Relating to state employee parental leave

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 2, 2023
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

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 while a state employee parent of a child 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 this paid parental leave benefit.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Fiscal note

Can’t be estimated Compare with other bills

The fiscal impact for HF 578 cannot be determined, since any change in employee leave utilization and the actions of the agencies are unknown. 8 million from all funding sources.

• State Employee Paid Parental Leave Benefit · March 15, 2023

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§70A.31

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Similar bills

• HF 2557 Providing for state employee parental leave
  90th General Assembly · Approved by committee
  Very similar

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.