# Iowa SF 565: A bill for an act providing for the continuation of health insurance in certain circumstances for the surviving spouse and each surviving child of employees of the state of Iowa and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1039.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 01/01/2024.

Iowa SF 565, A bill for an act providing for the continuation of health insurance in certain circumstances for the surviving spouse and each surviving child of employees of the state of Iowa and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1039.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 01/01/2024., is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT; status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Signed by Governor.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: Iowa SF 565
- State: Iowa
- Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026)
- Title: A bill for an act providing for the continuation of health insurance in certain circumstances for the surviving spouse and each surviving child of employees of the state of Iowa and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1039.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 01/01/2024.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-10
- Last action: 2025-05-19, Signed by Governor.
- Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (135 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Iowa worker survivors can keep health coverage: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, qualifying Iowa state employees’ surviving spouses and children can keep or rejoin their previous state health coverage. The law applies retroactively to January 1, 2024. The employee must have been enrolled in a state group health or medical plan when they died. Iowa’s Depa…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-24 | House | Passed House | pass | 89 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 46 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-05-19: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-05-19: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: Message from House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Immediate message. (House)
- 2025-04-24: Passed House, yeas 89, nays 0. (House)
- 2025-04-24: Substituted for HF 1016. (House)
- 2025-04-22: Read first time, passed on file. (House)
- 2025-04-22: Message from Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-22: Immediate message. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Amendment S-3122 filed, adopted. (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Committee report, approving bill. (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Introduced, placed on calendar. (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF565.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/SF565.pdf)

## Related bills

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- 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.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (signed)
- SF 2299: A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program. (Formerly SF 2176.) Vetoed 6-2-26. (vetoed)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF565.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/SF565.pdf)

## Related
- [HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF2801-2025-2026)
- [SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2472-2025-2026)
- [HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ball…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF2601-2025-2026)
- [SF 2399: A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2399-2025-2026)
- [SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Former…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2471-2025-2026)
- [SF 2299: A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or conc…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2299-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF565-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-18).