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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2524: Relating to claims for unemployment insurance benefits and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to claims for unemployment insurance benefits. The bill requires an individual to perform a minimum of four work search activities, and document and report each activity to the department of workforce development, each week in order to be eligible for unemployment benefits for the week. The bill specifies work search activities that satisfy these requirements. The bill requires the department to verify the identity of a claimant before payment of unemployment benefits to the claimant. The bill also requires the department to use multi-factor authentication to verify the identity of any claimant submitting a claim for benefits through an internet site or online portal. These verifications are required at least once per benefit year. The bill takes effect January 1, 2025.

Sponsors

Labor and Workforce (companion To Sf 2106 By Committee on Workforce) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 5, 2024

  • Rep. Austin Harris (R) · austin.harris@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Jeff Cooling (D) · jeff.cooling@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Dave Deyoe (R)

Lobbying · 5 for, 9 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Cicero Action; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA); Opportunity Solutions Project

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Common Good Iowa; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Building and Construction Trades; Laborers International Union of North America; North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters; Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local 33; UAW Region 4

In plain words

  1. February 5, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Labor and Workforce committee · as HSB 655
  2. February 5, 2024House subcommittee named: Harris, Cooling and Deyoe · as HSB 655
  3. February 13, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 655
  4. February 13, 2024Approved by the House committee · as HSB 655
  5. February 14, 2024Filed in the House
  6. February 14, 2024Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2524 · as HSB 655

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/90/HF2524