---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to government employee paid leave."
description: "A bill for an act relating to government employee paid leave."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 889"
citation: "Iowa HF 889 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["labor and employment", "public employees", "sick leave", "state employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/102a51ac-381f-4595-be30-a63f38c21f63"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 889&ga=91"
source_hash: "e0bc5593b015665d7bfc1624f34b637308c4754fc9ffc776e7157d5874d8fc82"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa HF 889 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to government employee paid leave.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/HF889.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF889.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF889_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF889.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **87–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-07** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Fiscal note.
- **2025-03-20** Passed House, yeas 87, nays 2. `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-03-25** Explanations of votes.
- **2025-03-20** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-24** Message from House.
- **2025-03-24** Read first time, referred to Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Subcommittee: Driscoll, Dotzler, and Schultz.
- **2025-03-27** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
- **2025-04-01** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on calendar.
- **2025-04-10** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-05-14** Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 1. `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Immediate message.
- **2025-05-14** Message from Senate.
- **2025-05-22** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06** Fiscal note.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/102a51ac-381f-4595-be30-a63f38c21f63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).