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SF 377IOWASession 2025-2026State BillSigned into law

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Iowa Senate File 377 Prohibits Using Safety Tech to Determine Employment Status

Original title: A bill for an act prohibiting the consideration of the deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement when determining a person’s employment status. (Formerly SSB 1107 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Last action · March 28, 2025: Signed by Governor . S.J. 668 .

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What This Bill Does

Iowa law now bans state agencies and courts from using a motor carrier's safety improvements or equipment to classify a worker as an employee or independent contractor, starting July 1, 2025.

Why it matters

Changes how motor carriers and drivers interact under state employment law by ensuring safety tools cannot be used as evidence to alter worker classification.

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Motor carriers

Carriers can implement safety devices and practices without risking reclassification of workers under state employment laws.

Directly affected

Drivers and operators

Their employment status under state law cannot be determined by the use of safety equipment or procedures.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is considered a motor carrier safety improvement under this law?

It includes any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate compliance with traffic safety laws.

When does this law take effect?

The law takes effect on July 1, 2025.

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Where This Stands

Current status: Signed into law.

Procedural history

28 actions

Mar 28, 2025SenateEnrolled
Signed by Governor . S.J. 668 .
Mar 28, 2025Senate
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 667 .
Mar 17, 2025House
Message from House. S.J. 539 .
Mar 17, 2025House
Explanations of votes. H.J. 676 .
Mar 13, 2025House
Withdrawn. H.J. 656 .
Mar 13, 2025House
SF 377 substituted. H.J. 648 .

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Mar 13, 2025House
Immediate message. H.J. 656 .
Mar 13, 2025HouseFloor
Passed House , yeas 95, nays 0. H.J. 649 .
Mar 13, 2025House
Substituted for HF 698 . H.J. 648 .
Mar 11, 2025HouseIntroduced
Read first time, passed on file. H.J. 595 .
Mar 10, 2025House
Message from Senate. H.J. 589 .
Mar 10, 2025Senate
Immediate message. S.J. 451 .
Mar 10, 2025SenateFloor
Passed Senate , yeas 47, nays 0. S.J. 451 .
Feb 28, 2025HouseIntroduced
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 481 .
Feb 28, 2025Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 698 .
Feb 26, 2025House
Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 449 .
Feb 26, 2025House
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 449 .
Feb 19, 2025Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Feb 19, 2025Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 377 .
Feb 19, 2025Senate
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 317 .
Feb 19, 2025SenateIntroduced
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 311 .
Feb 13, 2025Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/19/2025 12:00PM RM 304.1.
Feb 12, 2025House
Subcommittee: Mommsen, Bossman and Kressig. H.J. 309 .
Feb 12, 2025HouseIntroduced
Introduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 308 .
Feb 12, 2025Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Feb 11, 2025Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2025 10:00AM Room 217 Conference Room.
Feb 11, 2025Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Zumbach, Shipley, and Townsend.
Feb 11, 2025Iowa LegislatureIntroduced
Introduced, referred to Transportation.

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