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HF18 • 2026

A bill for an act establishing a diminished salary offset for unemployment benefits.

A bill for an act establishing a diminished salary offset for unemployment benefits.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
LOHSE
Last action
2025-01-14
Official status
Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 41 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act establishing a diminished salary offset for unemployment benefits.

A bill for an act establishing a diminished salary offset for unemployment benefits.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act establishing a diminished salary offset for unemployment benefits.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 41 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act establishing a diminished salary offset for unemployment benefits.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

18

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

18

BY

LOHSE

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

establishing

a

diminished

salary

offset

for

unemployment

1

benefits.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

TLSB

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H.F.

18

Section

1.

Section

96.3,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

1

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

5A.

Diminished

salary

offset.

If

an

3

individual

receiving

benefits

accepts

an

offer

of

employment

4

prior

to

the

exhausting

of

all

benefits

for

the

individual’s

5

benefit

year

and

the

gross

weekly

salary

is

less

than

the

6

individual’s

weekly

benefit

amount,

the

individual

shall

be

7

eligible

to

receive

an

amount

equal

to

the

difference

between

8

the

individual’s

gross

weekly

salary

and

the

individual’s

9

weekly

benefit

amount.

Benefits

shall

be

exhausted

when

the

10

individual’s

gross

weekly

salary

paid

plus

benefits

received

11

equal

or

are

greater

than

the

maximum

total

amount

of

benefits

12

payable

to

the

individual

during

the

benefit

year.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

This

bill

establishes

a

diminished

salary

offset

for

17

unemployment

benefits

whereby

an

individual

who

accepts

18

employment

with

a

gross

weekly

salary

less

than

the

19

individual’s

weekly

unemployment

benefit

amount

may

receive

an

20

amount

equal

to

the

difference

between

the

individual’s

gross

21

weekly

salary

and

the

individual’s

weekly

benefit

amount

if

22

the

individual

accepts

such

employment

prior

to

exhausting

the

23

individual’s

benefits

for

the

individual’s

benefit

year.

The

24

individual’s

benefits

shall

be

exhausted

when

the

individual’s

25

gross

weekly

salary

paid

plus

benefits

received

are

equal

to

or

26

greater

than

the

maximum

total

amount

of

benefits

payable

to

27

the

individual

during

the

benefit

year.

28

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1320YH

(1)

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