# Iowa SF 603: A 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. (Formerly SF 222, SSB 1068.) Effective date: 03/28/2025, 07/01/2025.

Iowa SF 603, A 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. (Formerly SF 222, SSB 1068.) Effective date: 03/28/2025, 07/01/2025., is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS; status signed, last action 2025-06-06 (Fiscal note.) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Iowa SF 603
- State: Iowa
- Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026)
- Title: A 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. (Formerly SF 222, SSB 1068.) Effective date: 03/28/2025, 07/01/2025.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-11
- Last action: 2025-06-06, Fiscal note.
- Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (208 yes, 83 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 5

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Employers get narrower unemployment tax wage rules: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa's unemployment insurance taxable wage definition covers wages paid in Iowa during a calendar year. This includes wages paid to a worker by an employer or its predecessor, when employer contributions are required. The law removes the prior inclusion of out-of-state wages…
- Iowa drops required adult skills assessments: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa's workforce department no longer must provide a statewide standard skills assessment for adult workers. The law also removes the requirement to include that assessment in one-stop workforce services. It names no replacement assessment.
- Iowa Conservation Corps program ends: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law repeals the Iowa Conservation Corps program's legal framework. It also removes the corps from Iowa's national service programs and positions. The law names no replacement program or funding amount.
- Local workforce boards face new planning rules: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, local workforce boards must develop plans with their chief elected officials. Iowa's workforce department reviews and approves the plans and changes to them. Plans must follow current federal workforce laws and rules. They must include federally required information and any…
- Local pay and training requirements face limits: mixed, low. Beginning March 28, 2025, apprenticeship training is voluntary unless state law expressly requires it. Local governments cannot add apprenticeship requirements beyond state law. School districts, counties, and cities cannot impose extra employee pay or training standards on developers, contractors,…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 32 | 15 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | legislature | Amendment H-1106 | pass | 64 | 34 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | House | Passed House | pass | 64 | 34 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 48 | 0 |   |

## Actions (37)

- 2025-06-06: Fiscal note. (legislature)
- 2025-03-28: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Message from Senate. (House)
- 2025-03-19: Immediate message. (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15. (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Senate concurred with S-3030. (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Deferred. (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Amendment S-3034 filed, lost. (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Amendment S-3033 filed, lost. (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Fiscal note. (legislature)
- 2025-03-19: Message from House, with amendment S-3030. (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Immediate message. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Passed House, yeas 64, nays 34. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Amendment H-1106, yeas 64, nays 34, adopted. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Motion to suspend rules prevailed. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1106. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Point of order raised on amendment H-1106, ruled not germane. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Motion to suspend rules failed. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1117 to amendment H-1106, yeas 33, nays 63. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Point of order raised on amendment H-1117 to amendment H-1106, ruled not germane. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Amendment H-1117 filed. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Motion to suspend rules failed. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1115 to amendment H-1106, yeas 34, nays 64. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Point of order raised on amendment H-1115 to amendment H-1106, ruled not germane. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Amendment H-1115 filed. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Amendment H-1116 to amendment H-1106, yeas 33, nays 65, filed, lost. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Substituted for HF 722. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (House)
- 2025-03-17: Amendment H-1106 filed. (House)
- 2025-03-12: Read first time, passed on file. (House)
- 2025-03-12: Message from Senate. (House)
- 2025-03-12: Immediate message. (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Fiscal note. (legislature)
- 2025-03-11: Committee report, approving bill. (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF603.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/SF603.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF603.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/SF603.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF603-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).