All Roll Calls
Yes: 236 • No: 1
IowaHF 96991st General Assembly (2025–2026)HouseWALLET
A bill for an act concerning retirement contributions of and benefits associated with cancer diagnoses of members of certain public retirement systems, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 266.) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Signed by Governor
state government
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Clearer cancer rules for public safety workers
Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa uses a uniform cancer definition for the chapter 97A and chapter 411 retirement systems. Cancer means diseases involving abnormal cell growth that can invade or spread to other parts of the body. This definition guides which diagnoses count under those systems’ cancer-related retirement rules. The definition itself does not set benefit payments.
Higher pension payments for covered public workers
Beginning July 1, 2025, chapter 411 retirement members pay 9.675% of covered pay, up from 9.55%. The employee rate cap for costs caused by changes in law rises from 11.35% to 11.475%. That cap applies when those costs cannot be covered within otherwise established contribution rates. Rates can rise to cover those costs but cannot exceed the applicable cap.
Workers pay more, employers pay less
The law shifts retirement costs toward covered protection workers, county sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs. Protection workers’ starting contribution shares are 40% employee and 60% employer; sheriffs and deputies start at 50% each. Beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2025, the employee contribution percentage increases by 0.125 percentage point annually. The employer contribution percentage decreases by the same amount.
Higher funding for public safety pensions
Beginning July 1, 2025, the chapter 97A retirement funding rate is 11.475%, plus an extra percentage set by its board. The earlier baseline was 11.35% for July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2025, also with an added percentage. The board sets the extra amount through a required study of the system’s costs and funding. This finances benefits under rules that treat covered cancers and infectious diseases as contracted on active duty. The provision does not identify who pays the extra amount or set its size.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/15/2025
Passed House
Yes: 94 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/9/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 46 • No: 1
House vote • 3/26/2025
Passed House
Yes: 96 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Fiscal note.
6/11/2025legislatureSigned by Governor.
6/6/2025HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/19/2025HouseExplanation of vote.
4/24/2025HouseExplanation of vote.
4/22/2025HouseMessage from House.
4/15/2025SenateImmediate message.
4/15/2025HousePassed House, yeas 94, nays 0.
4/15/2025HouseHouse concurred in Senate amendment H-1223.
4/15/2025HouseExplanation of vote.
4/15/2025HouseFiscal note.
4/10/2025legislatureSenate amendment H-1223 filed.
4/10/2025HouseMessage from Senate.
4/10/2025HouseImmediate message.
4/9/2025SenatePassed Senate, yeas 46, nays 1.
4/9/2025SenateAmendment S-3063 adopted.
4/9/2025SenatePlaced on calendar.
4/2/2025legislatureAmendment S-3063 filed.
4/2/2025SenateCommittee report, recommending amendment and passage.
4/2/2025SenateFiscal note.
4/2/2025legislatureSubcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
3/31/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/31/2025 2:30PM Room 217 Conference Room.
3/28/2025legislatureSubcommittee: Webster, Bousselot, and Townsend.
3/27/2025SenateRead first time, referred to State Government.
3/27/2025SenateMessage from House.
3/27/2025Senate
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
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