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

HF 375: Establishing a state minimum hourly wage for direct care professionals

Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. 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, 2025. 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, 2025.

Sponsors

Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Labor and Workforce committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF375