enforces state and federal
  1 13 statutes that prohibit discrimination in employment, public
  1 14 accommodations, housing, education, and credit by
  1 15 investigating and litigating civil rights complaints.
  1 16 LSB 5324XD 82
  1 17 rh/rj/8