91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 185: Requiring the consideration of project labor agreements for certain state construction projects
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill requires a state agency to consider using a project labor agreement for a large-scale construction project. The bill defines a “project labor agreement” as a comprehensive pre-hire collective bargaining agreement that is negotiated between a project’s owner and an appropriate labor organization and sets out the basic terms and working conditions for that particular project. The bill defines a “large-scale construction project” as the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, extension, repair, or improvement of a vertical public works project, including a building and other real property-related project, for which the total project cost is $25 million or more.
Sponsors
Rep. Jerome Amos Jr. (D), Rep. Ken Croken (D), Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D)
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 5 for, 2 against
For: AFSCME Council 61; Common Good Iowa; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Against: Associated General Contractors of Iowa; Master Builders of Iowa
In plain words
- January 30, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Commerce 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/91/HF185