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Providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace and providing penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 1, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 1, 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 Iowa's labor commissioner and the department of veterans affairs will work together to create a poster about veterans' benefits and services. Every employer must hang this poster in a place where employees can easily see it. If a business fails to display the poster, they may have to pay a fine.1
Read the official explanation
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill requires the labor commissioner to consult with the Iowa department of veterans affairs to create a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers, as defined in the bill, to display in the workplace. The bill requires the commissioner, in coordination with the department, to make the poster available to employers. The bill specifies the minimum content of the poster. The bill requires every employer to display the poster in a conspicuous place accessible to employees in the workplace. An employer who violates the bill is subject to a civil penalty of $100 for a first offense and $500 for a subsequent offense. The commissioner may commence an action in the district court to enforce payment of a civil penalty.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 1, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part