State Legislation

A bill for an act relating to licensing of service companies, motor vehicle service contracts, and residential service contracts, and providing civil penalties and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2714, HSB 517.) Effective date: 01/01/2027.

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, technology reinvestment fund, and renewable fuel infrastructure fund, providing for related matters including financial assistance eligibility for regional sports authority districts, department of health and human services information technology systems, the railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and eligibility for entities to receive financial assistance from both the Iowa major events and tourism fund and the sports tourism infrastructure program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3187.) Effective date: 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026.

A bill for an act relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, making corrections, and providing for properly related matters including the national electrical code, local civil rights laws, political party state central committees, noxious weeds, nonresident deer hunting licenses, proprietary treatment systems, poultry associations, tax credits, alternative nicotine and vapor products, public assistance programs, judicial branch and county attorney salaries, civil litigation abuse, human trafficking, federal grants and loans notifications, quarterly payments to area education agencies, civic proficiency in higher education, charter schools under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, school district incentives, extracurricular interscholastic eligibility, and levy increases, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 784.) Contingent effective date, effective 06/02/2026, 06/19/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027. Applicability date: 01/01/2026, 05/12/2026, 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026, 07/01/2028.

A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the duties of the department of education; the discipline of students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools who cause violent or nonviolent disruptions; the responsibilities and powers of the department of education, school district teachers, and other educational staff related to students who have individualized education programs or plans under section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act; school district professional development plans; and authorizing teachers to request a meeting of a student’s individualized education program team. (Formerly SF 2044.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

A bill for an act relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition assistance program, Medicaid, and the Iowa health and wellness plan, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3140.) Contingent effective date, effective 01/01/2027.

A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption. (Formerly SF 236.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

A bill for an act relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund. (Formerly SSB 3186.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3193.) Effective date: 01/01/2027.

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection, and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 772.) Effective Date: Conditional, 07/01/2026.

A bill for an act relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, snares, and tree stands, maximum fur dealer license fees, and deer depredation, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 260, SSB 1093.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

A bill for an act relating to certain public utilities, including the development of ratemaking principles permitted for recovery costs of certain investments in infrastructure by water and wastewater utilities and cost considerations for acquisitions of water, sanitary sewer, or storm water utilities. (Formerly SSB 3068.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

A bill for an act relating to the licensure of crematory operators and funeral establishments, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 198.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.