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

SF 2031: Relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability 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

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.

Sponsors

Sen. Charlie McClintock (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 14, 2026

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jeff Taylor (R) · jeff.taylor@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Thomas Townsend (D) · thomas.townsend@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Council 61; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Education Association; Professional Educators of Iowa; United Professionals/UE

In plain words

  1. January 12, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
  2. January 14, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Taylor and Townsend

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF2031