Relating to employment policies for persons seeking elective office and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2020
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill prohibits an employer employing persons in Iowa from taking an adverse action against an employee who is an Iowa resident for running for a public office and from prohibiting an employee who is an Iowa resident from running for a public office. By operation of law, a person who willfully violates a provision of this bill is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named January 30, 2020. On February 5, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.

• Sen. Zach Nunn R
• Sen. Dennis Guth REmail
• Sen. R. Taylor

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part