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

SSB 1068: Relating to workforce training, unemployment insurance, adult education, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development, the workforce development board, and local workforce development boards, and making appropriations

Became SF 222 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

_____ 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

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

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…

Senate subcommittee · named January 28, 2025

  • Sen. Mike Pike (R) · mike.pike@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jeff Taylor (R) · jeff.taylor@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Thomas Townsend (D) · thomas.townsend@legis.iowa.gov

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. January 28, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
  2. January 28, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Pike, Taylor and Townsend
  3. February 4, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 5, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 222

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/SSB1068