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

SF 464: Requiring inmates to be paid the Iowa minimum wage for labor performed in or while under the custody of an institution under the control of the Iowa department of corrections

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

What it does

This bill requires inmates to be paid the Iowa minimum wage for labor performed in or while under the custody of an institution under the control of the Iowa department of corrections. Current law provides that the director of the department of corrections may when practicable pay the inmate an allowance as the director deems proper in view of the circumstances, and in view of the cost attending the maintenance of the inmate. The allowance is a gratuitous payment and is not a wage arising out of an employment relationship.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 1, 2023

  • Sen. Jeff Reichman (R) · jeff.reichman@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. J. Taylor

In plain words

  1. March 1, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. March 1, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Reichman, Knox and J. 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/90/SF464