Relating to the state minimum hourly wage

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2025
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill increases the state minimum hourly wage to $13.50 as of July 1, 2025. The bill strikes the state minimum hourly wage for employees employed for less than days; such employees would instead earn the state minimum hourly wage.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§91D.1

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Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title; check the text to be sure it’s the same idea.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in 3 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.

• HF 404 Relating to the state minimum hourly wage
  90th General Assembly · In committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• HF 122 Relating to the state minimum hourly wage
  89th General Assembly · In committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• HF 2131 Relating to the state minimum hourly wage
  88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• HF 91 Relating to the state minimum hourly wage
  88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
  Cleared committee

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.