91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SSB 3051: Relating to public retirement systems by allowing for the forfeiture of certain portions of the pension of a public employee who commits a felony
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
_____ for the forfeiture of certain portions of the pension of a public employee who commits a felony. The bill defines “public employee” to mean an individual who is employed by a public employer and is entitled to a pension under Code chapter 97A (Iowa department of public safety peace officers’ retirement, accident, and disability system), 97B (Iowa public employees’ retirement system), or 602 (judicial retirement system).2. In addition to any other penalties provided by law, the bill provides that upon the conviction of a public employee for a felony, the public employee shall lose all rights in the public employee’s pension under a public retirement system prior to a bona fide retirement and the pension shall be revoked by the system.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named January 21, 2026
- Sen. Mike Pike (R) · mike.pike@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Thomas Townsend (D) · thomas.townsend@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 0 for, 4 against
Against: AFSCME Council 61; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Teamsters Local 238; United Professionals/UE
In plain words
- January 20, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
- January 21, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Koelker, Driscoll and Townsend
- January 21, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Pike, Koelker and Townsend
- January 28, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
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/SSB3051