SF480 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to state employee paid bereavement leave.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: TRONE GARRIOTT
Last action: 2025-03-04
Official status: Subcommittee: Driscoll, Donahue, and Schultz. S.J. 405 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to state employee paid bereavement leave.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to state employee paid bereavement leave.

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Bill History

2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Donahue, and Schultz. S.J. 405 .
2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Workforce. S.J. 390 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to state employee paid bereavement leave.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

480

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

480

BY

TRONE

GARRIOTT

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

state

employee

paid

bereavement

leave.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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480

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

70A.24

Paid

bereavement

leave.

1

A

state

employee

shall

be

provided

up

to

three

days

of

paid

2

leave

following

the

death

of

a

parent,

child,

or

spouse

of

the

3

employee.

4

EXPLANATION

5

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

6

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

7

This

bill

requires

a

state

employee

to

be

provided

up

to

8

three

days

of

paid

leave

following

the

death

of

an

employee’s

9

parent,

child,

or

spouse.

Under

current

rules

of

the

10

department

of

administrative

services,

a

state

employee

may

11

use

accrued

sick

leave,

not

to

exceed

a

total

of

40

hours

per

12

fiscal

year,

when

a

death

occurs

in

the

immediate

family,

as

13

defined

by

rule

(11

IAC

63.3(11)).

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