HF677 • 2026

A bill for an act designating correctional officers as public safety employees for purposes of the public employment relations Act and including applicability provisions.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: TUREK
Last action: 2025-02-28
Official status: Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 478 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act designating correctional officers as public safety employees for purposes of the public employment relations Act and including applicability provisions.

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A bill for an act designating correctional officers as public safety employees for purposes of the public employment relations Act and including applicability provisions.

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Bill History

2025-02-28 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 478 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act designating correctional officers as public safety employees for purposes of the public employment relations Act and including applicability provisions.

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House

File

677

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

677

BY

TUREK

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

designating

correctional

officers

as

public

safety

1

employees

for

purposes

of

the

public

employment

relations

2

Act

and

including

applicability

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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677

Section

1.

Section

20.3,

subsection

11,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

g.

A

correctional

officer

employed

by

the

3

Iowa

department

of

corrections.

4

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

collective

5

bargaining

procedures

pursuant

to

chapter

20

initiated

on

or

6

after

the

effective

date

of

this

Act.

7

EXPLANATION

8

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

9

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

10

This

bill

designates

correctional

officers

employed

by

the

11

Iowa

department

of

corrections

as

public

safety

employees

12

for

the

purposes

of

Code

chapter

20,

the

public

employment

13

relations

Act.

Code

chapters

20

and

400

include

collective

14

bargaining

procedures

specifically

applicable

to

public

safety

15

employees

that

are

not

applicable

to

other

public

employees,

16

including

procedures

relating

to

the

scope

of

collective

17

bargaining

negotiations,

arbitration

procedures,

and

certain

18

matters

relating

to

city

civil

service

employment.

19

The

bill

applies

to

collective

bargaining

procedures

20

pursuant

to

Code

chapter

20

initiated

on

or

after

the

effective

21

date

of

the

bill.

22

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