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SF 455Died when the session ended · February 26, 2025

Requiring certain weekly workers’ compensation benefits to be calculated by including an employee’s overtime and premium pay, and to include an annual cost-of-living adjustment

Sponsored by Sen. Tony Bisignano (D), Sen. Matt Blake (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Zach Wahls (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D), Sen. Mike Zimmer (D)

Topics:InsuranceJobs & workers

Same legislation: HF 673

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 26, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2025
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Workers who receive compensation for injuries or death will see their weekly payments calculated using their overtime and premium pay. These benefit amounts will also increase every January based on the cost-of-living adjustments used by Social Security.1

Read the official explanation

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill requires certain weekly workers’ compensation benefits to be calculated by including an employee’s overtime and premium pay, and to include an annual cost-of-living adjustment. The bill requires the calculation of the amount of weekly workers’ compensation benefits to include, not exclude, an employee’s earnings for overtime and premium pay. The bill requires the basis of compensation for weekly workers’ compensation benefits payable for permanent total disability benefits or death benefits to increase on January each year for compensation that becomes due that year, by a percentage equal to the cost-of-living adjustment made to disability benefits payable by the United States social security administration in December of the immediately preceding year. Technical corrections are also made to remove an unnumbered paragraph and for purposes of clarity.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named February 27, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§85.36§85.61

How the Code works3

Lobbying

2 for · 0 against · 14 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

HF 90Cleared committee88th GAHF 162Cleared committee89th GA

91st General Assembly

SF 455Cleared committeeSenate companionHF 673Cleared committeeHouse companion

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.

  • HF 162 Requiring certain weekly workers’ compensation benefits to be calculated by including an e…
    89th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identical
    Cleared committee
  • HF 90 Requiring certain weekly workers’ compensation benefits to be calculated by including an e…
    88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
    Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.