# Iowa HF 2357: A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directives. (Formerly HSB 615.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Iowa HF 2357, A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directives. (Formerly HSB 615.) Effective date: 07/01/2026., is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY; status signed, last action 2026-04-16 (Signed by Governor.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF2357-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-18 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Iowa HF 2357 - State: Iowa - Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directives. (Formerly HSB 615.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-09 - Last action: 2026-04-16, Signed by Governor. - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (137 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 9 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More private instruction qualifies for tax credit: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, Iowa's tuition and textbook tax credit covers more types of private instruction. The definition includes independent private instruction and competent private instruction. Instruction provided to an Iowa resident by a nonlicensed person qualifies only as competent private in… - More school options after contract revocation: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, nonresident students gain an application option after a charter or innovation zone school's contract is revoked. Students who attended that school, and their siblings, can apply to another district through open enrollment. The law does not guarantee acceptance. - Privately instructed students gain driving options: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, qualifying student drivers receiving competent or independent private instruction gain permission for more school trips. They can drive to extracurricular activities at another school, even without being enrolled there. Their primary instructor can also provide the required… - Nursing facilities gain conditional inspection choice: benefit, low. The nursing-facility inspection options take effect only upon passage of the federal legislation required by Iowa's 1996 law. Once that trigger occurs, facilities can choose inspection by the Iowa department or the Joint Commission. The law recognizes comparable Joint Commission inspections. An acc… - Grain dealers gain more bonding options: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, licensed grain dealers can use qualifying letters of credit from more financial institutions as bonds. The law removes the former restriction on the type of issuing institution. The letter of credit must be irrevocable, meaning it cannot be canceled. This provision specifies… - Private colleges face program accreditation requirement: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, private institutions must be accredited to join the College Student Aid Commission program covered by this change. Students at unaccredited private institutions cannot access that program through those schools. Community colleges remain included. - More grounds for professional license discipline: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Iowa board can discipline covered license holders on more statutory grounds. The law allows all grounds in section 148.6, rather than only subsection 1. Existing grounds under section 147.55 and chapter 272C also remain. - Driving lawsuits use updated device wording: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the civil-action reference to device use while driving uses the term “electronic device.” It replaces “electronic communication device” for the conduct described in section 321.276. This wording change states no new penalty or damages amount. - Lower handgun transfer age; supervision rules: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the handgun transfer offense's age cutoff drops from 21 to 18. Selling, lending, giving, or making a pistol, revolver, or related ammunition available to someone under 18 remains an offense. A first offense is a serious misdemeanor; later offenses are class D felonies. A par… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-06 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2026-03-02 | House | Passed House | pass | 90 | 0 | | ## Actions (12) - 2026-04-16: Signed by Governor. (House) - 2026-04-16: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. (House) - 2026-04-06: Message from Senate. (House) - 2026-04-06: Immediate message. (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Substituted for SF 2372. (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Read first time, attached to SF 2372. (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Message from House. (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Immediate message. (House) - 2026-03-02: Passed House, yeas 90, nays 0. (House) - 2026-02-09: Introduced, placed on calendar. (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/HF2357.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/HF2357.pdf) ## Related bills - HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 785.) Effective date: 10/02/20… (signed) - SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions… (signed) - HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election misconduc… (signed) - SF 2399: A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly SSB 3162.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (signed) - SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Formerly SF 2317, SSB 3121.) 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