All Roll Calls
Yes: 141 • No: 0
IowaHF 44191st General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
A 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. (Formerly HSB 18.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND WORKFORCE
Signed by Governor
workforce
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Bill Overview
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2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Unemployment pay limited to fund balance
Beginning 07/01/2025, unemployment benefits are payable only as chapter 96 allows and only if the unemployment compensation fund has money. The state and its agencies are not liable for any amount beyond the fund. This can delay or reduce payments when the fund runs low.
New Employment Appeal Board and court rules
Beginning 07/01/2025, Iowa creates a full-time Employment Appeal Board inside the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing. It hears contested cases under designated laws listed in the act (sections 70A.28; chapter 8A, subchapter IV; and chapters 20, 80, 88, 91C, 96, and 97B). You may ask a court to review a board decision in the county where you live or last worked; nonresidents file in Polk County. The board must send the full case record to the court within 60 days, unless the court allows more time. These reviews get priority over other civil cases, except workers’ compensation cases. No bond is required to appeal from district court to the Iowa Supreme Court. The board may appear by its own lawyer or by the attorney general. Your petition must name the agency as the respondent and include the concise statements section 17A.19 requires, except as in sections 10A.324 and 20.34.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND WORKFORCE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/14/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 45 • No: 0
House vote • 3/13/2025
Passed House
Yes: 96 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
5/19/2025GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/19/2025SenateMessage from Senate.
4/15/2025SenateImmediate message.
4/14/2025legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0.
4/14/2025SenatePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/10/2025legislaturePlaced on calendar.
4/2/2025legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
4/2/2025legislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
3/26/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/26/2025 8:30AM Room 315.
3/25/2025legislatureSubcommittee: Schultz, Dickey, and Wahls.
3/20/2025legislatureRead first time, referred to Workforce.
3/17/2025legislatureMessage from House.
3/17/2025HouseExplanation of vote.
3/17/2025legislatureImmediate message.
3/13/2025legislaturePassed House, yeas 96, nays 0.
3/13/2025HouseIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/17/2025legislature
Bill Text
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