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HF2750 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the collection and distribution of fees for wire transmissions, the establishment of the school security grant program, and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 601 .)

A bill for an act relating to the collection and distribution of fees for wire transmissions, the establishment of the school security grant program, and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 601 .)

Education
Passed Legislature

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

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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Last action
2026-04-22
Official status
Fiscal note .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the collection and distribution of fees for wire transmissions, the establishment of the school security grant program, and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 601 .)

A bill for an act relating to the collection and distribution of fees for wire transmissions, the establishment of the school security grant program, and including contingent effective date provisions.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the collection and distribution of fees for wire transmissions, the establishment of the school security grant program, and including contingent effective date provisions.
  • (Formerly HF 601 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-22 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  2. 2026-04-20 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Schultz, Bousselot, and Townsend. S.J. 841 .

  3. 2026-04-13 Iowa Legislature

    Referred to Ways and Means. S.J. 775 .

  4. 2026-04-09 Iowa Legislature

    Read first time, passed on file. S.J. 764 .

  5. 2026-04-09 Iowa Legislature

    Message from House. S.J. 764 .

  6. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. H.J. 863 .

  7. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Passed House , yeas 60, nays 32. H.J. 848 .

  8. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-8329 filed, adopted. H.J. 848 .

  9. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-8333 , yeas 30, nays 63, lost, as amended. H.J. 847 .

  10. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-8338 to amendment H-8333 filed, adopted. H.J. 847 .

  11. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-8333 filed. H.J. 846 .

  12. 2026-04-02 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  13. 2026-03-30 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. H.J. 765 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the collection and distribution of fees for wire transmissions, the establishment of the school security grant program, and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 601 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2750

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Reprinted

HOUSE

FILE

2750

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

WAYS

AND

MEANS

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

601)

(As

Amended

and

Passed

by

the

House

April

8,

2026

)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

collection

and

distribution

of

fees

for

1

wire

transmissions,

the

establishment

of

the

school

security

2

grant

program,

and

including

contingent

effective

date

3

provisions.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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DIVISION

I

1

WIRE

TRANSMISSION

FEES

2

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

533C.1004

Wire

transmission

fees.

3

1.

For

purposes

of

this

section,

“wire

transmission”

means

4

money

transmission

by

wire

to

or

from

locations

abroad.

5

2.

In

addition

to

any

other

fee

required

by

law

for

a

wire

6

transmission,

a

licensee

or

the

licensee’s

authorized

delegate

7

shall

collect

from

a

customer

a

fee

of

five

dollars

for

each

8

wire

transmission

equal

to

or

less

than

five

hundred

dollars,

9

and

in

addition

to

such

fee,

if

applicable,

an

amount

equal

to

10

two

percent

of

the

amount

of

the

wire

transmission

in

excess

11

of

five

hundred

dollars.

12

3.

The

fees

collected

under

subsection

2

shall

be

remitted

13

quarterly

by

the

licensee

or

the

licensee’s

authorized

14

delegate

to

the

department

of

revenue

in

the

form

and

manner

15

prescribed

by

the

department

of

revenue,

in

consultation

with

16

the

department

of

public

safety.

All

required

forms

and

17

remittances

shall

be

filed

with

the

department

of

revenue

no

18

later

than

the

fifteenth

day

of

the

month

following

the

close

19

of

each

calendar

quarter.

20

4.

The

department

of

revenue

shall

account

for

all

fees

21

remitted

under

subsection

3

and

distribute

as

follows:

22

a.

Ten

percent

for

allocation

to

the

office

to

combat

human

23

trafficking

established

in

section

80.45.

24

b.

Twenty

percent

for

deposit

in

the

school

security

grant

25

program

fund

established

in

section

256.20.

26

c.

Seventy

percent

for

deposit

in

the

new

prison

27

infrastructure

account

of

the

Iowa

prison

infrastructure

fund

28

created

in

section

602.8108A.

29

d.

The

remainder,

if

any,

for

deposit

in

the

general

fund

30

of

the

state.

31

5.

a.

The

department

of

revenue,

in

consultation

with

the

32

department

of

public

safety,

shall

enforce

the

provisions

of

33

this

section.

34

b.

If

a

licensee

or

licensee’s

authorized

delegate

fails

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to

comply

with

subsection

3,

the

department

of

revenue

shall

1

notify

the

superintendent

who

may

suspend

or

revoke

the

2

licensee’s

license

under

section

533C.901,

and

may

issue

an

3

order

suspending

or

revoking

the

designation

of

an

authorized

4

delegate

under

section

533C.902.

Notification

of

a

suspension

5

under

this

paragraph

shall

be

delivered

to

the

commissioner

of

6

public

safety.

7

c.

Upon

request

by

the

department

of

revenue,

the

8

superintendent

may

file

a

claim

against

the

surety

bond

of

the

9

licensee

on

behalf

of

the

state.

10

Sec.

2.

CONTINGENT

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

The

following

takes

11

effect

July

1,

2026,

if

2026

Iowa

Acts,

House

File

2753,

is

12

enacted:

13

The

portion

of

this

division

of

this

Act

enacting

section

14

533C.1004,

subsection

4,

paragraph

“c”.

15

DIVISION

II

16

SCHOOL

SECURITY

GRANT

PROGRAM

17

Sec.

3.

NEW

SECTION

.

256.20

School

security

——

grant

18

program.

19

1.

The

department

shall

establish

a

school

security

20

grant

program

to

provide

grants

to

school

districts

to

help

21

school

districts

offset

the

costs

associated

with

any

of

the

22

following:

23

a.

Installing

school

safety

and

security

infrastructure,

24

including

any

of

the

following:

25

(1)

Security

camera

systems.

26

(2)

Metal

detectors.

27

(3)

Radios.

28

(4)

Security

doors

and

security

windows

that

can

withstand

29

breaching,

bullets,

and

explosive

blasts.

30

b.

Employing,

or

retaining

the

services

of,

a

school

31

resource

officer

or

safety

consultant.

32

2.

The

department

shall

adopt

rules

pursuant

to

chapter

17A

33

to

administer

this

section,

including

rules

relating

to

grant

34

application

materials,

eligibility

requirements,

and

award

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criteria.

1

3.

Moneys

awarded

under

this

section

shall

be

used

to

2

supplement,

not

supplant,

existing

public

funding

used

by

a

3

school

district

for

similar

purposes.

4

4.

A

school

security

grant

program

fund

is

established

5

in

the

state

treasury.

The

fund

shall

be

administered

by

6

and

under

the

control

of

the

department

and

shall

consist

of

7

moneys

appropriated

by

the

general

assembly

and

any

other

8

moneys

received

by

the

department

for

deposit

in

the

fund.

9

The

moneys

in

the

fund

are

appropriated

to

the

department

for

10

the

school

security

grant

program.

Notwithstanding

section

11

8.33,

moneys

in

the

fund

at

the

close

of

the

fiscal

year

shall

12

not

revert

to

the

general

fund

of

the

state

but

shall

remain

13

available

for

expenditure

for

the

school

security

grant

program

14

for

subsequent

fiscal

years.

Notwithstanding

section

12C.7,

15

subsection

2,

interest

or

earnings

on

moneys

in

the

fund

shall

16

be

credited

to

the

fund.

17

5.

For

purposes

of

this

section,

“school

resource

officer”

18

means

the

same

as

defined

in

34

U.S.C.

§10389.

“School

resource

19

officer”

includes

all

of

the

following:

20

a.

A

peace

officer

as

defined

in

section

801.4.

21

b.

A

reserve

peace

officer

as

defined

in

section

80D.1A.

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