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Providing for state employee parental leave
Sponsored by the House State Government Committee
Topics:State governmentFamilies & human services
Same legislation: HSB 662
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 6, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 14, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary State employees who have a new baby or adopt a child would receive paid time off. Parents who give birth can get up to four weeks of paid leave, while other parents can get up to one week. The Department of Administrative Services will create the rules to make this happen.1
Read the official explanation
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.
House subcommittee
Named February 6, 2024 (as HSB 662). On February 8, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Fiscal note
Can’t be estimated Compare with other bills
AI summary This bill provides paid parental leave to state employees who give birth or adopt a child. The estimated value of the new leave potentially used by state employees is approximately $4.8 million per year from all funding sources. However, the total fiscal impact cannot be determined because increased use of employee leave may not result in increased expenditures for state agencies.3
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Description
House File 2557 provides four weeks of paid leave to a State employee parent who gives birth or adopts a child. A State employee parent of a nonadopted child who did not give birth will be entitled to one week of paid leave. The Department of Administrative Services (DAS) is required to adopt administrative rules to implement the paid parental leave benefits.
Background
To qualify for the benefits established by the Bill, employees must meet the eligibility requirements established by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). These requirements include working for a covered employer for at least 12 months, having at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the 12 months before FMLA leave starts, and working at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles. FMLA leave is job-protected, unpaid leave. Employees may use accrued paid leave at the same time that they take FMLA leave. FMLA leave covers both the birth of a child and the placement of a child with a State employee for adoption.
Leave can be taken any time in the 12 months following the birth or adoption of a child. The State of Iowa allows up to 12 weeks of leave (paid or unpaid) for the birth or adoption of a child.
Assumptions
- State employee counts, age stratification, and salary costs are based on State of Iowa Central Payroll data.
- Birth rates are based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics Reports for 2021.
- Birth rates for men and women of the same age are assumed to be the same.
- The number of employees and salary costs are based on July 1, 2022, data.
- Leave value is based on biweekly salaries for each individual, conglomerated by branch and age. Leave value is estimated to increase by 2.0% each year.
- Adoptions are not included for the purposes of this estimate.
- The data excludes the following employee groups: temporary, seasonal, interns, Senators, Representatives, magistrates, board members, and clients/patients.
- The data excludes the State Fair Authority.
- It is not possible to know how the proposed new leave will change leave use.
- It is unknown how agencies will cover for the person taking the new leave. An agency could cover for the employee on leave by using overtime work, using part-time workers, or having no coverage.
Fiscal Impact
The fiscal impact for HF 2557 cannot be determined, as increased use of employee leave may not result in increased expenditures for State agencies. The estimated value of the new leave potentially used by State employees is approximately $4.8 million per year from all funding sources.
Sources
- Board of Regents
- Department of Administrative Services
- Department of Corrections
- Department of Transportation
- Legislative Services Agency calculations
- State Employee Paid Parental Leave · February 28, 2024
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