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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

SF 186: Making an appropriation to the department of workforce development for deposit in the Iowa employer innovation fund and requiring a transfer of a portion of the moneys to the Iowa child care challenge fund

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

What it does

For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, this bill appropriates $4.5 million from the general fund of the state to the department of workforce development (department) for deposit in the Iowa employer innovation fund. Of the moneys appropriated, at least $3 million is to be transferred to the Iowa child care challenge fund. Under current law, the amount of moneys to be transferred annually to the Iowa child care challenge fund is determined by the department in consultation with the workforce development board.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 1, 2021

  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
  • Sen. Pam Jochum (D)

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

In plain words

  1. January 28, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the Labor and Business Relations committee
  2. February 1, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Brown and Jochum

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/89/SF186