Providing paid leave to state employees for volunteer activities

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2026
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2026
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
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 October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill allows a state employee to be granted paid time off for not more than eight hours each calendar year for participating in volunteer activities. The employee shall not lose any pay or benefits as a result of the paid leave and shall not be considered a state employee for purposes of workers’ compensation or the state tort claims Act during the period of leave.

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

House subcommittee

Named January 29, 2026. On February 5, 2026 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Heather Hora REmail
• Rep. Dr. Megan L. Srinivas DEmail
• Rep. Derek Wulf REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§70A.1

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 674 Providing paid leave to state employees for volunteer activities
  91st General Assembly · In committee
  Nearly identical

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.