House
File
2335
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2335
BY
THORUP
,
GOBBLE
,
A.
MEYER
,
and
McCLINTOCK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
state
employee
sick
leave
concerning
1
COVID-19
and
including
effective
date
and
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
70A.22
Sick
leave
restoration
——
1
COVID-19.
2
1.
A
state
employee
who
uses
sick
leave
as
a
result
of
3
COVID-19,
as
defined
in
section
686D.2,
shall
have
those
hours
4
restored
to
the
state
employee’s
accrued
sick
leave
balance
as
5
provided
by
this
section.
6
2.
The
department
of
administrative
services
shall
adopt
7
rules
concerning
the
requirements
of
this
section
to
include
8
applicable
procedures
for
state
employees
to
request
and
to
be
9
granted
restoration
of
sick
leave
hours
upon
verification
of
10
a
state
employee’s
eligibility
for
restoration
of
sick
leave
11
hours.
12
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
13
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
14
Sec.
3.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
15
retroactively
to
March
1,
2020,
for
sick
leave
hours
used
on
16
or
after
that
date.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
provides
that
a
state
employee
shall
have
their
21
sick
leave
hours
restored
for
taking
sick
leave
relating
22
to
COVID-19.
The
bill
provides
that
the
department
of
23
administrative
services
adopt
rules
concerning
the
procedure
24
for
restoring
sick
leave.
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
25
and
applies
retroactively
to
sick
leave
hours
used
on
or
after
26
March
1,
2020.
27
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