Relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2026
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 14, 2026
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

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

What’s in it

Under current law, in an arbitration involving a public employee collective bargaining unit that does not have at least percent of members who are public safety employees, the arbitrator’s award regarding any increase in base wages shall not exceed the lesser of two percentages in any one-year period in the duration of the bargaining agreement. One of the specified percentages is percent. This bill increases the percentage to percent. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to Code chapter initiated on or after the effective date of the bill.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named January 14, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Dawn Driscoll REmail
• Sen. Jeff Taylor REmail
• Sen. Thomas Townsend DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§20.22

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works