All Roll Calls
Yes: 139 • No: 0
IowaHF 24991st General Assembly (2025–2026)House
A bill for an act relating to the recovery of benefits inappropriately obtained from the department of homeland security and emergency management. (Formerly HSB 23.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
Signed by Governor
state government
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Benefit fraud reviews can reach wages
Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa's Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management can refer suspected improper benefits for investigation. After eligibility reviews, referrals can cover suspected fraud, misrepresentation, missing eligibility documents, or other improper payments. The Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing reviews referrals; other state agencies can receive suspected issues involving other benefit programs. When improper receipt is confirmed, the state must review legal options, including removal from other public-assistance programs. Options also include taking money from wages or Iowa income-tax refunds until the amount of benefits fraudulently claimed is recovered. A referral alone does not prove fraud, and the listed remedies are not automatic.
Property liens for unpaid improper benefit payments
Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa extends benefit-debt collection rules to the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. These rules also cover the Department of Health and Human Services. People who refuse or neglect repayment face property liens for benefits or provider payments obtained through false, misleading, incomplete, or inaccurate information. The debt includes interest, penalties, and costs, but liens exclude agency-error amounts and property protected under Iowa law. County recorders must maintain searchable lien records identifying the agency owed. The Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing must begin collection as soon as practical after debts become overdue. Authorized investigators can serve collection warrants if the receiving officer has not served them within five days; court enforcement rules apply afterward.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/9/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 47 • No: 0
House vote • 2/20/2025
Passed House
Yes: 92 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
5/19/2025HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/19/2025HouseMessage from Senate.
4/10/2025HouseImmediate message.
4/9/2025SenatePassed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
4/9/2025SenatePlaced on calendar.
4/2/2025legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
4/2/2025SenateSubcommittee recommends passage.
3/12/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/12/2025 11:15AM Room 217 Conference Room.
3/12/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/12/2025 3:30PM Room 217 Conference Room.
3/11/2025legislatureSubcommittee: Westrich, Bisignano, and Campbell.
3/11/2025SenateReferred to State Government.
3/6/2025SenateRead first time, passed on file.
2/24/2025SenateMessage from House.
2/24/2025SenateImmediate message.
2/20/2025HousePassed House, yeas 92, nays 0.
2/20/2025HouseIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/6/2025House
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
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