Senate
File
329
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
329
BY
DAWSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
leaves
of
absences
for
civil
employees
1
performing
state
active
duty,
national
guard
duty,
federal
2
active
duty,
civil
air
patrol
duty,
or
national
disaster
3
medical
system
duty.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
29A.28,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
Where
state
active
duty,
national
guard
duty,
federal
3
active
duty,
or
civil
air
patrol
duty
is
for
a
period
of
less
4
than
thirty
days,
a
leave
of
absence
under
this
section
shall
5
only
be
required
for
those
days
that
the
civil
employee
would
6
normally
perform
services
for
the
state,
subdivision
of
the
7
state,
or
a
municipality.
The
provisions
of
this
section
shall
8
also
apply
to
a
leave
of
absence
by
a
member
of
the
national
9
disaster
medical
system
of
the
United
States
when
activated
for
10
federal
service
with
the
system.
If
the
workday
for
a
civil
11
employee
encompasses
more
than
one
calendar
day
a
continuous
12
period
of
up
to
twenty-four
consecutive
hours,
regardless
of
13
whether
the
workday
extends
into
one
or
two
calendar
days
,
14
the
civil
employee
shall
only
be
required
to
take
a
leave
of
15
absence
for
one
day
for
that
workday
if
a
leave
of
absence
is
16
required
under
this
paragraph.
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
allows
a
civil
employee
of
the
state
to
only
take
21
one
day
of
required
leave
if
the
civil
employee
is
absent
due
22
to
state
active
duty,
national
guard
duty,
federal
active
duty,
23
civil
air
patrol
duty,
or
national
disaster
medical
system
24
duty,
the
employee
is
absent
for
a
period
of
less
than
30
days,
25
and
the
workday
for
the
employee
encompasses
a
continuous
26
period
of
up
to
24
consecutive
hours,
regardless
of
whether
27
the
workday
extends
into
one
or
two
calendar
days.
Under
28
current
law,
a
civil
employee
may
take
a
single
day
of
required
29
absence
for
one
workday
regardless
of
how
many
calendar
days
30
the
workday
actually
encompasses.
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