House File 453 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 453 BY JONES A BILL FOR An Act excluding certain temporary employment by governmental 1 entities from eligibility for unemployment insurance and 2 including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2134YH (2) 88 je/rn
H.F. 453 Section 1. Section 96.19, subsection 18, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (6), subparagraph division (f), Code 2019, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 (f) In the employ of a governmental entity, if such 4 service is performed by an individual in the exercise of the 5 individual’s duties as an elected official; as a member of a 6 legislative body, or a member of the judiciary, of a state or 7 political subdivision; as a member of the state national guard 8 or air national guard; as an employee serving on a temporary 9 basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or 10 similar emergency; for a period of one hundred twenty days or 11 less, if such period is determined by the employer prior to 12 commencement of employment and agreed to by the individual 13 prior to commencement of employment; or in a position which, 14 pursuant to the state law, is designated as a major nontenured 15 policymaking or advisory position, or a policymaking or 16 advisory position which ordinarily does not require duties of 17 more than eight hours per week. 18 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to any new claim of 19 unemployment benefits with an effective date on or after July 20 7, 2019. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill excludes employment by a governmental entity for 25 a period of 120 days or less, if such period is determined by 26 the employer prior to commencement of employment and agreed to 27 by the individual prior to commencement of employment, from 28 the definition of “employment” for purposes of unemployment 29 insurance under Code chapter 96. Individuals so employed would 30 be ineligible for unemployment compensation upon the conclusion 31 of the period of unemployment. 32 “Governmental entity” is defined under current law as a 33 state, a state instrumentality, a political subdivision or an 34 instrumentality of a political subdivision, or a combination of 35 -1- LSB 2134YH (2) 88 je/rn 1/ 2
H.F. 453 one or more of the preceding entities. 1 The bill applies to any new claim of unemployment benefits 2 with an effective date on or after July 7, 2019. 3 -2- LSB 2134YH (2) 88 je/rn 2/ 2