Senate Study Bill 1147 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DANIELSON) A BILL FOR An Act concerning safe workplaces and workplace violence 1 reporting in state government. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2064XC (3) 86 ec/sc

S.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 8A.403 Safe workplaces —— workplace 1 violence reports. 2 1. It is the policy of this state that each state agency 3 provide a safe workplace, free from workplace violence, for 4 its employees. The department is responsible for promotion of 5 efforts consistent with this policy. 6 2. The head of each state agency shall report instances 7 of workplace violence to the department on forms developed by 8 the department. The department shall compile, on a quarterly 9 basis, a report of workplace violence reported during the 10 previous quarter. The department shall submit the quarterly 11 report to the governor and the general assembly. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill provides that it is the policy of this state that 16 each state agency provide a safe workplace, free from workplace 17 violence, for its employees. The bill requires each state 18 agency head to report instances of workplace violence to the 19 department of administrative services. The bill requires the 20 department of administrative services to submit a quarterly 21 report on reported instances of workplace violence to the 22 governor and the general assembly. 23 -1- LSB 2064XC (3) 86 ec/sc 1/ 1