88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
SF 455: Relating to restitution for claims arising from state employees committing unfair or discriminatory employment practices, including personal liability insurance requirements
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
Under current law, the state has waived sovereign immunity for certain tort claims, which are defined as monetary, pursuant to the Iowa tort claims Act, Code chapter 669. Under current law, if a state employee is acting within the scope of the employee’s office or employment, the state will defend and will indemnify and hold harmless the employee or substitute as the defendant in place of the state employee. Thus under current law, unless the employee is acting outside the scope of the employee’s office or employment, the employee is not personally liable for torts.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named March 6, 2019
- Sen. Zach Whiting (R)
- Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
- Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
In plain words
- March 4, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
- March 6, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Whiting, Celsi and Schultz
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/SF455