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

SF 617: Concerning unemployment insurance and including effective date and applicability provisions

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

This bill concerns unemployment insurance under Code chapter 96. The bill defines “able to work”, for purposes of unemployment benefits, to mean the individual is physically and mentally able to perform work. The bill defines “available for work”, for purposes of unemployment benefits, to mean the individual is ready and willing to accept suitable work. The bill defines “severance pay”, for purposes of Code chapter 96, as any payment in connection with separation from employment that is not conditioned on the individual giving up any legal right or the release of any rights.

Sponsors

Ways and Means committee

Cost

Cost: up to $251,000

0 full-time equivalent (FTE) Workforce Advisor positions within IWD due to elimination of the benefit to claimants when employers go out of business, reducing federal UI administrative expenses by an estimated $251,000 beginning in FY 2023, and increasing via …

Senate subcommittee · named January 19, 2022

  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tim Goodwin (R)
  • Sen. T. Taylor

Lobbying · 5 for, 9 against

For: Associated General Contractors of Iowa; Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Chamber Alliance; Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce

Against: Heavy Highway Contractors Association; Iowa Catholic Conference; 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; UAW Region 4; United Professionals/UE

In plain words

  1. April 26, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the Ways and Means committee · as SSB 1273
  2. April 26, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Bolkcom and Dickey · as SSB 1273
  3. April 28, 2021Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 617 · as SSB 1273
  4. April 29, 2021Filed in the Senate
  5. April 29, 2021Approved by the Senate committee
  6. May 3, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  7. June 22, 2021Sent to the Senate Ways and Means committee
  8. January 19, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Dawson, Goodwin and T. Taylor

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/SF617