91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 2378: Increasing the state minimum hourly wage and providing for subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefits
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
00 as of July 1, 2028.10 as of July 1, 2028. The bill also increases the state minimum hourly wage, including the minimum hourly wage established for employees employed for less than days, annually on July 1, beginning July 1, 2029, by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase, if any, in social security benefits effective as of the previous December, as authorized by the federal social security administration. In no case shall the state hourly wage be decreased. The bill strikes a provision permitting the amount paid to an employee of a restaurant, hotel, motel, inn, or cabin, who customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips, to be deemed to be increased by a specified amount for purposes of determining whether the employee is receiving the state minimum hourly wage.
Sponsors
Rep. Jerome Amos Jr. (D), Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D), Rep. Timi M. Brown-Powers (D), Rep. Jeff Cooling (D), Rep. Ken Croken (D), Rep. Tracy A. Ehlert (D), Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D), Rep. Eric J. Gjerde (D), Rep. Daniel Gosa (D), Rep. David Jacoby (D), Rep. Lindsay James (D), Rep. Rob Johnson (D), Rep. Bob Kressig (D), Rep. Monica Kurth (D), Rep. Elinor A. Levin (D), Rep. Mary Lee Madison (D), Rep. Heather Matson (D), Rep. Brian Meyer (D), Rep. Rick L. Olson (D), Rep. Angel Ramirez (D), Rep. Dr. Megan L. Srinivas (D), Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D), Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D), Rep. Ross Wilburn (D), Rep. Elizabeth Wilson (D)
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 7 for, 1 against
For: AFSCME Council 61; Common Good Iowa; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council
Against: VALOR Iowa
In plain words
- February 10, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Labor and Workforce 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/HF2378