Senate File 2256 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2256 BY COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND BUSINESS RELATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2148) A BILL FOR An Act regarding donated leave by state employees. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 5384SV (3) 89 ec/rn

S.F. 2256 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 70A.21 Donated leave for state 1 employees. 2 1. For purposes of this section: 3 a. “Donated leave” means vacation and sick leave hours 4 donated to an eligible recipient. 5 b. “Eligible recipient” means an eligible state employee. 6 c. “Eligible state employee” means a full-time or part-time 7 state employee who is eligible to accrue vacation. 8 2. Eligible state employees are allowed to donate leave 9 hours to an eligible recipient. Contributions shall be 10 designated as donated leave and shall be subject to the 11 requirements of this section. 12 3. An eligible state employee shall be allowed to donate 13 leave to an eligible recipient subject to the following 14 requirements: 15 a. Vacation and sick leave hours shall be donated in 16 whole-hour increments; however, vacation and sick leave 17 hours may be credited to the eligible recipient in other than 18 whole-hour increments. Donated vacation hours shall not 19 exceed the maximum allowable vacation hours for the eligible 20 recipient. 21 b. Donated leave hours will be credited in increments not to 22 exceed the eligible employee’s regularly scheduled work hours 23 on a pay-period-by-pay-period basis. 24 c. Approval of use of donated leave shall be for a period 25 not to exceed one year either on an intermittent or continuous 26 basis for each occurrence. 27 d. Donated leave shall be irrevocable after it is credited 28 to the eligible recipient. Donated leave hours not credited to 29 the eligible recipient will not be deducted from the donor’s 30 vacation or sick leave balance. 31 EXPLANATION 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 33 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 34 This bill allows a full-time or part-time state employee 35 -1- LSB 5384SV (3) 89 ec/rn 1/ 2

S.F. 2256 who is eligible to accrue vacation to donate vacation and sick 1 leave hours to an eligible recipient, defined as a full-time or 2 part-time state employee eligible to accrue vacation. 3 The bill allows vacation and sick leave hours to be donated 4 to an eligible recipient. The bill provides that donated 5 vacation hours shall not exceed the maximum allowable vacation 6 hours for the eligible recipient. The bill provides that 7 approval of use of donated leave shall be for a period not 8 to exceed one year and that donated vacation and sick leave 9 hours shall be irrevocable after it is credited to the eligible 10 recipient. 11 -2- LSB 5384SV (3) 89 ec/rn 2/ 2