Regarding donated leave by state employees

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 9, 2023
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2023
Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
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 earn vacation or sick time can donate those hours to a spouse, parent, or child who also works for the state. The person receiving the hours cannot end up with more than the maximum amount of vacation time allowed for their position. Once the hours are given to the other employee, they cannot be taken back.¹

Read the official explanation

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill allows a full-time or part-time state employee who is eligible to accrue vacation to donate vacation and sick leave hours to an eligible recipient, defined as that employee’s spouse, parent, son, or daughter who is also a state employee. The bill allows vacation and sick leave hours to be donated to an eligible recipient. The bill provides that donated vacation hours shall not exceed the maximum allowable vacation hours for the eligible recipient. The bill provides that approval of use of donated leave shall be for a period not to exceed one year and that donated vacation and sick leave shall be irrevocable after it is credited to the eligible recipient.

Full bill text²

Senate subcommittee

Named January 12, 2023. On January 18, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§70A.21

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Lobbying

2 for · 0 against · 8 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 2256Cleared committee89th GA SF 2148Renumbered89th GA

90th General Assembly

SF 19Cleared committee

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

SF 2256 Regarding donated leave by state employees
89th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
Cleared committee
SF 2148 Regarding donated leave by state employees
89th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2256 · nearly identical
Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.