Employment laws and bills in Iowa
Every bill in the Iowa Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.
- Bills in scope
- 128bills in scope
- Past committee
- 51past committee
- Most recent action
- 2 June 2026most recent action
Employment laws enacted in Iowa in 2026
4 Employment bills were enacted in Iowa this year, the latest with a last action on 2 June 2026. They lead the list below.
Employment bills in Iowa
13Enacted
38Past committee
77Introduced or inactive
128 bills in scope
Enacted
13
HF 2254A 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.2 June 2026EnactedSF 2168A 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.2 June 2026EnactedSF 472A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions.19 May 2026EnactedHF 2502A bill for an act relating to paid parental leave for state employees, and including effective date provisions.1 May 2026EnactedHF 1044A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, including the department of administrative services, auditor of state, ethics and campaign disclosure board, offices of governor and lieutenant governor, department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, department of insurance and financial services, department of management, Iowa public employees’ retirement system, public information board, department of revenue, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and utilities commission, and providing for properly related matters including the deposit of captive company premium tax revenue.27 June 2025EnactedSF 607A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance taxes on employers.27 June 2025EnactedHF 767A bill for an act concerning private sector employee drug testing.6 June 2025EnactedHF 889A bill for an act relating to government employee paid leave.6 June 2025EnactedSF 603A bill for an act relating to workforce compensation and training, unemployment insurance, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development, the workforce development board, and local government entities, and including effective date provisions.6 June 2025EnactedHF 441A bill for an act concerning the functions of the employment appeal board; the workers’ compensation commissioner; and the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing relating to contested cases, judicial review, and liability.19 May 2025EnactedSF 311A bill for an act relating to city civil service employees and related procedures and including effective date provisions.19 May 2025EnactedSF 565A bill for an act providing for the continuation of health insurance in certain circumstances for the surviving spouse and each surviving child of employees of the state of Iowa and including retroactive applicability provisions.19 May 2025EnactedSF 377A bill for an act prohibiting the consideration of the deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement when determining a person’s employment status.28 March 2025Enacted
Past committee
12 of 38 shown
HF 2513A 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.26 March 2026Passed chamberSF 2089A bill for an act relating to information provided to the department of workforce development during the fact-finding process for claims for unemployment benefits.26 March 2026Passed chamberSF 2169A bill for an act relating to apprenticeships.19 March 2026Passed committeeSF 487A bill for an act relating to employer recordkeeping and auditing requirements for purposes of unemployment insurance and including applicability provisions.17 March 2026Passed chamberSF 2437A bill for an act relating to health insurance coverage for surviving spouses and children of deceased fire fighters and peace officers, and health insurance coverage for disabled or injured fire fighters and peace officers.23 February 2026Passed committeeHF 2088A bill for an act relating to fraudulent practices including providing a false social security number to an employer or prospective employer, and making penalties applicable.19 February 2026Passed committeeHF 2319A bill for an act exempting service performed for certain employers from eligibility for unemployment insurance, and including applicability provisions.19 February 2026Passed committeeHSB 663A 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.19 February 2026Passed committeeHF 2129A bill for an act establishing a water and wastewater operator apprenticeship and work release pilot program for inmates, and making appropriations.18 February 2026Passed committeeSF 2346A bill for an act allowing certain cities to opt out of the municipal fire and police retirement system.18 February 2026Passed committeeHSB 579A bill for an act relating to paid parental leave for state employees.16 February 2026Passed committeeHSB 674A bill for an act relating to apprenticeships and other career training and making appropriations.16 February 2026Passed committee
Showing the 25 furthest along of 128. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Iowa Legislature's own page.
What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation
In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.
Tracker scopes are model-drafted, not attorney-reviewed.
Employment legislation in other jurisdictions
52 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- New Jersey473
- Congress414
- New York325
- Massachusetts194
- California178
- Texas168
- Connecticut166
- Washington152
- Maryland151
- Virginia144
- Oregon136
- Illinois135
- Pennsylvania135
- Michigan133
- Hawaii132
- Missouri124
- Kentucky118
- West Virginia104
- Oklahoma102
- Minnesota99
- Rhode Island86
- Maine79
- Montana77
- Mississippi75
- Wisconsin74
- North Carolina73
- Vermont71
- Arizona68
- Florida65
- Indiana56
- Nebraska48
- Utah48
- New Mexico44
- Georgia42
- Ohio40
- Alaska39
- Colorado35
- New Hampshire35
- Idaho34
- Tennessee33
- Kansas28
- Delaware25
- Louisiana25
- Nevada25
- South Carolina21
- Wyoming14
- Arkansas13
- Alabama10
- South Dakota9
- North Dakota7
- District of Columbia1
- Puerto Rico1
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