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HF 2254 A bill for an act relating to the prohibition of noncompete clauses in certain employment contracts entered into by the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2072 .) Effective date: 06/02/2026.
91 | House
enacted Committee On Health And Human Services
HF 2772 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, Iowa finance authority, department of workforce development, and state board of regents and certain regents institutions, and codifying the housing renewal program. (Formerly HSB 773 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
91 | House
enacted Committee On Appropriations
HF 2783 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, state board of regents, department of workforce development, and Iowa special education council. (Formerly HSB 778 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
91 | House
enacted Committee On Appropriations
HF 2799 A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority, the utilities commission, and the department of education, including creation of the headquarters expansion and development for growth and employment program, and the business incentives for growth program training fund; repeal of the new jobs tax credit program; the major economic growth attraction program; load forecasting and analysis of electric transmission system expansion plans; creation of the electric transmission system expansion planning and analysis and load forecasting fund; the industrial new jobs training program; and establishing the new jobs training program interim study committee; and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 755 .) Effective date: 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026.
91 | House
enacted Committee On Ways And Means
SF 2168 A bill for an act 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 provisions. (Formerly SSB 3044 .) Effective date: 06/30/2026, 07/01/2026.
91 | Senate
enacted Committee On Workforce
SF 2218 A bill for an act 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 provisions. (Formerly SSB 3015 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026.
91 | Senate
enacted Committee On Education
HF 2757 A bill for an act relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemptions and refunds, making appropriations to the state board of regents for establishing and maintaining a nuclear energy workforce, making penalties applicable, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 767 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 01/01/2026, 07/01/2026.
91 | House
enacted Committee On Ways And Means
SF 472 A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1172 .) Applicability date: 05/19/2026.
91 | Senate
enacted Committee On Workforce
HF 2490 A bill for an act relating to public meetings and records, including public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body, supervision and fees associated with examining and copying public records, employment separation information for certain government employees, contractors, or appointees, and injunctions to restrain vexatious requesters. (Formerly HSB 578 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
91 | House
enacted Committee On State Government
SF 2506 A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority, the utilities commission, and the department of education, including creation of the headquarters expansion and development for growth and employment program, and the business incentives for growth program training fund; repeal of the new jobs tax credit program; the major economic growth attraction program; load forecasting and analysis of electric transmission system expansion plans; creation of the electric transmission system expansion planning and analysis and load forecasting fund; the industrial new jobs training program; establishing the new jobs training program interim study committee; the research activities credit; and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SF 2301 , SSB 3103 .)
91 | Senate
failed Committee On Ways And Means
HF 2543 A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2220 .) Effective date: 05/02/2026.
91 | House
enacted Committee On Health And Human Services
HF 2712 A bill for an act relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, state child care assistance for the child care workforce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 623 ; See HF 2795 .)
91 | House
failed Committee On Health And Human Services
SF 2301 A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority, the utilities commission, and the department of education, including creation of the headquarters expansion and development for growth and employment program, and the business incentives for growth program training fund; repeal of the new jobs tax credit program; the major economic growth attraction program; load forecasting and analysis of electric transmission system expansion plans; creation of the electric transmission system expansion planning and analysis and load forecasting fund; the industrial new jobs training program; and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 3103 ; See SF 2506 .)
91 | Senate
in_committee Committee On Commerce
SF 2485 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, Iowa finance authority, department of workforce development, and state board of regents and certain regents institutions.(Formerly SSB 3188 .)
91 | Senate
failed Committee On Appropriations
SF 2498 A bill for an act relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemptions and refunds, making appropriations to the state board of regents for establishing and maintaining a nuclear energy workforce, and providing penalties.(Formerly SSB 3181 .)
91 | Senate
failed Committee On Ways And Means
SF 2462 A bill for an act relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, state child care assistance for the child care workforce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 3111 ; See SF 2488 .)
91 | Senate
in_committee Committee On Health And Human Services
HF 2378 A bill for an act increasing the state minimum hourly wage and providing for subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefits.
91 | House
in_committee Lindsay James
HF 2380 A bill for an act providing for a community-based wage enforcement program for purposes of the state wage payment collection and minimum wage laws.
91 | House
in_committee Lindsay James
HF 2513 A bill for an act prohibiting institutions of higher education from entering into employment contracts with citizens of federally designated foreign adversaries and state sponsors of terrorism holding certain visas. (Formerly HSB 536 .)
91 | House
in_committee Committee On Higher Education
SF 2089 A bill for an act relating to information provided to the department of workforce development during the fact-finding process for claims for unemployment benefits.(Formerly SSB 3003 .)
91 | Senate
in_committee Committee On Workforce
HF 2725 A bill for an act 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 commission. (Formerly HSB 725 .)
91 | House
introduced Committee On Education
SF 2407 A bill for an act 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 commission.(Formerly SSB 3164 .)
91 | Senate
unknown Committee On Education
HF 2328 A bill for an act relating to the distribution of the department of administrative services’ report on state employee salaries.(Formerly HSB 577 .)
91 | House
in_committee Committee On State Government
HF 2608 A bill for an act relating to qualifications for certain rights and privileges prescribed by the state, including state employment, professional licensure, voter registration, and bail, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly HSB 663 .)
91 | House
in_committee Committee On Judiciary
SF 2142 A bill for an act relating to the distribution of the department of administrative services’ report on state employee salaries.(Formerly SSB 3031 .)
91 | Senate
in_committee Committee On State Government
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