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

SF 355: Relating to overtime pay earned by state employees

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 provides that a state employee whose annual salary is under $125,000 and who is not covered by the overtime payment provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act shall be eligible for overtime payment at the rate of one and one-half times the regular rate at which the employee is employed, as though such employee were so covered. The bill provides that salaries for such state employees shall be established on an hourly basis.

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. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 19, 2025

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R) · mark.lofgren@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Thomas Townsend (D) · thomas.townsend@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Council 61; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; State Police Officers Council

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
  2. February 19, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Lofgren 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/SF355