Providing for paid family and medical leave to certain employees who have a child receiving inpatient care in a neonatal intensive care unit

Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2026
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2026
Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
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 requires an employer who employs or more full-time employees in Iowa to provide an employee who has a child receiving inpatient care in a neonatal intensive care unit with paid family and medical leave for the duration the child is receiving care in the unit, up to weeks. Such leave shall be compensated at the same hourly rate or salary and with the same benefits, including health care benefits, as the employee normally earns during hours worked. An employer who violates this requirement is liable to an employee for back pay and any other equitable relief the court deems appropriate, including attorney fees and costs. The bill provides the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing the authority to enforce and investigate alleged violations of the bill.

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

Senate subcommittee

Named February 12, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§91F.1 §91F.2 §91F.3 §91F.4 §91F.5

Amends§10A.202 §10A.204

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

Lobbying

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