Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2031: A BILL FOR An Act relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability provisions
Status: In committee, January 14, 2026
An Act relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, January 12, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5370XS (3) je/js S.F. 2031 Section 1. Section 20.22, subsection 10, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: (a) Three Five percent. Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to chapter 20 initiated on or after the effective date of this Act. EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. Under current law, in an arbitration involving a public employee collective bargaining unit that does not have at least 30 percent of members who are public safety employees, the arbitrator's award regarding any increase in base wages shall not exceed the lesser of two percentages in any one-year period in the duration of the bargaining agreement. One of the specified percentages is 3 percent. This bill increases the percentage to 5 percent. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to Code chapter initiated on or after the …
Sponsors
- Charlie McClintock (R, 42) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Driscoll, Taylor, and Townsend. S.J. 90 .
- : Introduced, referred to Workforce. S.J. 39 .
Subjects: unions, arbitration, public employees, COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION -- THE RHODE ISLAND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION DEFENSE ACT, salaries and wages
Common questions
- What is SF2031?
- SF2031 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability provisions.
- What does SF2031 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability provisions.
- What is the status of SF2031?
- In committee as of January 14, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee: Driscoll, Taylor, and Townsend. S.J. 90 . (January 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2031?
- Charlie McClintock (R, 42).
- Where is the official record for SF2031?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2031&ga=91
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