HF 677 (LSB 2035YH (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE 677

BY  TUREK

A BILL FOR

An Act designating correctional officers as public safety employees for purposes of the public employment relations Act and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 20.3, subsection 11, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  A correctional officer employed by the Iowa department of corrections.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to chapter 20 initiated on or after the effective date of this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill designates correctional officers employed by the Iowa department of corrections as public safety employees for the purposes of Code chapter 20, the public employment relations Act. Code chapters 20 and 400 include collective bargaining procedures specifically applicable to public safety employees that are not applicable to other public employees, including procedures relating to the scope of collective bargaining negotiations, arbitration procedures, and certain matters relating to city civil service employment.
   The bill applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to Code chapter 20 initiated on or after the effective date of the bill.