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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2212: Establishing a state minimum hourly wage for direct care professionals

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 provides that the state minimum hourly wage for direct care professionals, as defined in the bill, shall be at least $20.00 as of July 1, 2026. The bill provides that the state minimum hourly wage for direct care workers employed for less than days shall be at least $19.10 as of July 1, 2026.

Sponsors

Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 1 against

For: Common Good Iowa; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Mental Health Advocacy

Against: VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 29, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services 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/HF2212