88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SF 431: Providing time off from work to attend presidential precinct caucuses, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
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 it does
This bill provides that a person shall be entitled to unpaid time off from work to attend a presidential precinct caucus for up to four hours beginning one hour prior to the start of the precinct caucus. The bill provides that the employee shall make a written application with their employer for such absence two weeks prior to the caucus and the employee is not liable for any penalty nor shall any deduction be made from the person’s regular salary or wages except for the period of time of the absence.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named March 4, 2019
- Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Jim Carlin (R)
- Sen. T. Taylor
Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa State Education Association
In plain words
- February 28, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Labor and Business Relations committee
- March 4, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Carlin and T. Taylor
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF431