91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Sunday, November 8, 2026
SF 358: Relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit year to an individual laid off due to an employer going out of business
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 the maximum total amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit year to an eligible individual laid off due to the individual’s employer going out of business at the factory, establishment, or other premises at which the individual was last employed shall not exceed times the individual’s weekly benefit amount, rather than times the weekly benefit amount as provided under current law.
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. Cindy Winckler (D), Sen. Mike Zimmer (D)
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 19, 2025
- Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Jeff Taylor (R) · jeff.taylor@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against
For: AFSCME Council 61; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
In plain words
- February 18, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
- February 19, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Dotzler and Taylor
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Sunday, November 8, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF358