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73 bills in the 2026 session, newest first.

SF 2218 · Relating to state regulatory compliance and eligibility requirements, including by modifying provisions related to the verification of the identity and employment eligibility of individuals by the board of educational examiners, school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools; the provision of a false social security number to an employer, prospective employer, or a potential employee; qualifications for employment, professional licensure, voter registration, and bail; making penalties applicable; and including applicability provisionsSigned by GovernorJune 2, 2026

HF 2610 · Relating to education programs and systems, including career and technical education expenditures and definitions, statewide lower division general education framework and common course numbering systems, and the implementation of a statewide corequisite model in Iowa community collegesSigned by GovernorJune 2, 2026

SF 2168 · Relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and other career training, unemployment insurance, and membership of the state workforce development board, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsSigned by GovernorJune 2, 2026

HF 1023 · Relating to benefits and contributions for members of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system who are employed in a protection occupationSigned by GovernorJune 2, 2026

SF 472 · Relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions. Applicability date: 05/19/2026Signed by GovernorMay 19, 2026

HF 2725 · Relating to education reporting, including the sharing of unit-level wage data for secondary and postsecondary program evaluation, the establishment of the condition of education report, consolidating certain required reports, modifying responsibilities for the future ready Iowa last-dollar scholarship report, modifying Iowa workforce development data-sharing provisions, and creating a return on investment reporting system to be overseen by the Iowa student aid commissionDied when the session endedMarch 24, 2026

SF 2391 · Relating to education programs and systems, including career and technical education expenditures and definitions, statewide lower division general education framework and common course numbering systems, and the implementation of a statewide corequisite model in Iowa community collegesWithdrawnMarch 4, 2026

SF 487 · Relating to employer recordkeeping and auditing requirements for purposes of unemployment insurance and including applicability provisionsDied when the session endedMarch 4, 2026

SF 2089 · Relating to information provided to the department of workforce development during the fact-finding process for claims for unemployment benefitsDied when the session endedMarch 3, 2026

HF 2513 · Prohibiting institutions of higher education from entering into employment contracts with citizens of federally designated foreign adversaries and state sponsors of terrorism holding certain visasDied when the session endedMarch 3, 2026

HF 2466 · Relating to apprenticeships and other career training and making appropriationsDied when the session endedMarch 2, 2026

SF 2412 · Relating to qualifications for state and local government employment and professional licensureDied when the session endedFebruary 25, 2026

HSB 725 · Relating to education reporting, including the sharing of unit-level wage data for secondary and postsecondary program evaluation, the establishment of the condition of education report, consolidating certain required reports, modifying responsibilities for the future ready Iowa last-dollar scholarship report, modifying Iowa workforce development data-sharing provisions, and creating a return on investment reporting system to be overseen by the Iowa student aid commissionRenumbered as HF 2725February 24, 2026

HF 2574 · Relating to the penalty for public employees and public officials taking money from a public employerDied when the session endedFebruary 19, 2026

HF 2607 · Exempting service performed for certain employers from eligibility for unemployment insurance, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 19, 2026

SF 2407 · Relating to education reporting, including the sharing of unit-level wage data for secondary and postsecondary program evaluation, the establishment of the condition of education report, consolidating certain required reports, modifying responsibilities for the future ready Iowa last-dollar scholarship report, modifying Iowa workforce development data-sharing provisions, and creating a return on investment reporting system to be overseen by the Iowa student aid commissionDied when the session endedFebruary 19, 2026

HF 2631 · Relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and medical leave reasons for eligible employees of specified employersDied when the session endedFebruary 19, 2026

HF 2319 · Exempting service performed for certain employers from eligibility for unemployment insurance, and including applicability provisionsRenumbered as HF 2607February 19, 2026

HF 2088 · Relating to fraudulent practices including providing a false social security number to an employer or prospective employer, and making penalties applicableRenumbered as HF 2611February 19, 2026

SF 2414 · Relating to automated decision systems used by employersDied when the session endedFebruary 19, 2026

HSB 675 · Relating to education programs and systems, including career and technical education expenditures and definitions, statewide lower division general education framework and common course numbering systems, and the implementation of a statewide corequisite model in Iowa community collegesRenumbered as HF 2610February 19, 2026

HF 2611 · Relating to unlawful practices involving providing a false social security number to an employer or prospective employer, or to a potential employee, and making penalties applicableDied when the session endedFebruary 19, 2026

SSB 3163 · Relating to education programs and systems, including career and technical education expenditures and definitions, statewide lower division general education framework and common course numbering systems, and the implementation of a statewide corequisite model in Iowa community collegesRenumbered as SF 2391February 18, 2026

HF 2129 · Establishing a water and wastewater operator apprenticeship and work release pilot program for inmates, and making appropriationsRenumbered as HF 2588February 18, 2026

SSB 3164 · Relating to education reporting, including the sharing of unit-level wage data for secondary and postsecondary program evaluation, the establishment of the condition of education report, consolidating certain required reports, modifying responsibilities for the future ready Iowa last-dollar scholarship report, modifying Iowa workforce development data-sharing provisions, and creating a return on investment reporting system to be overseen by the Iowa student aid commissionRenumbered as SF 2407February 18, 2026

HF 2480 · Providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplaceDied when the session endedFebruary 18, 2026

SSB 3169 · Relating to qualifications for state employment and professional licensureRenumbered as SF 2412February 18, 2026

HF 2588 · Establishing a water and wastewater operator apprenticeship and work release pilot program for inmates, and making appropriationsDied when the session endedFebruary 18, 2026

HF 2457 · Establishing the credential-attainment program within the department of workforce development, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 16, 2026

HF 2456 · Relating to employment of persons with disabilitiesDied when the session endedFebruary 16, 2026

HSB 674 · Relating to apprenticeships and other career training and making appropriationsRenumbered as HF 2466February 16, 2026

HF 2458 · Establishing the teacher and para-educator grant program within the department of workforce development, and making appropriationsDied when the session endedFebruary 16, 2026

SF 2302 · Providing for career development information for students newly enrolling in institutions of higher education and including applicability provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2026

HF 2368 · Relating to the Iowa medical freedom Act, including limitations on requiring medical interventions by businesses, governmental entities, and educational institutions, modifying state authority during public health disasters, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2026

SF 2272 · Providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplaceDied when the session endedFebruary 11, 2026

SF 2277 · Relating to rights of employees and requirements of employers with respect to labor union membershipDied when the session endedFebruary 11, 2026

SSB 3006 · Providing for career development information for students newly enrolling in institutions of higher education and including applicability provisionsRenumbered as SF 2302February 11, 2026

HF 2378 · Increasing the state minimum hourly wage and providing for subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefitsDied when the session endedFebruary 10, 2026

HF 2384 · Relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit yearDied when the session endedFebruary 10, 2026

HF 2385 · Prohibiting the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, providing penalties, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 10, 2026

HF 2380 · Providing for a community-based wage enforcement program for purposes of the state wage payment collection and minimum wage lawsDied when the session endedFebruary 10, 2026

HJR 2008 · Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to worker rightsDid not passFebruary 10, 2026

SF 2248 · Providing for paid family and medical leave to certain employees who have a child receiving inpatient care in a neonatal intensive care unitDied when the session endedFebruary 10, 2026

SF 2239 · Relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and medical leave reasons for eligible employees of specified employersDied when the session endedFebruary 9, 2026

HF 2321 · Relating to membership in the protection occupation category of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system for certain social workersDied when the session endedFebruary 6, 2026

HF 2327 · Relating to programs and procedures of the department of workforce development and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 6, 2026

HF 2318 · Relating to eligibility for unemployment benefits for participants in strikes or other labor disputesDied when the session endedFebruary 6, 2026

HSB 556 · Relating to programs and procedures of the department of workforce development and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as HF 2327February 6, 2026

SF 2211 · Relating to the Iowa medical freedom Act, including limitations on requiring medical interventions by businesses, governmental entities, and educational institutions, modifying state authority during public health disasters, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 5, 2026

HF 2267 · Relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit yearDied when the session endedFebruary 3, 2026

HF 2266 · Providing for family medical leave for grandparents and providing penalties and remediesDied when the session endedFebruary 3, 2026

SF 2169 · Relating to apprenticeshipsDied when the session endedFebruary 2, 2026

HSB 544 · Creating an endowment tax on the endowment value of certain Iowa colleges and universities, limited charges relating to certain endowment funds, making appropriations to workforce grant and incentive programs, and making appropriations to supplement tuition grants for high-wage and high-demand jobsRenumbered as HF 2240January 30, 2026

HF 2240 · Creating an endowment tax on the endowment value of certain Iowa colleges and universities, limiting charges relating to certain endowment funds, making appropriations to workforce grant and incentive programs, and making appropriations to supplement tuition grants for high-wage and high-demand jobsDied when the session endedJanuary 30, 2026

SSB 3004 · Providing for an online platform for professionals to provide career information to studentsDied when the session endedJanuary 29, 2026

SSB 3072 · Relating to apprenticeshipsRenumbered as SF 2169January 29, 2026

SSB 3044 · Relating to programs and procedures of the department of workforce development and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as SF 2168January 29, 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 felonyDied when the session endedJanuary 28, 2026

SF 2102 · Relating to health care coverage of certain public school district personnel under the state health insurance plan, providing fees, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedJanuary 26, 2026

HF 2156 · Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals employed by educational institutions for unemployment insurance benefits between two successive academic years or termsDied when the session endedJanuary 26, 2026

SSB 3071 · Relating to state law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcementDied when the session endedJanuary 26, 2026

SF 2087 · Relating to work search requirements for unemployment benefits for certain individuals with disabilitiesDied when the session endedJanuary 22, 2026

HF 2017 · Creating a state work opportunity tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes, and including retroactive applicability provisionsDied when the session endedJanuary 22, 2026

SSB 3003 · Relating to information provided to the department of workforce development during the fact-finding process for claims for unemployment benefitsRenumbered as SF 2089January 21, 2026

SSB 3005 · Relating to work search requirements for unemployment benefits for certain individuals with disabilitiesRenumbered as SF 2087January 21, 2026

HF 2080 · Relating to bona fide retirement and subsequent employment as school district support staff under the Iowa public employees’ retirement systemDied when the session endedJanuary 15, 2026

SF 2045 · Increasing the state minimum hourly wage and providing for subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefitsDied when the session endedJanuary 14, 2026

SF 2046 · Relating to wage payment collection issues arising between employers and employees, providing penalties and remedies, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedJanuary 14, 2026

SF 2041 · Providing for payroll deduction for membership dues to an employee organization under public employee collective bargaining, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session endedJanuary 13, 2026

HF 2006 · Relating to health care coverage of certain nonstate public employees and officials under the state health insurance plan, providing fees, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedJanuary 13, 2026

SF 2031 · Relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability provisionsDied when the session endedJanuary 12, 2026

SF 2009 · Relating to certain employees of the department of corrections, including collective bargaining, health insurance for a surviving spouse and children of certain employees of the department, and certain operational and employment matters involving the department, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session endedJanuary 12, 2026

SF 2016 · Relating to the maximum age of a peace officer for the department of public safetyDied when the session endedJanuary 12, 2026