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Kim Reynolds
governor
Office of the Governor Chris Cournoyer
LT GOVERNOR
June 02, 2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 2770, an Act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system,
providing fees, and including applicability provisions.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincer^y.
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 2770
AN ACT
RELATING TO AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM,
PROVIDING FEES, AND INCLUDING APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2026-2027 APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of justice for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated :
a. For the general office of attorney general for
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes,
including the prosecuting attorneys training program, matching
funds for federal violence against women grant programs,
victim assistance grants, the office of drug control policy
prosecuting attorney program, and odometer fraud enforcement,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions :
. $ 11,672,266
. FTEs 238.00
The appropriation in this lettered paragraph shall be
increased by $165,000 if 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 639, is
not enacted.
House File 2770, p. 2
As a condition of receiving the appropriation provided
in this lettered paragraph, the department of justice shall
maintain a record of the estimated time incurred representing
each agency or department.
The general office of attorney general may temporarily
exceed and draw more than the amount appropriated in this
lettered paragraph and incur a negative cash balance as long
as there are receivables equal to or greater than the negative
balances and the amount appropriated in this lettered paragraph
is not exceeded at the close of the fiscal year.
b. For victim assistance grants:
. $ 5,541,708
Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$225,000 is allocated to provide grants to care providers
providing services to victims of human trafficking. The
remaining moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
are allocated to provide grants to care providers providing
services to all other victims of violent crime.
The balance of the victim compensation fund established in
section 915.94 may be used to provide salary and support of not
more than 24.00 full-time equivalent positions and to provide
maintenance for the victim compensation functions of the
department of justice. In addition to the full-time equivalent
positions authorized pursuant to this unnumbered paragraph,
7.00 full-time equivalent positions are authorized and shall be
used by the department of justice to employ one accountant and
four program planners. The department of justice may employ
the additional 7.00 full-time equivalent positions authorized
pursuant to this unnumbered paragraph that are in excess of the
number of full-time equivalent positions authorized only if
the department of justice receives sufficient federal moneys
to maintain employment for the additional full-time equivalent
positions during the current fiscal year. The department
of justice shall only employ the additional 7.00 full-time
equivalent positions in succeeding fiscal years if sufficient
federal moneys are received during each of those succeeding
fiscal years.
The department of justice shall transfer at least $150,000
from the victim compensation fund established in section 915.94
House File 2770, p. 3
to the victim assistance grant program established in section
13.31.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
c. For legal services for persons in poverty grants as
provided in section 13.34:
. $ 2,634,601
d. To improve the department of justice's cybersecurity and
technology infrastructure:
. $ 202,060
2. a. The department of justice, in submitting budget
estimates for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, pursuant
to section 8.23, shall include a report of funding from sources
other than amounts appropriated directly from the general fund
of the state to the department of justice or to the office of
consumer advocate. These funding sources must include but
are not limited to reimbursements from other state agencies,
commissions, boards, or similar entities, and reimbursements
from special funds or internal accounts within the department
of justice. The department of justice shall also report actual
reimbursements for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025,
and actual and expected reimbursements for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2026.
b. The department of justice shall include the report
required under paragraph "a" , as well as information regarding
any revisions occurring as a result of reimbursements actually
received or expected at a later date, in a report to the
general assembly. The department of justice shall submit the
report on or before January 15, 2027.
3. a. The department of justice shall fully reimburse
the costs and necessary related expenses incurred by the Iowa
law enforcement academy to continue to employ one additional
instructor position who shall provide training for human
trafficking-related issues throughout the state.
b. The department of justice shall obtain the moneys
necessary to reimburse the Iowa law enforcement academy to
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employ such an instructor from unrestricted moneys from either
the victim compensation fund established in section 915.94 or
the human trafficking victim fund established in section 915.95
or the human trafficking enforcement fund established in 2015
Iowa Acts, chapter 138, section 141.
4. Notwithstanding sections 553.19 and 714. 16C, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027,
any moneys not otherwise appropriated from the antitrust fund
created in section 553.19 and the consumer education and
litigation fund created in section 714. 16C are appropriated to
the department of justice for salaries, support, maintenance,
and miscellaneous purposes necessary to perform the duties
described in section 13.2.
Sec. 2. OFFICE OF CONSUMER ADVOCATE. There is appropriated
from the commerce revolving fund created in section 546.12 to
the office of consumer advocate of the department of justice
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30,
2027, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. $ 3,784,047
. FTEs 18.00
The office of consumer advocate shall include in its charges
assessed or revenues generated an amount sufficient to cover
the amount stated in its appropriation and any state-assessed
indirect costs determined by the department of administrative
services.
Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - FACILITIES.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated :
a. For the operation of the Fort Madison correctional
facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
$ 46,724,722
House File 2770, p. 5
b. For the operation of the Anamosa correctional facility,
including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. $ 40,255,974
c. For the operation of the Oakdale correctional facility,
including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes :
. $ 59,344,020
d. For the Oakdale correctional facility for
department-wide institutional pharmaceuticals and miscellaneous
purposes:
. $ 10,175,417
e. For the operation of the Newton correctional facility,
including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes :
. $ 32,509,092
f. For the operation of the Mount Pleasant correctional
facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. $ 30,619,297
g. For the operation of the Rockwell City correctional
facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. $ 11,916,579
h. For the operation of the Clarinda correctional facility,
including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. $ 29,678,380
Moneys received by the department of corrections as
reimbursement for services provided to the Clarinda youth
corporation are appropriated to the department and shall be
used for the purpose of operating the Clarinda correctional
facility.
i. For the operation of the Mitchellville correctional
facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. $ 26,350,539
j. For the operation of the Fort Dodge correctional
facility, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
House File 2770, p. 6
miscellaneous purposes:
. $ 34,467,251
k. For reimbursement of counties for temporary confinement
of prisoners, as provided in sections 901.7, 904.908, and
906.17, and for offenders confined pursuant to section 904.513:
. $ 1,345,319
1. For federal prison reimbursement, reimbursements for
out-of-state placements, and miscellaneous contracts:
. $ 234,411
2. The department of corrections shall use moneys
appropriated in subsection 1 to continue to contract for the
services of a Muslim imam and a Native American spiritual
leader .
Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS — ADMINISTRATION. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated :
1. For general administration, including salaries and the
adjustment of salaries throughout the department, support,
maintenance, employment of an education director to administer
a centralized education program for the correctional system,
and miscellaneous purposes:
. $ 9,650,695
a. It is the intent of the general assembly that each
lease negotiated by the department of corrections with a
private corporation for the purpose of providing private
industry employment of inmates in a correctional institution
shall prohibit the private corporation from utilizing inmate
labor for partisan political purposes for any person seeking
election to public office in this state and that a violation
of this requirement shall result in a termination of the lease
agreement •
b. It is the intent of the general assembly that as a
condition of receiving the appropriation provided in this
subsection the department of corrections shall not enter into
a lease or contractual agreement pursuant to section 904.809
with a private corporation for the use of building space for
House File 2770, p. 7
the purpose of providing inmate employment without providing
that the terms of the lease or contract establish safeguards to
restrict, to the greatest extent feasible, access by inmates
working for the private corporation to personal identifying
information of citizens.
2. For educational programs for inmates at state penal
institutions:
. $ 3,108,109
a. To maximize the funding for educational programs,
the department shall establish guidelines and procedures to
prioritize the availability of educational and vocational
training for inmates based upon the goal of facilitating an
inmate's successful release from the correctional institution.
b. The director of the department of corrections may
transfer moneys from Iowa prison industries and the canteen
operating funds established pursuant to section 904.310, for
use in educational programs for inmates.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated in this
subsection until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
3. For the development and operation of the Iowa corrections
offender network (ICON) data system:
. $ 2,000,000
4. For offender mental health and substance abuse
treatment :
. $ 28,065
5. For department-wide duties, including operations, costs,
and miscellaneous purposes:
. $ 6,275,000
The appropriation in this subsection shall be increased by
$105,000 if 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 639, is not enacted.
Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS — JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for salaries,
House File 2770, p. 8
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
a. For the first judicial district department of
correctional services:
. $ 17,395,981
It is the intent of the general assembly that the first
judicial district department of correctional services maintains
the drug courts operated by the district department.
b. For the second judicial district department of
correctional services:
. $ 14,105,725
It is the intent of the general assembly that the second
judicial district department of correctional services maintains
two drug courts to be operated by the district department.
c. For the third judicial district department of
correctional services:
. $ 8,915,376
d. For the fourth judicial district department of
correctional services:
. $ 6,563,898
e. For the fifth judicial district department of
correctional services, including funding for electronic
monitoring devices for use on a statewide basis:
. $ 25,194,813
It is the intent of the general assembly that the fifth
judicial district department of correctional services maintains
the drug court operated by the district department.
f. For the sixth judicial district department of
correctional services:
. $ 17,554,811
It is the intent of the general assembly that the sixth
judicial district department of correctional services maintains
the drug court operated by the district department.
g. For the seventh judicial district department of
correctional services:
. $ 11,003,457
It is the intent of the general assembly that the seventh
judicial district department of correctional services maintains
the drug court operated by the district department.
h. For the eighth judicial district department of
House File 2770, p. 9
correctional services:
. $ 10,259,926
2. Each judicial district department of correctional
services, within the moneys available, shall continue programs
and plans established within that district to provide for
intensive supervision, sex offender treatment, diversion of
low-risk offenders to the least restrictive sanction available,
job development, and expanded use of intermediate criminal
sanctions .
3. Each judicial district department of correctional
services shall provide alternatives to prison consistent with
chapter 901B. The alternatives to prison must ensure public
safety while providing maximum rehabilitation to the offender.
A judicial district department of correctional services may
also establish a day program.
4. The office of drug control policy of the department
of public safety shall consider federal grants made to the
department of corrections for the benefit of each of the eight
judicial district departments of correctional services as local
government grants, as defined pursuant to federal regulations.
5. The department of corrections shall continue to contract
with a judicial district department of correctional services
to provide for the rental of electronic monitoring equipment
available statewide.
6. The public safety assessment shall not be utilized in
pretrial hearings when determining whether to detain or release
a defendant before trial until such time the use of the public
safety assessment has been specifically authorized by the
general assembly.
Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - REALLOCATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS. Notwithstanding section 8.39, within the
moneys appropriated in this division of this Act to the
department of corrections, the department may reallocate the
moneys appropriated and allocated as necessary to best fulfill
the needs of the correctional institutions, administration
of the department, and the judicial district departments of
correctional services. However, in addition to complying with
the requirements of section 904.116 and providing notice to
the legislative services agency, the department of corrections
House File 2770, p. 10
shall also provide notice to the department of management,
prior to the effective date of the revision or reallocation of
an appropriation made pursuant to this section. The department
of corrections shall not reallocate an appropriation or
allocation for the purpose of eliminating any program.
Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS — INTENT. The department
of corrections, in cooperation with townships, the Iowa
cemetery associations, and other nonprofit or governmental
entities, may use inmate labor during the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2026, to restore or preserve rural cemeteries and
historical landmarks. The department, in cooperation with the
counties, may also use inmate labor to clean up roads, major
water sources, and other water sources around the state.
Sec. 8. STATE AGENCY PURCHASES FROM PRISON INDUSTRIES.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires, "state agency" means the government of the state
of Iowa, including but not limited to all executive branch
departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, and commissions, the
judicial branch, the general assembly and all legislative
agencies, institutions within the purview of the state board of
regents, and any corporation whose primary function is to act
as an instrumentality of the state.
2. State agencies are encouraged to purchase products from
Iowa state industries, as defined in section 904.802, when
purchases are required and the products are available from
Iowa state industries. State agencies shall obtain bids from
Iowa state industries for purchases of office furniture during
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, exceeding $5,000 or
in accordance with applicable administrative rules related to
purchases for the agency.
Sec. 9. IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the Iowa law enforcement academy for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, including jailer training and technical assistance,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
House File 2770, p. 11
positions :
. $ 2,919,407
. FTEs 31.00
b. The Iowa law enforcement academy may temporarily exceed
and draw more than the amount appropriated in this subsection
and incur a negative cash balance as long as there are
receivables equal to or greater than the negative balance and
the amount appropriated in this subsection is not exceeded at
the close of the fiscal year.
2. The Iowa law enforcement academy may select at least
five automobiles of the department of public safety, division
of state patrol, prior to turning over the automobiles to
the department of administrative services to be disposed
of by public auction, and the Iowa law enforcement academy
may exchange any automobile owned by the academy for each
automobile selected if the selected automobile is used in
training law enforcement officers at the academy. However, any
automobile exchanged by the academy must be substituted for
the selected vehicle of the department of public safety and
sold by public auction with the receipts being deposited in the
depreciation fund maintained pursuant to section 8A.365 to the
credit of the department of public safety, division of state
patrol .
3. The Iowa law enforcement academy shall provide training
for domestic abuse and human trafficking-related issues
throughout the state. The academy shall offer the training at
no cost to the attendees and the training shall not replace any
existing domestic abuse or human trafficking training offered
by the academy.
Sec. 10. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the office of the state public defender of the department
of inspections, appeals, and licensing for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
House File 2770, p. 12
. $ 38,627,894
. FTEs 276.00
b. For payments on behalf of eligible adults and juveniles
from the indigent defense fund, in accordance with section
815.11:
. $ 41,576,374
2. Moneys received by the office of the state public
defender pursuant to Tit. IV-E of the federal Social Security
Act remaining unencumbered and unobligated at the end of the
fiscal year shall not revert but shall be transferred to the
Tit. IV-E juvenile justice improvement fund created in 2022
Iowa Acts, chapter 1146, section 11, subsection 3, to remain
available for expenditure by the office of the state public
defender in succeeding fiscal years for the purposes allowed by
Tit. IV-E of the federal Social Security Act.
Sec. 11. BOARD OF PAROLE. There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the board of parole for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the
following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. $ 1,545,114
. FTEs 10.60
Sec. 12. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of public defense, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. $ 7,646,037
. FTEs 242.00
2. The department of public defense may temporarily exceed
and draw more than the amount appropriated in this section and
incur a negative cash balance as long as there are receivables
House File 2770, p. 13
of federal funds equal to or greater than the negative balance
and the amount appropriated in this section is not exceeded at
the close of the fiscal year.
Sec. 13. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT .
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of homeland security and emergency management
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30,
2027, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. $ 2,396,138
. FTEs 25.44
2. The department of homeland security and emergency
management may temporarily exceed and draw more than the amount
appropriated in this section and incur a negative cash balance
as long as there are receivables of federal funds equal to or
greater than the negative balance and the amount appropriated
in this section is not exceeded at the close of the fiscal
year .
Sec. 14. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of public
safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending
June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. For administrative functions, including salaries and the
adjustment of salaries throughout the department, the criminal
justice information system, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. $ 7,325,444
. FTEs 33.00
2. For the division of criminal investigation, including
the state's contribution to the peace officers' retirement,
accident, and disability system provided in chapter 97A in the
amount of the state's normal contribution rate, as defined in
section 97A.8, multiplied by the salaries for which the moneys
are appropriated, to meet federal fund matching requirements,
House File 2770, p. 14
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions :
. $ 23,282,804
. FTEs 184.00
3. For the criminalistics laboratory fund created in
section 691.9:
. $ 650,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
the succeeding fiscal year.
4. a. For the division of narcotics enforcement, including
the state's contribution to the peace officers' retirement,
accident, and disability system provided in chapter 97A in the
amount of the state's normal contribution rate, as defined in
section 97A.8, multiplied by the salaries for which the moneys
are appropriated, to meet federal fund matching requirements,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions :
. $ 10,496,573
. FTEs 71.00
The division of narcotics enforcement is authorized an
additional 1.00 full-time equivalent position pursuant to
this lettered paragraph that is in excess of the number of
full-time equivalent positions authorized for the previous
fiscal year only if the division of narcotics enforcement
receives sufficient federal moneys to maintain employment
for the additional full-time equivalent position during the
current fiscal year. The division of narcotics enforcement
shall only employ the additional full-time equivalent position
in succeeding fiscal years if sufficient federal moneys are
received during each of those succeeding fiscal years.
b. For the division of narcotics enforcement for undercover
purchases :
. $ 209,042
5. For the division of state fire marshal, for fire
protection services as provided through the state fire service
and emergency response council as created in the department,
House File 2770, p. 15
and for the state's contribution to the peace officers'
retirement, accident, and disability system provided in chapter
97A in the amount of the state's normal contribution rate,
as defined in section 97A.8, multiplied by the salaries for
which the moneys are appropriated, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. $ 3,635,378
. FTEs 21.00
6. For the division of state patrol, for salaries, support,
maintenance, workers' compensation costs, and miscellaneous
purposes, including the state's contribution to the peace
officers' retirement, accident, and disability system provided
in chapter 97A in the amount of the state's normal contribution
rate, as defined in section 97A.8, multiplied by the salaries
for which the moneys are appropriated, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
. $ 94,251,941
. FTEs 613.00
It is the intent of the general assembly that members of the
state patrol be assigned to patrol the highways and roads in
lieu of assignments for inspecting school buses for the school
districts .
7. For deposit in the sick leave benefits fund established
in section 80.42 for all departmental employees eligible to
receive benefits for accrued sick leave under the collective
bargaining agreement:
. $ 279,517
8. For costs associated with the training and equipment
needs of volunteer fire fighters:
. $ 1,075,520
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purposes designated in this subsection
until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
9. For the public safety interoperable and broadband
communications fund established in section 80.44:
. $ 115,661
10. For the office to combat human trafficking established
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in section 80.45, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. $ 200,742
11. For department-wide duties, including operations,
costs, and miscellaneous purposes:
. $ 3,430,000
The appropriation in this subsection shall be increased by
$230,000 if 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 639, is not enacted.
12. For the office of drug control policy, for salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, including
statewide coordination of the drug abuse resistance education
(D.A.R.E.) programs or other similar programs, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. $ 270,546
. FTEs 4.00
Notwithstanding section 8.39, the department of public
safety may reallocate moneys appropriated in this section
as necessary to best fulfill the needs provided for in the
appropriation. However, the department shall not reallocate
moneys appropriated to the department in this section unless
notice of the reallocation is given to the legislative services
agency and the department of management prior to the effective
date of the reallocation. The notice must include information
regarding the rationale for reallocating the moneys. The
department shall not reallocate moneys appropriated in this
section for the purpose of eliminating any program.
Sec. 15. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY — GAMING ENFORCEMENT.
1. There is appropriated from the gaming enforcement
revolving fund created in section 80.43 to the department of
public safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and
ending June 30, 2027, the following amount, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For any direct support costs for agents and officers of
the division of criminal investigation's excursion gambling
boat, gambling structure, and racetrack enclosure enforcement
activities, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
$ 13,084,081
House File 2770, p. 17
. . FTEs 68.00
2. For each additional license to conduct gambling games on
an excursion gambling boat, gambling structure, or racetrack
enclosure issued during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026,
there is appropriated from the gaming enforcement revolving
fund to the department of public safety for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, an additional
amount of not more than $300,000 to be used for full-time
equivalent positions.
3. The department of public safety, with the approval of the
department of management, may employ no more than three special
agents for each additional riverboat or gambling structure
regulated after July 1, 2026, and three special agents for
each racing facility which becomes operational during the
fiscal year which begins July 1, 2026. Positions authorized
in this subsection are in addition to the full-time equivalent
positions otherwise authorized in this section.
Sec. 16. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. There is appropriated from the 911 emergency
communications fund created in section 34A.7A to the department
of homeland security and emergency management for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the
following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For implementation, support, and maintenance of the
functions of the administrator and program manager under
chapter 34A and to employ the auditor of the state to perform
an annual audit of the 911 emergency communications fund:
. $ 300,000
Sec. 17. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE — CONSUMER EDUCATION AND
LITIGATION - FARM MEDIATION AND PROSECUTIONS, APPEALS, AND
CLAIMS. Notwithstanding section 714. 16C, there is appropriated
from the consumer education and litigation fund to the
department of justice for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
1. For farm mediation services as specified in section
13.13, subsection 2:
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. $ 300,000
2. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes for criminal prosecutions, criminal appeals, and
performing duties pursuant to chapter 669:
. $ 2,000,000
DIVISION II
INDIGENT DEFENSE AND REPRESENTATION
Sec. 18. Section 815.7, subsection 10, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
10. For appointments made on or after July 1, 2025, through
June 30, 2026, the reasonable compensation shall be calculated
on the basis of eighty-eight dollars per hour for class "A"
felonies, eighty-three dollars per hour for class "B" felonies,
and seventy-eight dollars per hour for all other cases.
Sec. 19. Section 815.7, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 10A. For appointments made on or after July
1, 2026, the reasonable compensation shall be calculated on the
basis of ninety-two dollars per hour for class "A" felonies,
eighty-seven dollars per hour for class "B" felonies, and
eighty-two dollars per hour for all other cases.
DIVISION III
ATTORNEY LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM — COURT FILING FEES
Sec. 20. NEW SECTION . 256.232 Attorney loan repayment
program — fund.
1. Program established. The college student aid commission
shall establish an attorney loan repayment program to encourage
attorneys to remain and practice law in this state.
2. Eligibility. An individual is eligible to apply to
enter into a program agreement with the college student aid
commission pursuant to subsection 3 if the individual meets all
of the following requirements:
a. Is a graduate of an accredited law school within five
years of the time of application to the program.
b. Is licensed to practice law in Iowa.
c. Is practicing law in Iowa at the time of application or
commits to begin practicing law in this state upon execution
of a program agreement.
3. Program agreements. An agreement must be entered into by
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an eligible attorney and the college student aid commission.
Under the agreement, to receive loan repayments pursuant to
subsection 5, an eligible attorney shall agree to and fulfill
all of the following requirements:
a. Remain and practice law in Iowa in the area designated
pursuant to the attorney's preference determination during each
year for which loan repayment assistance is received.
b. Provide not less than the number of hours per year of
legal services as an indigent defense attorney as designated
pursuant to the attorney's preference determination.
4. Priority.
a. In awarding loan repayment assistance under this section,
the commission shall give priority to attorneys who practice
law in this state in the following order, with preference
within each of the following subparagraphs to attorneys who
graduated from an Iowa law school, an Iowa high school, or
completed private instruction pursuant to chapter 299A:
(1) Attorneys who reside and practice law in rural areas
of the state and provide a minimum of fifty hours of indigent
defense services annually.
(2) Attorneys who practice law in rural areas of the state
and provide a minimum of one hundred hours of indigent defense
services annually.
(3) Attorneys who practice law in Iowa and provide two
hundred hours of indigent defense services annually.
b. For purposes of this subsection, "rural area" means
a county or municipality that has a population of less than
twenty-six thousand and is located more than twenty miles from
a city with a population of at least fifty thousand, based on
the most recent federal decennial census.
5. Loan repayment assistance. An eligible attorney
who enters into and remains in compliance with a program
agreement pursuant to subsection 3 shall receive loan repayment
assistance in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars per
year or the outstanding balance of the attorney's eligible
loans, whichever is less. In the event an attorney who
receives loan repayment assistance under this section ceases
to practice law in accordance with the program agreement, the
loan repayment assistance shall terminate immediately, the
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loan repayment assistance shall be prorated for the months the
attorney complied with the agreement, and no further payment
shall be made. Loan repayment assistance may be provided for
each year of eligible practice during a period of not more than
six consecutive years. The total amount of loan repayment
assistance an attorney may receive under the program shall
not exceed the total outstanding balance of the attorney's
eligible student loans at the time the program agreement is
executed. For purposes of this subsection, "eligible loan"
means the attorney's total federally guaranteed Stafford loan
amount under the federal family education loan program or the
federal direct loan program, the attorney's federal graduate
plus loans, or the attorney's federal Perkins loan, including
principal and interest. Loan payment assistance received
pursuant to this section is not subject to Iowa income tax.
6. Trust fund established. An attorney loan repayment
program trust fund is created in the state treasury under
the control of the college student aid commission. The
commission may accept gifts, grants, bequests, and other
private contributions, as well as state or federal moneys, for
deposit in the fund. All moneys deposited in the trust fund
are appropriated and made available to the commission to be
used for purposes of meeting the requirements of this section.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund shall not
revert but shall remain available for purposes of this section
and to provide loan repayment assistance to attorneys in this
state. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest
or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the
fund and are appropriated to the commission for purposes of
administering the attorney loan repayment program under this
section.
7. Rules. The college student aid commission shall adopt
rules to administer this section.
8. Limitation . The program shall not provide assistance for
more than twenty-five attorneys in a single year, and shall not
provide assistance to more than one hundred fifty attorneys at
any time.
9. Repeal. This section is repealed July 1, 2041.
Sec. 21. Section 331.424, subsection 1, paragraph a,
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subparagraph (6), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
(6) The maintenance and operation of the courts, including
but not limited to the salary and expenses of the clerk of the
district court and other employees of the clerk's office, and
bailiffs, court costs if the prosecution fails or if the costs
cannot be collected from the person liable, costs and expenses
of prosecution under section 189A.17, salaries and expenses
of juvenile court officers under chapter 602, court-ordered
costs in domestic abuse cases under section 236.5, sexual abuse
cases under section 236A.7, and elder abuse cases under section
235F.6, the county's expense for confinement of prisoners under
chapter 356A, temporary assistance to the county attorney,
county contributions to a retirement system for bailiffs,
reimbursement for judicial magistrates under section 602.6501,
claims filed und e r s e ction 6 22.93, sign language interpreters'
fees under section 622B.7, uniform citation and complaint
supplies under section 805.6, and costs of prosecution under
section 815.13.
Sec. 22. Section 422.7, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 46. a. Subtract, to the extent included,
income resulting from the payment of the amount of any loan
repayment assistance received pursuant to section 256.232,
whether paid to the taxpayer or the lender, not to exceed ten
thousand dollars in any tax year.
b. If the taxpayer has a deduction in computing federal
taxable income under section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code
for interest on a qualified education loan, the taxpayer shall
recompute for purposes of this subsection the amount of the
deduction under paragraph "a" by not subtracting any amount of
income resulting from the loan repayment assistance received
pursuant to section 256.232 that was also deducted by the
taxpayer under section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code.
c. A taxpayer is eligible to receive a deduction pursuant to
this subsection for not more than six consecutive tax years in
the taxpayer's lifetime.
Sec. 23. Section 602.8102, subsection 98, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
98. Carry out duties relating to trials and judgments as
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provided in sections 6 24. 8 624.9 through 624.20 and 624.37.
Sec. 24. Section 602.8105, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2026,
are amended to read as follows:
1. The clerk of the district court shall collect the
following fees:
a. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, for
filing and docketing a petition, on e hundr e d ninety-five two
hundred fifteen dollars. In count-i-es having a population of
nin e ty -e ight thousand or over-» an -add-i-t-iona-1 fiv e dollara shall
be charged and— col-lee ted to b e known a s th e journal publication
f ee and— us e d for th e purposes— provid e d for in s e ction 6 1 8 .13.
b. For filing and docketing a petition for dissolution
of marriage, which includes the docketing of any dissolution
decree, two hundred sixty-fiv e eighty-five dollars. It is th e
intent of the- general ass e mbly that twenty percent— of the fund s
genefofcod from— th e s e f ee s b e appropriated and used— for s e xual
ass ault and dom e stic violence cent e rs and e ighty por-co-nt— of th e
fund s gener-at-ed— f-r-om t-hese foes be— appropriat e d to th e general
f -u- nd— o-f th e s tat e.
c. For filing and docketing a petition pursuant to chapter
598 other than a dissolution of marriage petition, one hundred
•fee» thirty dollars.
d. For filing and docketing an application for modification
of a dissolution decree to which a written stipulation is
attached at the time of filing containing the agreement of the
parties to the terms of modification, one hundred les thirty
dollars.
e. For filing and docketing a petition for adoption pursuant
to chapter 600, zero dollars.
f. For filing and docketing a small claims action, the
amounts specified in section 631.6.
g. For an appeal from a judgment in small claims or for
filing and docketing a writ of error, one hundred ni-nety-fiv e
two hundred fifteen dollars.
h, For a motion to show cause in a civil case, sixty eighty
dollars .
i. For filing and docketing a transcript of the judgment in
a civil case, sixty eighty dollars.
j. For filing a tribal judgment, one hundred -feen- thirty
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dollars .
k. For a civil claim for reimbursement under section 356.7,
zero dollars.
2. The clerk of the district court shall collect the
following fees for miscellaneous services:
a. For filing and entering any other statutory lien, sixty
eighty dollars.
b. For a certificate and seal, thirty fifty dollars.
However, there shall be no charge for a certificate and seal to
an application to procure a pension, bounty, or back pay for a
member of the armed services or other person.
c. For certifying a change in title of real estate, s- ixty
eighty dollars.
d. For filing a praecipe to issue execution under chapter
626, thirty-fiv e fifty-five dollars. The fee shall be
recoverable by the creditor from the debtor against whom the
execution is issued. A fee payable by a political subdivision
of the state under this paragraph shall be collected by the
clerk of the district court as provided in section 602.8109.
However, the fee shall be waived and shall not be collected
from a political subdivision of the state if a county attorney
or county attorney's designee is collecting a delinquent
judgment pursuant to section 602.8107, subsection 4.
e. For filing a praecipe to issue execution under chapter
654, s- i-xty eighty dollars.
f. For filing a confession of judgment under chapter 676,
sixty eighty dollars if the judgment is five thousand dollars
or less, and one hundred tea thirty dollars if the judgment
exceeds five thousand dollars.
g. For filing a lis pendens, sixty eighty dollars.
h. For applicable convictions under section 692A.110 on
or after June 25, 2020, a civil penalty of two hundred sixty
dollars .
i. Other fees provided by law.
Sec. 25. Section 602.8108, Code 2026, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 12. a. The clerk of the district court
shall remit to the state court administrator, not later than
the fifteenth day of each month, all moneys collected from the
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filing and miscellaneous fees provided in section 602.8105,
subsections 1 and 2, except moneys collected from the sex
offender civil penalty in section 602.8105, subsection 2,
paragraph "h", shall be remitted and distributed pursuant to
subsection 10. The clerk shall report to the state court
administrator the total number of fees that were paid, and
the number of filing fees that were paid for dissolution of
marriage pursuant to section 602.8105, subsection 1, paragraph
b .
b. The state court administrator shall total the number of
fees reported pursuant to paragraph "a" each month and shall
calculate the amount equal to twenty dollars multiplied by the
number of fees that were paid statewide during that month. The
state court administrator shall exclude from the number of
fees, fees ordered pursuant to section 602.8105, subsection 2,
paragraph "h".
c. Of the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph "b", the
state court administrator shall deposit fifty percent into the
indigent defense fund established in section 815.11.
d. The state court administrator shall deposit the remaining
fifty percent of the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph ^b"
each fiscal year in the attorney loan repayment program trust
fund established in section 256.232.
e. Following the deposits required in paragraphs "c" and
'“'d", the state court administrator shall deposit the remaining
filing and miscellaneous fee moneys received under paragraph
"a" in the general fund of the state; provided, however, that
filing fees paid pursuant to section 602.8105, subsection 1,
paragraph ^b", for the dissolution of marriage, be appropriated
as follows:
(1) Through the close of the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2026, twenty percent of the moneys generated from these
fees are appropriated and shall be used for sexual assault and
domestic violence centers and eighty percent of the moneys
generated from these fees shall be deposited in the general
fund of the state.
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, twenty percent of the moneys generated
from these fees are appropriated and shall be used for the
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sexual assault forensic examination center grant program
established in section 915.47, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts,
House File 2794, or another 2026 Act of the general assembly,
and eighty percent of the moneys generated from these fees
shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
Sec. 26. Section 631.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2026, is amended to read as follows:
a. Fees for filing and docketing shall be nin e ty-fiv e one
hundred fifteen dollars.
Sec. 27. REPEAL. Sections 618.13, 622.93, and 624.8, Code
2026, are repealed.
Sec. 28. APPLICABILITY. The following apply to fees paid on
and after July 1, 2026:
1. The section of this division of this Act amending section
602.8105.
2. The section of this division of this Act amending section
602.8108. .
PAT GRASS LE AMY SINCLAIR
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2770, Ninety-first General Assembly.
MEGHAN NELSON
Approved , 2026
Governor