HF 889 — A bill for an act relating to government employee paid leave.

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9I19iS:.""I919i9L'f House File 889 AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE PAID LEAVE.

Section 11. .

Section 70A.1, subsection 77, , Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

StatcState During the first four years of employment, state employees, excluding state board of regents"regents’ faculty members with nine-month appointments, and employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement negotiated with the public safety bargaining unit who are eligible for accrued vacation benefits and accrued sick leave benefits, who have accumulated ten days of sick leave, and who do not use sick House File 889, p.

2 leave during a full month of employment, may elect to have up to one-half day of additional vacation added to the employee'semployee’s accrued vacation account.

b,b. After the fourth year of employment, state employees, excluding state board of regents" faculty members with nine-month appointments, and employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement negotiated with the public safety bargaining unit who are eligible for accrued vacation benefits and accrued sick leave benefits, who have accumulated thirty days of sick leave, and who do not use sick leave during a full month of employment, may elect to have up to one-half day of additional vacation added to the employee's accrued vacation account.

After the fourth year of employment, state employees, excluding state board of regents’ faculty members with nine-month appointments, and employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement negotiated with the public safety bargaining unit who are eligible for accrued vacation benefits and accrued sick leave benefits, who have accumulated thirty days of sick leave, and who do not use sick leave during a full month of employment, may elect to have up to one-half day of additional vacation added to the employee’s accrued vacation account.

The additional vacation time added to an employee'semployee’s accrued vacation account for not using sick leave during a month is in lieu of the accrual of sick leave for that month.

a,a. For the birth of a child, a state employee parent who gave birth shall be entitled to up to four weeks of paid leave and a state employee parent who did not give birth shall be entitled to up to one week of paid leave.

For the birth of a child, a state employee parent who gave birth shall be entitled to up to four weeks of paid leave and a state employee parent who did not give birth shall be entitled to up to one week of paid leave.

A______________________________ f______________________________ 4 PAT GRASSLEGRASSLEY AMY SINC••IRSINCLAIR Speaker of the House President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 889, Ninety-first General Assembly.

MEGI______________________________ rMEGHAN NELSON Chi(-Chief Clerk .of the House Approved _______________, 2025 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor

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