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IA SSB3044

SB

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/20/2026

Primary Sponsor

Workforce

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes a mandatory reemployment case management program for unemployment benefit claimants who are no longer attached to work, with services beginning within one to two weeks after filing an initial claim
  • Claimants participating in and compliant with the reemployment case management program are considered to be "earnestly and actively seeking work" for unemployment benefit eligibility purposes
  • Waives work search requirements for claimants who are partially unemployed while employed at their regular job or temporarily unemployed
  • Requires all interested parties to select a communication format specified by the Department of Workforce Development to receive notifications regarding unemployment benefit claims
  • Directs the department to adopt administrative rules under chapter 17A to govern participation in the reemployment case management program

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to programs and procedures of the department of workforce development and including effective date provisions.(See SF 2168.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2168.

1/29/2026

Committee Referrals

Workforce1/20/2026

Full Bill Text

No bill text available