IA HF366

Prohibits state agency employees from using badges, uniforms, business cards, email addresses, or other evidences of office while engaging in activities concerning a member of the general assembly that are unrelated to their official duties

Expands the jurisdiction of the senate and house ethics committees to receive complaints and hear charges against persons who serve or are employed by state agencies

Allows any person to file an ethics complaint with either chamber's ethics committee alleging a state agency employee violated the new prohibition

Establishes that knowing and intentional violations constitute a serious misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year confinement and fines of $430 to $2,560, plus potential reprimand, suspension, or dismissal

Defines "state agency" to include executive and legislative branch departments, divisions, boards, commissions, the attorney general's office, board of regents, community colleges, and the governor's office, but excludes agricultural commodity promotional boards