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

SF 263: Relating to employment matters involving public employees including collective bargaining, educator employment matters, and city civil service requirements, and including effective date, applicability, and transition 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 employment matters involving public employees including collective bargaining, educator employment matters, and city civil service requirements. The bill generally strikes statutory changes made by divisions I, II, and VI of 2017 Iowa Acts, House File 291, and restores statutory language in effect prior to the enactment of those divisions of 2017 Iowa Acts, House File 291. DIVISION I —— PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. This division makes a variety of changes to Code chapter 20, the public employment relations Act, as well as other Code provisions relating to collective bargaining by public employees.

Sponsors

Sen. Liz Bennett (D), Sen. Matt Blake (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D), Sen. Mike Zimmer (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 12, 2025

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jeff Taylor (R) · jeff.taylor@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Council 61; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Personal Interest- Tony Thompson

In plain words

  1. February 11, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
  2. February 12, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Donahue and Taylor

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/SF263