88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
SF 451: Relating to workers’ compensation
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 relates to workers’ compensation.16(2)(b), concerning intoxication, by striking the paragraph.16(2), which is an employee’s intoxication.16(2)(b), a presumption regarding intoxication is removed. The presumption provides that if the employer shows that, at the time of the injury or immediately following the injury, the employee had positive test results reflecting the presence of alcohol, or another narcotic, depressant, stimulant, hallucinogenic, or hypnotic drug which drug either was not prescribed by an authorized medical practitioner or was not used in accordance with the prescribed use of the drug, it shall be presumed that the employee was intoxicated at the time of the injury and that intoxication was a substantial factor in causing the injury.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named March 6, 2019
- Sen. Jake Chapman (R)
- Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. R. Smith
Lobbying · 1 for, 2 against
For: Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Against: Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA)
In plain words
- March 4, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
- March 6, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Chapman, Bisignano and R. Smith
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF451