88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

SF 2074: Relating to employment policies for persons seeking elective office and making penalties applicable

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill prohibits an employer employing persons in Iowa from taking an adverse action against an employee who is an Iowa resident for running for a public office and from prohibiting an employee who is an Iowa resident from running for a public office. By operation of law, a person who willfully violates a provision of this bill is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 30, 2020

Sen. Zach Nunn (R)
Sen. Dennis Guth (R) · dennis.guth@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. R. Taylor

Lobbying · 3 for, 2 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; League of Women Voters of Iowa

Against: Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Association of School Boards

In plain words

January 23, 2020Filed in the Senate and sent to the Labor and Business Relations committee
January 30, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Nunn, Guth and R. Taylor
February 5, 2020Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes