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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 178: Prohibiting employers and employment agencies from seeking the criminal record or criminal history from applicants for employment under certain circumstances, establishing a criminal history employment application task force, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 8 for, 0 against

For: Genentech, Inc., A Member of the Roche Group; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Bar Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Teamsters Local 238; UAW Region 4; United Professionals/UE

In plain words

  1. January 22, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Labor committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF178