All Roll Calls
Yes: 131 • No: 3
IowaHF 88991st General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
A bill for an act relating to government employee paid leave. (Formerly HSB 78.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Signed by Governor
workforce
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Paid parental leave for Iowa state workers
Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa state employees entitled to federal Family and Medical Leave Act leave get paid parental leave. A parent who gives birth gets up to four weeks; a non-birth parent gets up to one week. An adopting parent gets up to four weeks. Leave must be taken within 12 months after the birth or adoption placement. The law does not state the pay-replacement rate. The Department of Administrative Services must adopt rules to carry out this benefit.
Iowa state workers can choose extra vacation
Beginning July 1, 2025, eligible Iowa state employees can choose extra vacation after a full month using no sick leave. Employees must qualify for both vacation and sick-leave benefits. They need 10 sick-leave days saved during their first four years of employment, or 30 days after that. They can choose up to one-half day of extra vacation, replacing that month's sick-leave accrual. Part-time employees get a prorated amount. Nine-month State Board of Regents faculty and employees covered by the public safety bargaining unit agreement are excluded. The Department of Administrative Services may set rules for non-Regents employees; Regents institutions may set their own rules.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/14/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 44 • No: 1
House vote • 3/20/2025
Passed House
Yes: 87 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
Fiscal note.
6/6/2025legislatureSigned by Governor.
5/27/2025HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/22/2025HouseMessage from Senate.
5/14/2025HouseImmediate message.
5/14/2025SenatePassed Senate, yeas 44, nays 1.
5/14/2025SenatePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/10/2025SenatePlaced on calendar.
4/2/2025legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
4/2/2025SenateSubcommittee recommends passage.
4/1/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
3/27/2025legislatureSubcommittee: Driscoll, Dotzler, and Schultz.
3/27/2025SenateExplanations of votes.
3/25/2025HouseExplanation of vote.
3/25/2025HouseRead first time, referred to Workforce.
3/24/2025SenateMessage from House.
3/24/2025SenateImmediate message.
3/20/2025HousePassed House, yeas 87, nays 2.
3/20/2025HouseFiscal note.
3/19/2025legislatureIntroduced, placed on calendar.
3/7/2025House
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
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