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Designating correctional officers as public safety employees for purposes of the public employment relations Act and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by Rep. Josh Turek (D)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Correctional officers working for the Iowa Department of Corrections would now be classified as public safety employees. This change means they will follow different rules for union negotiations and arbitration than other public workers. These new procedures will apply to any collective bargaining that starts after the bill becomes law.1
Read the official explanation
This bill designates correctional officers employed by the Iowa department of corrections as public safety employees for the purposes of Code chapter 20, the public employment relations Act. Code chapters and 400 include collective bargaining procedures specifically applicable to public safety employees that are not applicable to other public employees, including procedures relating to the scope of collective bargaining negotiations, arbitration procedures, and certain matters relating to city civil service employment. The bill applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to Code chapter initiated on or after the effective date of the bill.
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§20.3
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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 520 Designating correctional officers as public safety employees for purposes of the public em…90th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
- SF 432 Designating peace officers employed by regents institutions as public safety employees for…90th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- HF 213 Designating snow plow operators as public safety employees for purposes of public employee…90th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- SF 225 Designating individuals who perform work on electric utility lines as public safety employ…90th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- HF 159 Designating correctional officers as public safety employees for purposes of public employ…89th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- HF 574 Designating snow plow operators as public safety employees for purposes of public employee…89th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- HF 160 Designating licensed teachers as public safety employees for purposes of public employee c…89th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.