Prohibiting the consideration of the deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement when determining a person’s employment status

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2025
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   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2025
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 10, 202547–0
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   Skipped: House committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 13, 202595–0
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   Done: To the GovernorMarch 28, 2025
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   Done: Signed into lawMarch 28, 2025

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What’s in it

This bill prohibits considering the deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement, defined in the bill, by or as required by a motor carrier when determining whether a person is an employee, independent contractor, or jointly employed employee under any state law.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed

Senate subcommittee

Named February 11, 2025. On February 12, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Dan Zumbach REmail
• Sen. Tom Shipley REmail
• Sen. Thomas Townsend DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§325B.2

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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