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Kim Reynolds
governor
Office of the Governor Chris Cournoyer
LT GOVERNOR
June 02, 2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
Senate File 2168, an Act relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and
other career training, unemployment insurance, and membership of the state workforce
development board, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
The above Senate File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
Kim l\i«<^1cis
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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Senate File 2168
AN ACT
RELATING TO WORKFORCE MATTERS INCLUDING APPRENTICESHIPS
AND OTHER CAREER TRAINING, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, AND
MEMBERSHIP OF THE STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
IOWA REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP ACT
Section 1. Section 84D.2, subsection 5, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
5. "Apprenticeship sponsor" means an entity operating
an apprenticeship program or an entity in whose name an
apprenticeship program is being operated, which entity is
registered with or approved by the United States department
of labor, office of apprenticeship, or the Iowa office of
apprenticeship. "Apprenticeship sponsor" includes a lead
apprenticeship sponsor, sponsor, or intermediary sponsor , and
an employer who provides training through a lead apprenticeship
sponsor, sponsor, or intermediary sponsor .
Sec. 2. Section 84D.2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION . 11A. "Employer partner" means an employer
who trains the employer's employees through an intermediary
sponsor .
NEW SUBSECTION . 12A. "intermediary sponsor" means
an entity that provides related training instruction to
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apprentices for multiple employers, serves as the sponsor of
the apprentices, and registers the program with the Iowa office
of apprenticeship, and may also provide technical assistance to
employers and assist with developing occupational standards.
Sec. 3. Section 84D.2, subsection 12, Code 2026, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 4. Section 84D.2, subsection 19, paragraph a,
subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (c) , Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Related training instruction from a lead apprenticeship
sponsor, sponsor, or intermediary sponsor .
Sec. 5. Section 84D.4, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH , c. An intermediary sponsor has the sole
discretion for approving employer partners, provided that such
employer partners are compliant with the employer partners'
responsibilities outlined in the intermediary sponsor's
standards .
Sec. 6. Section 84D.4, subsection 8, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
8. a. The office shall develop a plan providing a procedure
for the cancellation or deregistration, or both, of programs
and for temporary suspension, cancellation, deregistration, or
any of these, of apprenticeship agreements.
b. Prior to any order to cancel or suspend an employer
partner, the office must provide a comprehensive list of the
grounds for cancellation or suspension and allow at least sixty
days for the employer partner to become compliant. If the
office orders cancellation or suspension of an employer partner
after the sixty-day period, the order shall be considered final
agency action, and the intermediary sponsor may seek judicial
review as provided in section 17A.19.
c. (1) Prior to any permanent or temporary cancellation,
suspension, or deregistration, the office must provide a
comprehensive list of the grounds of the alleged violation
of the apprenticeship program standards in writing to the
approved apprenticeship sponsor, intermediary sponsor, or lead
apprenticeship sponsor and allow at least ninety days to become
compliant .
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(2) A decision by the office to cancel, suspend, or
deregister an approved apprenticeship sponsor, intermediary
sponsor, or lead apprenticeship sponsor must be issued
in writing and must state the reasons for the office's
decision. The office shall not issue such a decision before
the conclusion of the ninety-day period or later than thirty
days after the conclusion of the period. The decision shall
be considered final agency action subject to judicial review
as provided in section 17A.19. However, notwithstanding
section 17A.19, the office shall have the burden to prove that
the approved apprenticeship sponsor, intermediary sponsor,
or lead apprenticeship sponsor violated the standards of the
apprenticeship program and that the approved apprenticeship
sponsor, intermediary sponsor, or lead apprenticeship sponsor
did not take the necessary corrective actions to address a
violation that was the basis for the cancellation, suspension,
or deregistration within the ninety-day period.
d. If an apprenticeship sponsor, intermediary sponsor,
or lead apprenticeship sponsor is canceled, suspended, or
deregistered, the apprenticeship sponsor, intermediary sponsor,
or lead apprenticeship sponsor shall have the right to reapply
for a registration after sixty days.
Sec. 7. Section 84D.7, Code 2026, is amended to read as
follows :
84D.7 Requirements for sponsors and employers.
A sponsor of a quality pre-apprenticeship program,
youth apprenticeship program, registered apprenticeship
program, or apprenticeship program is responsible for the
administration and supervision of on-the-job training and
related technical instruction for each apprentice in the
quality pre-apprenticeship program, youth apprenticeship
program, registered apprenticeship program, or apprenticeship
program. When training is provided by a lead apprenticeship
sponsor or intermediary sponsor , the employer of the apprentice
is responsible for the administration and supervision of
on-the-job training, and the lead apprenticeship sponsor or
intermediary sponsor is responsible for related technical
instruction for each apprenticeship.
DIVISION II
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IOWA PLUMBER, MECHANICAL PROFESSIONAL, AND CONTRACTOR LICENSING
ACT - APPRENTICESHIPS
Sec. 8. Section 105.18, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 5. Regulation of apprenticeships .
a. A licensed journeyperson or master may employ or
supervise licensed apprentices at a ratio not to exceed three
apprentices to one licensee.
b. The requirements of this section do not apply to
apprenticeship classroom training.
DIVISION III
IOWA APPRENTICESHIP ACT
Sec. 9. Section 84E.2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 8A. '’'intermediary sponsor" means the same
as defined in section 84D.2.
Sec. 10. Section 84E.4, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Code
2026, are amended to read as follows:
1. a. An apprenticeship sponsor , intermediary sponsor, or
lead apprenticeship sponsor that conducts an apprenticeship
program that is registered with the United States department of
labor, office of apprenticeship, through Iowa, for apprentices
who will be employed at worksites located in this state may
apply to the department for financial assistance under this
section if the apprenticeship program includes a minimum of one
hundred contact hours per apprentice for each training year of
the apprenticeship program.
b. Financial assistance received by an apprenticeship
sponsor , intermediary sponsor, or lead apprenticeship
sponsor under this section shall be used only for the cost of
conducting and maintaining an apprenticeship program.
c. An apprenticeship sponsor whose apprentices receive
contact hours from a lead apprenticeship sponsor is not
eligible for financial assistance under this chapter.
2. The department shall provide financial assistance in the
form of training grants to eligible apprenticeship sponsors,
intermediary sponsors, or lead apprenticeship sponsors in the
following manner:
a. By determining the total amount of funding allocated
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for purposes of training grants for apprenticeship programs
pursuant to section 84E.3.
b. By determining the total number of apprentices trained
during the most recent training year, as calculated on the
last day of the training year, in all apprenticeship programs
conducted by all applying apprenticeship sponsors , intermediary
sponsors, or lead apprenticeship sponsors eligible to apply for
financial assistance under subsection 1.
c. By determining the total number of apprentices trained
during the most recent training year, as calculated on the
last day of the training year, in each apprenticeship program
conducted by each apprenticeship sponsor , intermediary
sponsor , or lead apprenticeship sponsor eligible to apply under
subsection 1, and that applied for financial assistance under
subsection 1.
d. By determining the proportion, stated as a percentage,
that each applying apprenticeship sponsor's , intermediary
sponsor's, or lead apprenticeship sponsor's total calculated
pursuant to paragraph ^c" bears to all applying apprenticeship
sponsors' , intermediary sponsors', or lead apprenticeship
sponsors' total calculated pursuant to paragraph ^b".
e. By multiplying the percentage calculated in paragraph "d"
by the amount determined in paragraph "a".
3. An apprenticeship sponsor , intermediary sponsor, or
lead apprenticeship sponsor seeking financial assistance under
this section shall provide the following information to the
department :
a. The federal apprentice registration number of each
apprentice in the apprenticeship program.
b. The address and a description of the physical location
where in-person training is conducted.
c. k certification of the apprenticeship sponsor's or
intermediary sponsor's training standards as most recently
approved by the United States department of labor, office
of apprenticeship or, in the case of a lead apprenticeship
sponsor, a representative sample of participating members'
training standards.
d. A certification of the apprenticeship sponsor's or
intermediary sponsor's compliance review or quality assessment
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as most recently conducted by the United States department of
labor, office of apprenticeship, unless the apprenticeship
sponsor has not been subjected to a compliance review or
quality assessment. In the case of a lead apprenticeship
sponsor, a sampling of compliance reviews or quality
assessments from participating members shall be sufficient.
e. Any other information the department reasonably
determines is necessary.
4. The apprenticeship sponsor , intermediary sponsor, or
lead apprenticeship sponsor and the department shall enter
into an agreement regarding the provision of any financial
assistance to the apprenticeship sponsor , intermediary sponsor,
or lead apprenticeship sponsor.
Sec. 11. Section 84G.3, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
2. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023 2026 ,
and for each fiscal year thereafter, there is annually
appropriated from the workforce development fund account to
the apprenticeship training program fund created in section
84E.3 three four million five hundred thousand dollars for the
purposes of chapter 84E.
Sec. 12. Section 422. 16A, Code 2026, is amended to read as
follows :
422. 16A Job training withholding — certification and
transfer .
Upon the completion by a business of its repayment
obligation for a training project funded under chapter 260E,
including a job training project funded under section 260J.2
or repaid in whole or in part by the supplemental new jobs
credit from withholding under section 260J.1 or section
15E.197, Code 2014, the sponsoring community college shall
report to the department of workforce development the amount
of withholding paid by the business to the community college
during the final twelve months of withholding payments. The
department of workforce development shall notify the department
of revenue of that amount. The department of revenue shall
credit to the workforce development fund account established in
section 84G.3 twenty-five percent of that amount each quarter
for a period of ten years. If the amount of withholding from
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the business or employer is insufficient, the department of
revenue shall prorate the quarterly amount credited to the
workforce development fund account. The maximum amount from
all employers which shall be transferred to the workforce
development fund account in any year is sev e n nine million
s e ven two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
DIVISION IV
CAREER TRAINING PHYSICAL EXPANSION PROGRAM
Sec. 13. Section 84A.5, subsection 5, Code 2026, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . m. The career training physical expansion
program under chapter 84J. This paragraph is repealed July 1,
2030.
Sec. 14. NEW SECTION . 84J.1 Definition.
As used in this chapter, "depar tmen t ~ means the department of
workforce development.
Sec. 15. NEW SECTION . 84J.2 Career training physical
expansion program.
1. A career training physical expansion program is created
that shall be administered by the department. The purpose of
the program is to provide financial assistance for construction
of new facilities and procurement of equipment that will
expand the capacity of community colleges and unionized and
nonunionized private sector apprenticeship programs to provide
education and training for workers in high-demand fields in
this state.
2. The department shall establish eligibility requirements,
award criteria, and application and other necessary procedures
for the program. To be eligible for financial assistance, a
community college or apprenticeship program must demonstrate
to the department that construction of the new facility or
procurement of equipment will directly result in an increase
in the number of workers in high-demand fields in this state
by expanding the physical capacity of the community college or
apprenticeship program to train more students or apprentices in
such fields. The community college or apprenticeship program
must also demonstrate that there is employer demand in this
state for the training to be provided. Projects to increase
internet-based education or training shall be ineligible for
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financial assistance.
3. The department shall give priority for financial
assistance to community colleges or apprenticeship programs
that demonstrate the training for which the physical capacity
will be expanded is nonduplicative of training offered by other
community colleges or apprenticeship programs in this state.
Sec. 16. NEW SECTION . 84J.3 Career training physical
expansion program fund — appropriation.
1. A career training physical expansion program fund is
created as a fund in the state treasury under the control of
the department.
2. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated for
purposes of the career training physical expansion program,
and any other moneys lawfully available to the department for
purposes of this chapter.
3. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for
the purposes of this chapter.
4. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall
remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7,
subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall
be credited to the fund.
Sec. 17. NEW SECTION . 84J.4 Rules.
The department of workforce development shall adopt rules
pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this chapter.
Sec. 18. NEW SECTION . 8 4 J. 5 Repeal.
This chapter is repealed July 1, 2030.
DIVISION V
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Sec. 19. NEW SECTION . 279.89 Increasing access to
apprenticeship training.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires :
a. "Apprenticeship sponsor", "registered apprenticeship
program", "work-based learning", and "youth apprenticeship" mean
the same as defined in section 84D.2.
b. "HVAC" means the same as defined in section 105.2.
2. The board of directors of each school district is
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encouraged to establish or expand quality pre-apprenticeship
opportunities and youth apprenticeship programs at secondary
schools in partnership with apprenticeship sponsors and the
Iowa office of apprenticeship. Activities boards may pursue
in furtherance of this goal include but are not limited to all
of the following:
a. Aligning existing industrial technology, construction,
electronics, metalwork, and related coursework with
requirements of registered apprenticeship programs.
b, Establishing new coursework in subjects such as plumbing,
HVAC, and math for skilled trades as well as an introductory
course on apprenticeships to prepare students for a wide
variety of opportunities in registered apprenticeship programs.
c. Construction, improvement, or expansion of skilled trade
extension centers to provide additional work-based learning
opportunities .
d. Partnering with apprenticeship sponsors to ensure
curricula for coursework described in paragraphs "a", "b", and
"c" are industry-aligned so that such coursework can be credited
toward completion of an apprenticeship.
3. The board of directors of each school district is
encouraged to establish a work-based learning program at
each secondary school. The work-based learning program
shall facilitate implementation of this section and other
pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and work-based learning
initiatives at the school. The work-based learning program
shall be a program that is recognized as a work-based learning
program by the department of education and shall be operated
by trained and credentialed staff who have prior experience
relevant to implementation of quality pre-apprenticeships,
youth apprenticeships, or other work-based learning
initiatives .
4. The board of directors of each school district is
encouraged to pursue funding sources and in-kind contributions
through private sector partnerships and from apprenticeship
sponsors and nonprofit sources to implement this section.
DIVISION VI
HIGH-DEMAND JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY
Sec. 20. Section 84A.1B, subsection 3, Code 2026, is amended
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to read as follows:
3. Create, and update as n e c e s s ary every three years , a
list of high-demand jobs statewide for purposes of the future
ready Iowa registered apprenticeship programs created in
chapter 84F, the summer youth intern pilot program established
under section 84A.12, the Iowa employer innovation program
established under section 84A.13, the future ready Iowa skilled
workforce last-dollar scholarship program established under
section 256.228, the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
program established under section 256.229, and postsecondary
summer classes for high school students as provided under
section 261E.8, subsection 8. In addition to the list created
by the workforce development board under this subsection,
each community college, in consultation with regional career
and technical education planning partnerships, and with the
approval of the board of directors of the community college,
may identify and maintain a list of not more than five regional
high-demand jobs in the community college region, and shall
share the lists with the workforce development board. The
lists submitted by community colleges under the subsection
may be used in that community college region for purposes of
programs identified under this subsection. The workforce
development board shall hav e fu-1-1 discretion collaborate
with community colleges to select and prioritize statewide
high-demand jobs after consulting with business and education
stakeholders, as appropriate, and seeking public comment.
The workforce development board may add to update the list
of high-demand jobs as— i-t— deems n e c es sary sooner than the
three-year period provided in this subsection if the update
is requested in writing by a representative designated by the
community colleges and the workforce development board agrees
with the requested update . For purposes of this subsection,
"high -demand job" means a job in the state that the board, or
a community college in accordance with this subsection, has
identified in accordance with this subsection. In creating
a list under this subsection, the following criteria, at a
minimum, shall apply:
a. An A competitive entry-level hourly wage of- not leoo than
f o u- r-b ee n dollars.
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b. Educational attainment of a qualifying credential up to a
bachelor's degree.
c. One or both of the following criteria:
(1) Projected annual job openings of at least two hundred
fifty or more during the next five years.
(2) Annual job growth of at least one percent.
Sec. 21. Section 256.228, subsection 1, paragraph g,
subparagraph (5), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
(5) H as a s tudent aid index— of less than or equal to
■tw e nty— thousand dollars at th e time of -i-nitial application,
as d e t&g-min e d by th e— app l- ieat-ion forms submitted pur -sa ant to
subparagraph ( 2 ) ,— including th e — fr ee application for f e d e ral
st u dent— aid Meets financial need criteria as established by the
commission .
Sec. 22. Section 256.228, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
2026, is amended to read as follows:
b, Adopt rules under chapter 17A, in collaboration with
the department of workforce development, for administration of
this section, including but not limited to establishing the
duties and responsibilities of eligible institutions under
the program; defining residence and satisfactory academic
progress for purposes of the program; defining financial need
for purposes of the program; and establishing procedures
for scholarship application, processing, and approval. The
rules shall provide for determining the priority awarding of
scholarships if funds available for purposes of this section
are insufficient to pay all eligible students. Priority shall
be given to fully awarding each eligible student approved for a
scholarship rather than to prorating scholarship awards among
all eligible students.
Sec. 23. Section 256.228, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code
2026, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in
lieu thereof the following:
d. Transmit to the department of workforce development the
compilation of information, data, and statistics compiled under
subsection 1, paragraph "e", subparagraph (6).
DIVISION VII
CAREER AND TECHNICAL SECONDARY AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 24. Section 256.146, subsection 26, Code 2026, is
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amended to read as follows:
26. a. Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A that allow
an individual seeking a career and technical secondary
authorization to apply, and, if eligible, be issued the
secondary authorization prior to accepting an offer of
employment with a school.
b. The board shall limit qualifications for an applicant
for a career and technical secondary authorization to three
thousand hours of recent and relevant experience. The board
shall limit training requirements for an initial authorization
to ethics training.
DIVISION VIII
REEMPLOYMENT CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Sec. 25. Section 96.4, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2026,
is amended to read as follows:
a. The individual is able to work, is available for work,
and is earnestly and actively seeking work. An individual
is considered to be earnestly and actively seeking work if
the individual is participating in and compliant with the
department's reemployment case management program under
section 96.11, subsection 17. This subsection is waived if
the individual is deemed partially unemployed, while employed
at the individual's regular job, as defined in section 96. 1A,
subsection 37, paragraph "b" , subparagraph (1), or temporarily
unemployed as defined in section 96. 1A, subsection 37,
paragraph "c". The work search requirements of this subsection
and the disqualification requirement for failure to apply for,
or to accept suitable work of section 96.5, subsection 3, are
waived if the individual is not disqualified for benefits under
section 96.5, subsection 1, paragraph "h" .
Sec. 26. Section 96.11, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 17 . Reemployment case management
program. The department, as a required part of its
administration of unemployment compensation benefits, shall
operate a reemployment case management program. The program
shall provide individualized reemployment services to claimants
who are no longer attached to work. The services shall
begin as soon as the week after, and not later than two weeks
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after, the filing of an initial claim for benefits. The
department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A regarding
participation in the reemployment case management program.
DIVISION IX
SUMMER YOUTH INTERN PILOT PROGRAM - REPEAL
Sec. 27. Section 84A.1B, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
Create, and update as necessary, a list of high-demand jobs
statewide for purposes of the future ready Iowa registered
apprenticeship programs created in chapter 84F, the summer
youth i-nt-ern pilot program establish e d under s e et-ion 84 A.12,
the Iowa employer innovation program established under section
84A.13, the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
scholarship program established under section 256.228, the
future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program established
under section 256.229, and postsecondary summer classes
for high school students as provided under section 261E.8,
subsection 8. In addition to the list created by the workforce
development board under this subsection, each community
college, in consultation with regional career and technical
education planning partnerships, and with the approval of the
board of directors of the community college, may identify and
maintain a list of not more than five regional high-demand jobs
in the community college region, and shall share the lists
with the workforce development board. The lists submitted by
community colleges under the subsection may be used in that
community college region for purposes of programs identified
under this subsection. The workforce development board
shall have full discretion to select and prioritize statewide
high-demand jobs after consulting with business and education
stakeholders, as appropriate, and seeking public comment. The
workforce development board may add to the list of high-demand
jobs as it deems necessary. For purposes of this subsection,
"high-demand job" means a job in the state that the board, or
a community college in accordance with this subsection, has
identified in accordance with this subsection. In creating
a list under this subsection, the following criteria, at a
minimum, shall apply:
Sec. 28. REPEAL. Section 84A.12, Code 2026, is repealed.
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Sec. 29. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes
effect June 30, 2026.
DIVISION X
MEMBERSHIP OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Sec. 30. Section 84A.1A, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2026, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (07) The state director of adult
education.
Sec. 31. Section 84A.1A, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (7), subparagraph division (a), unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
Ten Twelve members who shall be representatives of
businesses in the state to whom each of the following applies,
and at least one of whom shall represent small businesses as
defined by the United States small business administration:
Sec. 32. Section 84A.1A, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (7), subparagraph division (b), unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
Fewr- Five members who shall be representatives of the
workforce in the state and who shall include all of the
following:
DIVISION XI
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RESERVE FUND - TRANSFER TO
UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND
Sec. 33. 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1162, section 21, is
amended to read as follows:
SEC. 21. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RESERVE FUND — TRANSFER
TO WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND.
■Ftt Any moneys appropriat e d to th e d e partm e nt of workforce
d e v e lopment for purposes of present in the unemployment
compensation reserve fund established pursuant to section
96.9 , Code 2024, that remain unencumbered or unobligated as of
July 1, 202 4 2026 , but not more than thirty million dollars,
shall be depo s it e d in th e workforc e opportunity fund cr e at e d
i-n s e ction 84 A.20, — i-f— enact e d by this division of bh-is Act
transferred to the account of this state in the unemployment
trust fund, established and maintained pursuant to section
904 of the federal Social Security Act as amended; provided,
however, that any interest earned on moneys in the unemployment
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compensation reserve fund shall be transferred to the special
employment security contingency fund established pursuant to
section 96.13, subsection 3 .
■2-; — Any mon e ys — r emaining — ±-n — the — unemploym e nt — comp e nsation
r eserve fund after the d e posit described in sub se ction 1 shall
fee — transferred — to — t he account — of — t-hie — s- t-a t e — ±-n — the — unemploym e nt
trust fund; provided, how e v e r, that-any interest earned on
mon e ys — r e maini-ng in th e unemployment compensation reserv e
fund af-ter th e d e po s it d e scri-bed in subsection 1 shall b e
tran s f e rr e d to th e spee-i-al employment security conting e ncy
f- und
AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY.
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2168, Ninety-first General Assembly.
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Governor
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