All Roll Calls
Yes: 120 • No: 107
IowaSF 47291st General Assembly (2025–2026)Senate
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.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE
Signed by Governor
judiciary
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Iowans can enforce union election deadlines
For election notices issued starting May 19, 2026, the board must post pending elections online after employers' 10-day list deadline. The posting must flag missing employee lists, show its initial publication date, and be updated when lists arrive. Failing to submit a list is unlawful; any Iowa resident can seek a court order within 60 days after initial publication. Residents need not show personal injury and can file in a district court within the employer's boundaries or Polk County. Courts must speed up cases, order submission if the list appears missing, and award winners court costs, reasonable attorney fees, and other relief. The board must adopt procedural rules and extend deadlines as needed for cases and appeals; it may move elections to the next election period when necessary.
New election rules for public-worker unions
Iowa's new public-worker union retention and recertification rules apply when the board issues election notices starting May 19, 2026. For contracts ending June 30, elections run June 1 through November 1 of the prior year. For other contracts, elections take place 365 to 270 days before the contract ends. The board must notify employers and union representatives in writing; employers must submit bargaining-unit employee lists within 10 days of receipt. The board uses these lists to decide voter eligibility and election results, and must set procedures for objections to notices or lists.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE
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Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/28/2026
Passed House
Yes: 56 • No: 34
legislature vote • 4/28/2026
Amendment H-8419
Yes: 32 • No: 58
Senate vote • 3/10/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 32 • No: 15
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
5/19/2026SenateReported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
5/5/2026SenateMessage from House.
4/28/2026SenateImmediate message.
4/28/2026HousePassed House, yeas 56, nays 34.
4/28/2026HouseAmendment H-8419, yeas 32, nays 58, lost.
4/28/2026HouseAmendment H-8420, yeas 32, nays 57, filed, lost.
4/28/2026HouseAmendment H-8419 filed, deferred.
4/28/2026HouseMotion to suspend rules failed.
4/28/2026HouseMotion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8421, yeas 35, nays 55.
4/28/2026HousePoint of order raised on H-8421, ruled not germane.
4/28/2026HouseAmendment H-8421 filed.
4/28/2026HousePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
3/26/2026HousePlaced on calendar.
3/19/2026HouseCommittee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 7.
3/18/2026HouseCommittee report, recommending passage.
3/18/2026HouseSubcommittee recommends passage.
3/11/2026legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/11/2026 12:30PM RM 103.
3/10/2026legislatureSubcommittee: Holt, Olson and Thomson, C.
3/10/2026House* * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *
12/31/2025legislatureRereferred to Judiciary.
5/15/2025HousePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/10/2025HousePlaced on calendar.
4/2/2025HouseCommittee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.
4/2/2025HouseCommittee report, recommending passage.
4/2/2025House
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
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