Senate File 480 - Introduced SENATE FILE 480 BY TRONE GARRIOTT A BILL FOR An Act relating to state employee paid bereavement leave. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 2605XS (1) 91 sc/ns

S.F. 480 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 70A.24 Paid bereavement leave. 1 A state employee shall be provided up to three days of paid 2 leave following the death of a parent, child, or spouse of the 3 employee. 4 EXPLANATION 5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 6 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 7 This bill requires a state employee to be provided up to 8 three days of paid leave following the death of an employee’s 9 parent, child, or spouse. Under current rules of the 10 department of administrative services, a state employee may 11 use accrued sick leave, not to exceed a total of 40 hours per 12 fiscal year, when a death occurs in the immediate family, as 13 defined by rule (11 IAC 63.3(11)). 14 -1- LSB 2605XS (1) 91 sc/ns 1/ 1