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

SF 318: Relating to apprenticeships and establishing an Iowa office of apprenticeship and Iowa apprenticeship council

Signed into law

What it does

This bill shall be known and may be cited as the Iowa registered apprenticeship Act. The bill establishes the Iowa office of apprenticeship within the department of workforce development, to be operated and managed by the director of the department. The bill provides for duties of the office, which generally pertain to procedures for the voluntary registration of apprenticeships with the office in accordance with regulations of the federal department of labor, office of apprenticeship. Eligible apprenticeship programs must be established pursuant to an apprenticeship agreement between an apprentice and an apprenticeship sponsor and involve work in an apprenticeable profession, as those terms are defined in the bill, and must be registered with the federal department of labor, office of apprenticeship, or the Iowa office of apprenticeship.

Sponsors

Workforce committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 16 for, 7 against

For: Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa; BLD Connection Iowa; Broadlawns Medical Center; Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance; Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce; Greater Des Moines Partnership; Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa Business Council; Iowa Chamber Alliance; Iowa Nebraska Farm Equipment Dealers Association; Iowa Workforce Development; MH/DS of East Central Region; and 4 more

Against: Heavy Highway Contractors Association; 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

In plain words

  1. February 16, 2023Filed in the Senate
  2. February 16, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 15, 2023Passed the Senate, 35–13
  4. April 19, 2023Took the place of HF 639 on the House floor (the same legislation)
  5. April 19, 2023Passed the House, 62–33
  6. April 20, 2023Passed the Senate, 34–15
  7. May 8, 2023Sent to the Governor
  8. May 10, 2023Signed into law

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/SF318