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House File 200 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to the military code and duty performed by a
member of the United States coast guard.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 29A.1, subsection 3, Code 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
3. “Federal active duty” means full-time duty in the active
military service of the United States authorized and performed
under the provisions of Tit.10 of the United States Code or
full-time duty performed in the United States coast guard under
the provisions of Tit.14 of the United States Code.
Sec. 2. Section 29A.28, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2021, is amended to read as follows:
a. All officers and employees of the state, a subdivision
-1- thereof, or a municipality, other than employees employed
temporarily for six months or less, who are members of the
national guard, organized reserves or any component part of the
military, naval, or air, or space forces, or nurse corps of
this state or nation, or who are or may be otherwise inducted
into the military service of this state or of the United
States, or who are members of the civil air patrol, or who are
regular, reserve, or auxiliary members of the United States
coast guard, shall, when ordered by proper authority to state
active duty, national guard duty, or federal active duty, or
when performing a civil air patrol mission pursuant to section
29A.3A, be entitled to a leave of absence from such civil
employment for the period of state active duty, national guard
duty, federal active duty, or civil air patrol duty without
loss of status or efficiency rating, and without loss of pay
during the first thirty days of such leave of absence.
Sec. 3. Section 29A.43, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, are
amended to read as follows:
1. A person shall not discriminate against any officer or
enlisted person of the national guard or organized reserves of
the armed forces of the United States, any regular, reserve,
or auxiliary member of the United States coast guard, or any
member of the civil air patrol because of that membership. An
employer, or agent of an employer, shall not discharge a person
from employment because of being an officer or enlisted person
of the military forces of the state, a regular, reserve, or
auxiliary member of the United States coast guard, or member
of the civil air patrol, or hinder or prevent the officer or
enlisted person, a regular, reserve, or auxiliary member of the
United States coast guard, or member of the civil air patrol
from performing any military service or civil air patrol duty
the person is called upon to perform by proper authority. A
member of the national guard or organized reserves of the
armed forces of the United States, or a regular, reserve, or
auxiliary member of the United States coast guard, ordered
-2-to temporary duty or service, as defined in section 29A.1,
subsection 3, 8, or 12, or a member of the civil air patrol
performing duty pursuant to section 29A.3A, for any purpose
is entitled to a leave of absence during the period of the
duty or service, from the member’s private employment unless
the employment is of a temporary nature. Upon completion of
the duty or service, the employer shall restore the person
to the position held prior to the leave of absence or employ
the person in a position of like seniority, status, and pay.
However, the person shall give evidence to the employer of
satisfactory completion of the duty or service, and that
the person is still qualified to perform the duties of the
position. The period of absence shall be construed as an
absence with leave, and shall in no way affect the employee’s
rights to vacation, sick leave, bonus, or other employment
benefits relating to the employee’s particular employment.
2. An officer or enlisted person of the national guard or
organized reserves of the armed forces of the United States, or
any regular, reserve, or auxiliary member of the United States
coast guard, who is insured as a dependent under a group policy
for accident or health insurance as a full-time student less
than twenty-five years of age, whose coverage under the group
policy would otherwise terminate while the officer or enlisted
person was on a leave of absence during a period of temporary
duty or service, as defined for members of the national guard
in section 29A.1, subsection 3, 8, or 12, or as a member of
the organized reserves called to active duty from a reserve
component status, or as a regular, reserve, or auxiliary
member of the United States coast guard, shall be considered
to have been continuously insured under the group policy for
the purpose of returning to the insured dependent status as
a full-time student who is less than twenty-five years of
age. This subsection does not apply to coverage of an injury
suffered or a disease contracted by a member of the national
guard or organized reserves of the armed forces of the United
-3-States in the line of duty.
Sec. 4. Section 96.7, subsection 2, paragraph a,
subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (e), Code 2021, is
amended by adding the following new subparagraph subdivision:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH SUBDIVISION. (iii) A regular, reserve, or
auxiliary member of the United States coast guard performing
duty as defined in section 29A.1, subsection 3, 8, or 12, who
has completed the duty as evidenced in accordance with section
29A.43.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House
______________________________
JAKE CHAPMAN
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 200, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2021
______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor
dg/rn
member of the United States coast guard.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 29A.1, subsection 3, Code 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
3. “Federal active duty” means full-time duty in the active
military service of the United States authorized and performed
under the provisions of Tit.10 of the United States Code or
full-time duty performed in the United States coast guard under
the provisions of Tit.14 of the United States Code.
Sec. 2. Section 29A.28, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2021, is amended to read as follows:
a. All officers and employees of the state, a subdivision
-1- thereof, or a municipality, other than employees employed
temporarily for six months or less, who are members of the
national guard, organized reserves or any component part of the
military, naval, or air, or space forces, or nurse corps of
this state or nation, or who are or may be otherwise inducted
into the military service of this state or of the United
States, or who are members of the civil air patrol, or who are
regular, reserve, or auxiliary members of the United States
coast guard, shall, when ordered by proper authority to state
active duty, national guard duty, or federal active duty, or
when performing a civil air patrol mission pursuant to section
29A.3A, be entitled to a leave of absence from such civil
employment for the period of state active duty, national guard
duty, federal active duty, or civil air patrol duty without
loss of status or efficiency rating, and without loss of pay
during the first thirty days of such leave of absence.
Sec. 3. Section 29A.43, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, are
amended to read as follows:
1. A person shall not discriminate against any officer or
enlisted person of the national guard or organized reserves of
the armed forces of the United States, any regular, reserve,
or auxiliary member of the United States coast guard, or any
member of the civil air patrol because of that membership. An
employer, or agent of an employer, shall not discharge a person
from employment because of being an officer or enlisted person
of the military forces of the state, a regular, reserve, or
auxiliary member of the United States coast guard, or member
of the civil air patrol, or hinder or prevent the officer or
enlisted person, a regular, reserve, or auxiliary member of the
United States coast guard, or member of the civil air patrol
from performing any military service or civil air patrol duty
the person is called upon to perform by proper authority. A
member of the national guard or organized reserves of the
armed forces of the United States, or a regular, reserve, or
auxiliary member of the United States coast guard, ordered
-2-to temporary duty or service, as defined in section 29A.1,
subsection 3, 8, or 12, or a member of the civil air patrol
performing duty pursuant to section 29A.3A, for any purpose
is entitled to a leave of absence during the period of the
duty or service, from the member’s private employment unless
the employment is of a temporary nature. Upon completion of
the duty or service, the employer shall restore the person
to the position held prior to the leave of absence or employ
the person in a position of like seniority, status, and pay.
However, the person shall give evidence to the employer of
satisfactory completion of the duty or service, and that
the person is still qualified to perform the duties of the
position. The period of absence shall be construed as an
absence with leave, and shall in no way affect the employee’s
rights to vacation, sick leave, bonus, or other employment
benefits relating to the employee’s particular employment.
2. An officer or enlisted person of the national guard or
organized reserves of the armed forces of the United States, or
any regular, reserve, or auxiliary member of the United States
coast guard, who is insured as a dependent under a group policy
for accident or health insurance as a full-time student less
than twenty-five years of age, whose coverage under the group
policy would otherwise terminate while the officer or enlisted
person was on a leave of absence during a period of temporary
duty or service, as defined for members of the national guard
in section 29A.1, subsection 3, 8, or 12, or as a member of
the organized reserves called to active duty from a reserve
component status, or as a regular, reserve, or auxiliary
member of the United States coast guard, shall be considered
to have been continuously insured under the group policy for
the purpose of returning to the insured dependent status as
a full-time student who is less than twenty-five years of
age. This subsection does not apply to coverage of an injury
suffered or a disease contracted by a member of the national
guard or organized reserves of the armed forces of the United
-3-States in the line of duty.
Sec. 4. Section 96.7, subsection 2, paragraph a,
subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (e), Code 2021, is
amended by adding the following new subparagraph subdivision:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH SUBDIVISION. (iii) A regular, reserve, or
auxiliary member of the United States coast guard performing
duty as defined in section 29A.1, subsection 3, 8, or 12, who
has completed the duty as evidenced in accordance with section
29A.43.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House
______________________________
JAKE CHAPMAN
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 200, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2021
______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor
dg/rn