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

SF 30: Relating to employees of the department of corrections and including 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

This bill relates to employees of the department of corrections. The bill designates nonsupervisory employees of the department with ongoing direct contact with inmates as public safety employees for the purposes of collective bargaining pursuant to Code chapter 20, the public employment relations Act. relating to city civil service employment. This provision applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to Code chapter initiated on or after the effective date of the bill. The bill provides that the state shall be required to pay the full cost of continuation of health insurance coverage for a surviving spouse and children of certain department employees.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 16, 2025

Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Zach Wahls (D) · zach.wahls@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Council 61; Dr. Tanja Garrison; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council

In plain words

January 14, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
January 16, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Schultz and Wahls