IA HF955

Prohibits state agency employees and officials from using badges, uniforms, business cards, email addresses, or other evidence of their government position while engaging in activities concerning a legislator that are unrelated to their official duties

Expands the jurisdiction of the Senate and House ethics committees to include state agency employees, allowing the committees to issue advisory opinions, receive complaints, and conduct hearings regarding violations by these individuals

Allows any person to file an ethics complaint against a state agency employee who violates the prohibition, with complaints processed through both chamber ethics committees and the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board

Establishes that a knowing and intentional violation constitutes a serious misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year confinement and fines between $430 and $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 governor's office, but excludes agricultural commodity promotional boards subject to producer referendum