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

SF 2131: Relating to employment security benefits

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

What it does

This bill relates to employment security benefits. The bill allows an employer to obtain relief for an overpayment of unemployment benefits even though the employer or an agent of the employer failed to respond timely or adequately to a request by the department of workforce development for information relating to the payment of benefits provided that the department determines that the failure was through no fault of the employer. Under current law, a failure to respond timely or adequately is a bar to an employer’s relief for an overpayment regardless of whether the failure was the employer’s fault.

Sponsors

Labor and Business Relations committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

9 million in FY 2024. The Bill may also create a change order for the IWD’s new unemployment benefits system, which is currently being developed by a contractor. 7 million in FY 2024. • The modification of suitable work percentages is expected to reduce benefi…

Lobbying · 9 for, 11 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Funeral Directors Association; Iowa State Bar Association; Iowa State Building and Construction Trades; Iowa Workforce Development; Iowans for Tax Relief; National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA)

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Common Good Iowa; Heavy Highway Contractors Association; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Building and Construction Trades; Iowa State Education Association; North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters; Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local 33

In plain words

  1. January 26, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. January 26, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 23, 2022Withdrawn

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/SF2131