HF2080 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to bona fide retirement and subsequent employment as school district support staff under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system.

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Sponsor: BARKER
Last action: 2026-01-15
Official status: Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 101 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to bona fide retirement and subsequent employment as school district support staff under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to bona fide retirement and subsequent employment as school district support staff under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system.

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Bill History

2026-01-15 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 101 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to bona fide retirement and subsequent employment as school district support staff under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system.

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House

File

2080

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2080

BY

BARKER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

bona

fide

retirement

and

subsequent

1

employment

as

school

district

support

staff

under

the

Iowa

2

public

employees’

retirement

system.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

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H.F.

2080

Section

1.

Section

97B.52A,

subsection

1,

paragraph

c,

1

subparagraph

(2),

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

the

following

2

new

subparagraph

division:

3

NEW

SUBPARAGRAPH

DIVISION

.

(e)

For

a

member

whose

first

4

month

of

entitlement

is

July

2026

or

later,

the

member

may

5

return

to

covered

employment

as

school

district

support

staff

6

for

a

covered

employer

after

receiving

one

month

of

retirement

7

benefits.

8

EXPLANATION

9

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

10

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

11

Current

law

provides

that

a

member

has

a

bona

fide

retirement

12

for

purposes

of

the

Iowa

public

employees’

retirement

system

13

when

the

member

does

not

return

to

any

employment

with

a

14

covered

employer

until

the

member

has

qualified

for

at

least

15

one

calendar

month

of

retirement

benefits

and

the

member

does

16

not

return

to

covered

employment

until

the

member

has

qualified

17

for

no

fewer

than

four

calendar

months

of

retirement

benefits.

18

This

bill

provides

that

a

member

may

return

to

covered

19

employment

as

school

district

support

staff

for

a

covered

20

employer

after

receiving

one

month

of

retirement

benefits.

21

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5611YH

(1)

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sc/ns

1/

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