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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 480: Relating to state employee paid bereavement leave

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill requires a state employee to be provided up to three days of paid leave following the death of an employee’s parent, child, or spouse. Under current rules of the department of administrative services, a state employee may use accrued sick leave, not to exceed a total of hours per fiscal year, when a death occurs in the immediate family, as defined by rule (11 IAC 63.3(11)).

Sponsors

Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 4, 2025

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: State Police Officers Council

In plain words

  1. March 3, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
  2. March 4, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Donahue and Schultz

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF480