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

SF 603: Relating to workforce compensation and training, unemployment insurance, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development, the workforce development board, and local government entities, and including effective date provisions

Signed into law

What it does

This bill relates to workforce training, unemployment insurance, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development (department), the workforce development board, and local workforce development boards. DIVISION I —— FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS. This division strikes department duties relating to administering a statewide employment skills assessment, selection of service providers, establishing a job posting system of education-related job openings, and functions no longer under the department pursuant to 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514.

Sponsors

Appropriations (successor To Ssb 1068) (companion To Hf 722 By Committee on Labor and Workforce) committee

Cost

More revenue: up to $394,000

Division I is not anticipated to have a fiscal impact. Division II is estimated to increase revenue to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund by $394,000 annually due to the elimination of the taxable wage credit. 0 FTE positions at an annual cost of $195,00…

Lobbying · 8 for, 8 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Associated General Contractors of Iowa; Home Builders Association of Iowa; Hubbell Realty Company; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Real Estate Developers Association; Iowa Workforce Development; National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA)

Against: AFSCME Council 61; Common Good Iowa; Heavy Highway Contractors Association; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa League of Cities; Iowa State Education Association; Mechanical Contractors Association of Iowa (MCAI); NECA - Iowa (NEC)

In plain words

  1. March 11, 2025Filed in the Senate
  2. March 11, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 11, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. March 12, 2025Passed the Senate, 48–0
  5. March 18, 2025Took the place of HF 722 on the House floor (the same legislation)
  6. March 18, 2025Passed the House, 64–34
  7. March 19, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  8. March 19, 2025Passed the Senate, 32–15
  9. March 28, 2025Sent to the Governor
  10. March 28, 2025Signed into law
  11. June 6, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/SF603