Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF676: A BILL FOR An Act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable
Status: In committee, February 28, 2025
An Act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable.
From the introduced text, February 28, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2161YH (3) je/js H.F. Section 1. Section 216.6, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH. f. (1) An employer shall provide reasonable accommodations to an employee based on medical conditions related to the employee's pregnancy or childbirth if the employee so requests with the advice of the employee's health care provider. (2) For purposes of this paragraph "f", "reasonable accommodations" means actions which would permit an employee with a medical condition relating to the employee's pregnancy or childbirth to perform in a reasonable manner the activities involved in the employee's specific occupation and include but are not limited to the provision of an accessible worksite, acquisition or modification of equipment, job restructuring, and a modified work schedule. "Reasonable accommodations" does not mean any action that would impose an undue hardship on the business of the employer from whom the action is requested. EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodations to an employee based on medical …
Sponsors
- Jeff Cooling (D, 77) · primary sponsor
- Ross Wilburn (D, 50)
- Lindsay James (D, 71)
- Elinor Levin (D, 89)
- Meyer (R)
- Jennifer Konfrst (D, 32)
- Heather Matson (D, 42)
- Bob Kressig (D, 75)
- Sean Bagniewski (D, 35)
- Mary Madison (D, 31)
- Ken Croken (D, 97)
- Rob Johnson (D, 34)
Latest actions
- : Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 478 .
Subjects: pregnancy, labor and employment, births
Common questions
- What is HF676?
- HF676 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable.
- What does HF676 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable.
- What is the status of HF676?
- In committee as of February 28, 2025. Latest action: Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 478 . (February 28, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF676?
- Jeff Cooling (D, 77), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF676?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0676&ga=91
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