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

SF 2201: Providing for limitations on workplace inspections under the federal and state occupational safety and health laws and providing remedies and penalties

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

What it does

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to workplace inspections under the federal and state occupational safety and health laws. The bill provides that no government official authorized under the federal occupational safety and health administration to conduct workplace inspections shall be permitted to select an individual as a representative authorized by an employee if the individual is not an employee of the employer.

Sponsors

Workforce committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 4 for, 6 against

For: Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa; Mackinac Center Action; Master Builders of Iowa; National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA)

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Building and Construction Trades; North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters; UAW Region 4

In plain words

  1. February 1, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. February 1, 2024Approved by the Senate 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/90/SF2201