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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2557: Providing for state employee parental leave

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill provides that a state employee entitled to leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 shall be provided paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child if the leave is taken within months following any such birth or adoption. The bill provides that a state employee parent who gives birth or adopts a child shall be entitled to up to four weeks of paid leave. A state employee parent who did not give birth shall be entitled to up to one week of paid leave. The bill requires the department of administrative services to adopt rules to implement the bill.

Sponsors

State Government committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

The fiscal impact for HF 2557 cannot be determined, as increased use of employee leave may not result in increased expenditures for State agencies. 8 million per year from all funding sources.

House subcommittee · named February 6, 2024

  • Rep. Jacob Bossman (R) · jacob.bossman@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Eric J. Gjerde (D) · eric.gjerde@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Cindy Golding (R) · cindy.golding@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 17 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Caitlin Jarzen - Personal Interest; Common Good Iowa; Governor's Office; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa ACEs 360; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; League of Women Voters of Iowa; North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters; and 5 more

In plain words

  1. February 6, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee · as HSB 662
  2. February 6, 2024House subcommittee named: Bossman, Gjerde and Golding · as HSB 662
  3. February 8, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 662
  4. February 14, 2024Approved by the House committee · as HSB 662
  5. February 15, 2024Filed in the House
  6. February 15, 2024Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2557 · as HSB 662
  7. February 28, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF2557