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

SF 157: Relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit year

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 maximum total amount of unemployment benefits payable to an eligible individual during a benefit year shall not exceed times the individual’s weekly benefit amount, rather than times the weekly benefit amount as provided under current law.

Sponsors

Sen. Liz Bennett (D), Sen. Tony Bisignano (D), Sen. Matt Blake (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D), Sen. Izaah Knox (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Zach Wahls (D), Sen. Janice Weiner (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 30, 2025

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dave Sires (R) · dave.sires@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Council 61; Common Good Iowa; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council

In plain words

  1. January 29, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
  2. January 30, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Donahue and Sires

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/SF157