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HF2630 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to salaries of peace officers of the department of public safety.(Formerly HSB 551 .)

A bill for an act relating to salaries of peace officers of the department of public safety.(Formerly HSB 551 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 349 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to salaries of peace officers of the department of public safety.(Formerly HSB 551 .)

A bill for an act relating to salaries of peace officers of the department of public safety.(Formerly HSB 551 .)

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  • A bill for an act relating to salaries of peace officers of the department of public safety.(Formerly HSB 551 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 349 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to salaries of peace officers of the department of public safety.(Formerly HSB 551 .)

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House

File

2630

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2630

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

PUBLIC

SAFETY

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

551)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

salaries

of

peace

officers

of

the

department

1

of

public

safety.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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2630

Section

1.

Section

80.6,

subsection

3,

paragraph

a,

Code

1

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

a.

The

salaries

of

peace

officers

and

employees

of

the

3

department

and

the

expenses

of

the

department

shall

be

provided

4

for

by

a

legislative

appropriation.

The

compensation

of

peace

5

officers

of

the

department

shall

be

fixed

according

to

grades

6

as

to

rank

and

length

of

service

by

the

commissioner

with

the

7

approval

of

the

department

of

administrative

services,

unless

8

covered

by

a

collective

bargaining

agreement

that

provides

9

otherwise.

Annual

base

salaries

for

peace

officers

shall

be

10

as

follows:

11

(1)

The

annual

base

salary

for

each

peace

officer

in

the

12

grade

of

sergeant

shall

be

fifteen

percent

greater

than

the

13

salary

of

a

senior

trooper.

14

(2)

The

annual

salary

for

each

peace

officer

in

the

grade

15

of

lieutenant

shall

be

ten

percent

greater

than

the

salary

of

16

sergeant.

17

(3)

The

annual

base

salary

of

each

peace

officer

in

the

18

grade

of

captain

or

special

agent

in

charge

shall

be

ten

19

percent

greater

than

the

salary

of

lieutenant.

20

(4)

The

annual

base

salary

of

a

major

or

assistant

director

21

shall

be

ten

percent

greater

than

the

salary

of

captain

or

22

special

agent

in

charge.

23

(5)

The

annual

base

salary

of

colonel

or

director

shall

be

24

fifteen

percent

greater

than

the

salary

of

major

or

assistant

25

director.

26

(6)

Sworn

supervisors

of

the

department,

including

27

conservation

officer

supervisors,

shall

receive

the

same

wage,

28

step,

and

merit

increases

that

are

negotiated

under

chapter

20

29

between

the

state

and

the

state

police

officers

council

labor

30

union

for

peace

officers

subject

to

the

requirements

of

this

31

section.

32

EXPLANATION

33

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

34

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

35

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H.F.

2630

This

bill

relates

to

salaries

of

peace

officers

of

the

1

department

of

public

safety.

2

The

bill

provides

that

annual

base

salaries

for

peace

3

officers

are

as

follows:

for

a

peace

officer

in

the

grade

4

of

sergeant,

15

percent

greater

than

the

salary

of

a

senior

5

trooper;

for

a

peace

officer

in

the

grade

of

lieutenant,

10

6

percent

greater

than

the

salary

of

sergeant;

for

a

peace

7

officer

in

the

grade

of

captain

or

special

agent

in

charge,

8

10

percent

greater

than

the

salary

of

lieutenant;

for

a

major

9

or

assistant

director,

10

percent

greater

than

the

salary

of

10

captain

or

special

agent

in

charge;

for

a

colonel

or

director,

11

15

percent

greater

than

the

salary

of

major

or

assistant

12

director;

and

sworn

supervisors

of

the

department,

including

13

conservation

officer

supervisors,

shall

receive

the

same

wage,

14

step,

and

merit

increases

that

are

negotiated

under

Code

15

chapter

20

between

the

state

and

the

state

police

officers

16

council

labor

union.

17

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