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

SF 147: Relating to wage payment collection issues arising between employers and employees, providing penalties and remedies, and including effective date provisions

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

What it does

This bill relates to the collection of wages from employers by employees under Code chapter 91A, the “Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law”. The bill provides that an employer has the burden to establish that a deduction from employees’ wages is lawful and that the employer must obtain written authorization for the deduction from the employee in advance. The bill removes the requirement that an employer be notified by the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing before the employer is required to fulfill requirements relating to employee wage and benefit information.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 30, 2025

Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R) · mark.lofgren@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Zach Wahls (D) · zach.wahls@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Council 61; Common Good Iowa; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; League of Women Voters of Iowa

In plain words

January 28, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
January 30, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Lofgren and Wahls