Bill Text: IA HF672 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to mandatory subjects of negotiation for public employee collective bargaining and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-28 - Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 477. [HF672 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF672-Introduced.html
House
File
672
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
672
BY
COOLING
,
WILBURN
,
JAMES
,
LEVIN
,
B.
MEYER
,
KONFRST
,
MATSON
,
KRESSIG
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
MADISON
,
CROKEN
,
EHLERT
,
OLSON
,
R.
JOHNSON
,
AMOS
JR.
,
SRINIVAS
,
SCHOLTEN
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
and
NIELSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
mandatory
subjects
of
negotiation
for
public
1
employee
collective
bargaining
and
including
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
20.9,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
For
negotiations
regarding
a
bargaining
unit
with
3
at
least
thirty
percent
of
members
who
are
public
safety
4
employees,
the
public
employer
and
the
employee
organization
5
shall
meet
at
reasonable
times,
including
meetings
reasonably
6
in
advance
of
the
public
employer’s
budget-making
process,
7
to
negotiate
in
good
faith
with
respect
to
wages,
hours,
8
vacations,
insurance,
holidays,
leaves
of
absence,
shift
9
differentials,
overtime
compensation,
supplemental
pay,
10
seniority,
transfer
procedures,
job
classifications,
health
11
and
safety
matters,
evaluation
procedures,
procedures
for
12
staff
reduction,
in-service
training,
grievance
procedures
13
for
resolving
any
questions
arising
under
the
agreement,
14
and
other
matters
mutually
agreed
upon.
For
negotiations
15
regarding
a
bargaining
unit
that
does
not
have
at
least
16
thirty
percent
of
members
who
are
public
safety
employees,
17
the
public
employer
and
the
employee
organization
shall
meet
18
at
reasonable
times,
including
meetings
reasonably
in
advance
19
of
the
public
employer’s
budget-making
process,
to
negotiate
20
in
good
faith
with
respect
to
base
wages
and
other
matters
21
mutually
agreed
upon.
Such
obligation
to
negotiate
in
good
22
faith
does
not
compel
either
party
to
agree
to
a
proposal
23
or
make
a
concession.
Mandatory
subjects
of
negotiation
24
specified
in
this
subsection
shall
be
interpreted
narrowly
and
25
restrictively.
26
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
collective
27
bargaining
procedures
pursuant
to
chapter
20
initiated
on
or
28
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
strikes
language
providing
that
mandatory
subjects
33
of
negotiation
in
public
employee
collective
bargaining
shall
34
be
interpreted
narrowly
and
restrictively.
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