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Relating to state employee parental leave
Sponsored by the House Labor and Workforce Committee
Topics:State governmentFamilies & human servicesJobs & workers
Same legislation: HSB 201
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 22, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 22, 2023
- Done: House committeeFebruary 28, 2023
- 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 are already eligible for federal family leave would receive paid time off when they have a new child through birth or adoption. Parents who give birth or adopt can take up to four weeks of paid leave, while other state employee parents can take up to one week. The Department of Administrative Services will create the specific rules for how this works.1
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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.
House subcommittee
Named February 22, 2023 (as HSB 201). On February 27, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Fiscal note
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AI summary This bill provides paid parental leave to state employees who give birth or adopt a child. The estimated value of this new leave is $4.8 million from all funding sources, but the total fiscal impact cannot be determined because it is unknown how many employees will use the leave or how agencies will cover for them.3
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Description
House File 578 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 (FMLA) of 1993. 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.
The State of Iowa allows up to 12 weeks of leave (paid or unpaid) for an employee’s pregnancy and the subsequent recovery.
Assumptions
- Leave can be taken up to 12 months following the birth or adoption of a child.
- State employee counts, age stratification, and salary costs are based on State of Iowa Central Payroll data.
- Birth rates are based on the CDC National Center for Health Statistics Crude Birth Rates reported in 2019.
- The number of employees is based on July 1, 2022, data.
- Leave value is based on biweekly salaries for each individual, conglomerated by branch and age.
- Adoptions are not included for 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 utilization.
- It is unknown if the proposed new leave will result in employees taking additional leave.
- It is unknown how agencies will cover for the person out on the new leave. An agency could cover for the employee on leave by utilizing overtime work, part-time workers, or no coverage.
Fiscal Impact
The fiscal impact for HF 578 cannot be determined, since any change in employee leave utilization and the actions of the agencies are unknown. However, the estimated value of the new leave is $4.8 million from all funding sources.
Sources
- Board of Regents
- Department of Administrative Services
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Corrections
- Legislative Services Agency
- State Employee Paid Parental Leave Benefit · March 15, 2023
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