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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to worker rights
Sponsored by Rep. Jerome Amos Jr. (D), Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D), Rep. Timi M. Brown-Powers (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. 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)
Topics:Jobs & workers
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2026
- Done: Approved in committeeMarch 31, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDid not pass
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: Passes again next General AssemblyThe same wording, after an election
- Next: Voters decideOn the next general election ballot
Did not pass It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This resolution would add a new right to the Iowa Constitution for all workers to join groups and negotiate their own pay, hours, and safety rules. It would prevent the state from passing laws that stop workers from making agreements that require them to join a union as a condition of their job. If voters approve this change, it would protect the ability of employees to organize and bargain collectively.1
Read the official explanation
This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to worker rights. The joint resolution provides that workers shall have the fundamental right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work. 2008 or diminishes the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively over their wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment and economic welfare and workplace safety, including any law or ordinance that prohibits the execution or application of agreements between employers and labor organizations that represent workers requiring membership in an organization as a condition of employment. The resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly (92nd) for adoption, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.
Lobbying
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HJR 2003 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to employee right…90th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
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