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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
June 2,2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol Building
LOCAL
Dear Mr. Secretary:
I hereby transmit House File 2800, 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 fimds, 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, poultcy 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.
House File 2800 is approved this date with the following exceptions:
• Division I Section 4 proposes transferring the unencumbered and unobligated balances of
federal funding that the state received firom Coronavirus Relief Fimd (CRF) to the
information technology fund created in section 217.25 on July 1,2026.
This federal funding contains federal restrictions prohibiting the transfer of fimds into a
state general fund or any other fund without qualifying, documented eligible use under
program rules. Funds not meeting eligible cost timelines must be returned to the U.S.
Treasury.
CRF funds and interest earned can only be used for eligible COVID-19 response expenses^
Treasury further specifies that if CRF fimds are placed in an interest-bearing account, any
^ Coronavirus Relief Fund Guidance, Necessary Expenditures Incurred Due to the Public Health Emergency (page
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interest earned "must be used only to cover expenditures incurred in accordance with
section 601(d) of the Social Security Act"CRF interest cannot legally be reallocated to a
state IT fund unless that fimd administers an eligible COVID-19 response activity—^which
HF 2800, Sec. 4 does not require. Unspent CRF balances must be returned to Treasury if
not used for eligible expenditures^. A state statute carmot override a federal recoupment
mandate. Transferring CRF funds in 2026 would violate federal law.
Division I Section 5 proposes four appropriations from the information technology fund
created in section 217.25 to the department of health and human services for specific
information technology projects with the remaining balance of the fund being appropriated
for the Medicaid management information system. Further, this section prohibits the usage
of funding for maintenance operations, staffing, or other corporate technology needs of the
department.
The information technology fund created in section 217.25 is utilized by the department of
health and human services to pay for all of their information technology expenditures. As
HF 2800, Sec. 4 is in conflict with federal law and will result in no additional funding being
transferred into the information technology fund, this would result in the department of
health and human services being unable to maintain their operational information
technology needs.
Division X relates to a health care access and innovation tax credit.
As clearly stated during debate on this legislation, the intent of this provision is to hold
harmless Iowa's largest HMO fi:om the MCQ tax enacted earlier this year in HF 2739. This
carveout underniines the integrity and uniformity of the tax structure adopted by the
Legislature and required by the Federal Government. Accordingly, this provision places at
risk more than $120 million in new federal funding that supports Iowa Medicaid and the
vulnerable lowans who depend on these services.
Division XIV creates a new cause of action for "civil litigation abuse" and abrogates the
common law cause of action for abuse of process for actions between private parties.
The codified cause of action for abuse, of process abrogates the long-standing
common law cause of action for abuse of process. This substantial change to Iowa tort law
was not precipitated by discussion with stakeholders, and both the Office of the Attorney
General and Iowa State Bar Association have raised concerns about its implications.
Specifically, the Office of the Attorney General has identified a likely unintended impact
to the State's liability exposure.
^Coronavirus Relief Fund FAQ, Section B, #3 (page 4193) httDs://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-
15/pdf/202 l-00827.pdf
^ Coronavirus Relief Fund FAQ, Section B, #1 (page 4193) https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-
15/pdF2021-Q0827.pdf.
Moreover, codifying a broad-based cause of action for civil litigation abuse would
make Iowa an outlier. A cause of action for abuse of process has existed in Iowa since at
least 1956 and is based on the Restatements of Torts §682. Well over forty states have
adopted the Restatements definition of a claim for abuse of process.lt appears that
only three states have codified an abuse of process cause of action, and those statutes are
limited to claims brought by family members or within the domestic relations context. No
statute was found that codified an abuse of process claim applying to any private party
(e.g., individuals, corporation or other entity).
The cause of action for abuse of process, as drafted, also includes overbroad definitions
thereby creating confusing standards for juries. For example, the bill defines "ulterior
purpose" as use of process "mainly" for an improper reason, but then incongruously defines
the elements of the claim to include use of process "primarily" for an ulterior purpose.
I remain willing to work with both chambers to address concerns regarding claims in this
area of the law.
For the above reasons, I respectfully disapprove those parts of House File 2800 as specified above,
in accordance with Article III, Section 16, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa. The remainder
of House File 2800 is approved as of this date.
Sincerely
Reynolds
Governor
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 2800
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.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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DIVISION I
APPROPRIATIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS, TRANSFERS, AND EXPENDITURE
AUTHORITY
Section 1, LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS — FY
2026-2027. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in the
following designated section for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the amount appropriated from
the general fund of the state pursuant to that section for the
following designated purpose shall not exceed the following
amount:
For payment of claims for nonpublic school pupil
transportation under section 285.2:
$ 8,997,091
If total approved claims for reimbursement for nonpublic
school pupil transportation exceed the amount appropriated in
accordance with this section, the department of education shall
prorate the amount of each approved claim.
Sec. 2. INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STATE AID — FY 2026-2027. In
lieu of the appropriation provided in section 257.20,
subsection 2, the appropriation for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, for paying
instructional support state aid under section 257.20 for the
fiscal year is zero.
Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT USE
OF FEDERAL INCENTIVE PAYMENTS — FY 2025-2026 — FY
2026-2027. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, the department of
workforce development may use up to $12,000,000 from incentive
payments made to the state pursuant to the federal Assistance
for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, Pub. L.
No. 111-5, Div. B, Tit. II, pursuant to a special transfer
under section 903 of the federal Social Security Act, for
administration of the unemployment compensation insurance
program and for unemployment compensation insurance systems
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2026-2027. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and
ending June 30, 2027, salary adjustments otherwise provided
may be funded as determined by the department of management,
subject to any applicable constitutional limitation, using
unappropriated moneys remaining in the commerce revolving
fund, the gaming enforcement revolving fund, the gaming
regulatory revolving fund, the primary road fund, the road
use tax fund, the fish and game protection fund, and the Iowa
public employees' retirement fund, and in other departmental
revolving, trust, or special funds for which the general
assembly has not made an operating budget appropriation.
Sec. 7. Section 8.571, subsection 3, Code 2026, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH, c, (1) For the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, there is appropriated
from the sports wagering receipts fund to the department of
health and human services one million dollars to provide a
grant to the Iowa healthiest state initiative to support
the double up food bucks program to make fresh fruits and
vegetables sold at farmers markets, grocery stores, and other
participating locations accessible to individuals and families
who reside in this state and receive assistance through the
federal supplemental nutrition assistance program.
(2) A grant recipient that receives funding pursuant to this
paragraph shall provide at least a dollar-for-dollar match of
the grant assistance.
(3) Subsections 5 and 6 do not apply to moneys appropriated
under this paragraph.
Sec. 8. Section 84F.1, subsection 6, paragraph b. Code 2026,
is amended to read as follows:
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated to the
department by the general assembly for purposes of this section
that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the e«4 close of
the fiscal year shall not revert to the gonoral fund but shall
remain available for expenditure for the purpoaos designated
in subsequent fiscal years by the department to operate and
manage the Iowa office of apprenticeship established in section
84D.3 or for other apprenticeship activities deemed appropriate
by the department, not subject to the limitation set forth in
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paragraph
Sec. 9. Section 84F.2, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code 2026,
is amended to read as follows:
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated to the
department by the general assembly for purposes of this section
that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the end close of
the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall
remain available for expenditure for the purposoo designated
in subsequent fiscal years by the department to operate and
manage the Iowa office of apprenticeship established in section
84D.3 or for other apprenticeship activities deemed appropriate
by the department, not subject to the limitation set forth in
paragraph
Sec. 10. Section 257.35, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended
by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
2. The amounts specified for school districts in section
257.10, subsection 7, for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2026, and each succeeding fiscal year, shall be reduced
by the department of management by thirty-two million five
hundred thousand dollars. The department of management shall
calculate a state aid reduction such that such amounts shall be
reduced proportionally to the amount that the district would
otherwise have received under section 257.10, subsection 7.
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, and each fiscal
year thereafter, from the reduction under this subsection for
that fiscal year there is appropriated ten million dollars to
the department of education for division of special education
general supervision, oversight, compliance, employee salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes within the
area education agency regions and the department of education
main office.
Sec. 11. Section 257.35, subsections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, Code 2026, are
amended by striking the subsections.
Sec. 12. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following, being deemed of
immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment:
The section of this division of this Act providing for
the use of federal incentive payments by the department of
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workforce development.
DIVISION II
CORRECTIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 13. Section 135.61, subsection 16, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph divisions (a) and (b), if
enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2635, section 14, are
amended to read as follows;
(a) Beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before
DoGombcr 31,—2031, January 1, 2032, four million dollars.
(b) Beginning on or after January 1, 2032, and before
DGCcmbor 31,—2036, January 1, 2037, four million five hundred
thousand dollars.
Sec. 14. Section 135.61, subsection 16, paragraph c,
subparagraphs (1) and (2), if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House
File 2635, section 14, are amended to read as follows:
(1) Beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before
DGCGmbor 31,—2031, January 1, 2032, four million dollars.
(2) Beginning on or after January 1, 2032, and before
DGCGmbor 31,—2036^ January 1, 2037, four million five hundred
thousand dollars.
Sec. 15. Section 135.61, subsection 16, paragraph e,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph divisions (a) and (b), if
enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2635, section 14, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before
DccGmbGr 31,—2031# January 1, 2032, four million dollars.
(b) Beginning on or after January 1, 2032, and before
DGCGmbor—34r7—2036, January 1, 2037, four million five hundred
thousand dollars.
Sec. 16. Section 135.61, subsection 16, paragraph f,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph divisions (a) and (b), if
enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2635, section 14, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before
DGCGmbor 31#—2031, January 1, 2032, four million dollars.
(b) Beginning on or after January 1, 2032, and before
DGCGmbor 31,—2036# January 1, 2037, four million five hundred
thousand dollars.
Sec. 17. Section 135C.6, subsection 1, paragraph b, as
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enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 572, section 2, is
amended to read as follows:
b, A supported community living service, as defined in
section 225C.21 249A,38B, is not required to be licensed under
this chapter, but is subject to approval under section 225C,21
249A.38B in order to receive public funding.
Sec. 18. Section 135S.1, subsection 2, if enacted by 2026
Iowa Acts, House File 571, section 2, is amended to read as
follows:
2. ^Discrimination" means an adverse action, including but
not limited to any penalty, disciplinary, or retaliatory action
taken against, or a threat of adverse action communicated
to, a medical practitioner or health care institution as a
result of the refusal of the medical practitioner or health
care institution to participate in a health care service
on the basis of conscience. "^Discrimination" ftot- does not
include the negotiation or purchase of insurance or a health
care service by a nongovernmental entity or individual, the
refusal to use or purchase insurance or a health care service
by a nongovernmental entity or individual, or a health care
institution's good-faith effort to accommodate a medical
practitioner's or health care institution's exercise of
conscience.
Sec. 19. Section 135S.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, if
enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 571, section 3, is
amended to read as follows:
a, A medical practitioner or health care institution has
the right not to participate in or pay for a health care
service that violates the medical practitioner's or health
care institution's conscience. A medical practitioner shall
inform the medical practitioner's employer of the nature
of the modical'a medical practitioner's objection based on
the practitioner's conscience. This paragraph shall not be
construed to waive or modify a duty a medical practitioner or
health care institution may have to participate in a health
care service that does not violate the medical practitioner's
conscience.
Sec. 20. 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2562, section 10, if
enacted, is amended by striking the section and inserting in
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lieu thereof the following:
SEC. 10. Section 144H.1, subsection 6, as enacted in section
1 of this Act, is amended by striking the subsection and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
6. ^Person authorized to consent'' means an individual,
in the same order of priority prescribed in section 144A.7,
subsection 1, paragraph who shall be guided by the express
or implied intentions of the patient and who is reasonably
available, willing, and competent to consent, refuse to
consent, or withdraw consent on a patient's behalf.
Sec. 21. Section 148.IIA, subsection 2, paragraph b, as
enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2184, section 3, is
amended to read as follows:
b. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
set the term of an administrative medicine license, but shall
not require an administrative medicine license to be renewed
more often than once every three years. An administrative
medicine license shall expire on the licensee's birthday.
Sec. 22. Section 256C.4, subsection lA, paragraph b, if
enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2754, section 87, is
amended to read as follows:
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 2026,
and each succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of state
preschool funding received by a community-based provider
approved to directly participate in the preschool program for
a fiscal year, not more than five percent may be used by the
community-based provider for administering the approved local
program. Outreach activities and rent for facilities not owned
by the community-based provider are permissive uses of the
administrative funds.
Sec. 23. Section 280.37, subsection 3, if enacted by 2026
Iowa Acts, Senate File 2086, section 4, is amended to read as
follows:
3. If the board of directors of a school district or the
authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school offer
the elective junior fire fighter program, then the board of
directors of the school district or the authorities in charge
of the accredited nonpublic school shall coordinate with a
local fire department to ensure students are provided with the
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appropriate materials and training to successfully complete
all components necessary for fire fighter firefighter I
certification, including the written certification examination
and the practical certification examination.
Sec. 24. Section 280.37, subsection 4, paragraph a, if
enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2086, section 4, is
amended to read as follows:
а. Be designed to prepare students to sit for certification
testing from the fire service training bureau for fire fighter
firefighter I certification.
Sec. 25. Section 307.22A, subsection 6, if enacted by 2026
Iowa Acts, House File 2667, section 2, is amended to read as
follows:
б. The statewide urban design and specifications board
shall publish on the Iowa state university of science and
technology's internet site an analysis of any changes made
to the statewide urban design and specifications manuals and
provide an estimate of expected cost variations that are likely
to be incurred, if any, by implementing the changes.
Sec. 26. Section 452A.33, subsection 1, paragraph c,
subparagraph (2), Code 2026, as amended by 2026 Iowa Acts,
House File 2643, section 5, is amended to read as follows:
(2) (a) If a retail dealer fails to file a timely filed
report as required by this subsection or fails to maintain
records required to file the report^, the department may impose
a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per
occurrence in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
The penalty amount shall be deposited into the general fund of
the state.
(b) A retail dealer who fails to timely file a timely
filed report as required by this subsection for the latest
determination period ending on or before the last day of the
retail dealer's tax year is also ineligible to claim any tax
credit available under section 422.110, 422.IIP, or 422.IIY for
the tax year.
Sec. 27. Section 514F.8D, subsection 5, if enacted by 2026
Iowa Acts, House File 2635, section 4, is amended to read as
follows:
5. The commissioner of insurance may adopt rules pursuant to
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chapter 17A to administer and enforce this section.
Sec. 28. Section 537C.9, as enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House
File 2497, section 9, is amended to read as follows;
537C.9 Program agreement — approved parties.
1. A program shall only enter into a program agreement with
the following persons:
■i-r A resident of this state who holds a driver's license
issued in this state that authorizes the person to operate a
vehicle of the class of the shared vehicle that is the subject
of the program agreement.
•2-5- ^ A nonresident of this state who holds a driver's
license issued by the state or country of the person's
residence that authorizes the person to operate a vehicle of
the class of the shared vehicle that is the subject of the
program agreement, and is at least the minimum age required by
this state to operate a vehicle of that class.
•3-r A person who is specifically authorized by this state
to operate a vehicle of the class of the shared vehicle that is
the subject of the program agreement.
•4-r ^ A program shall keep permanent records of all of the
following;
a. The names and address of each shared vehicle driver.
b. The driver's license number and place of issuance of each
shared vehicle driver, and any other person who may operate a
shared vehicle under a program agreement.
Sec. 29. Section 910.2, subsection 3, as enacted by 2026
Iowa Acts, House File 2697, section 1, is amended to read as
follows:
3, Notwithstanding any other statute or rule of law, with
the consent of the defendant and the prosecuting attorney, the
court may order as part of the dismissal of a public offense
or violation of an ordinance that the defendant pay pecuniary
damages to the victim— and category restitution, which
shall include court costs.
Sec, 30. 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2739, section 13, is
amended to read as follows:
SEC. 13. TEMPORARY PROVISIONS FOR THE HEALTH CARE-RELATED
TAX AND PREPAYMENTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026. Notwithstanding
section 432B.2, subsection 1, if enacted by this division
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of this Act, each health care maintenance organization
transacting business in this state shall be subject to a health
care-related tax payable to the director of revenue in an
amount equal to three and one-half percent of the applicable
percentage of taxable funds as defined in section 432B,1,
if enacted by this division of this Act, for the period in
calendar year beginning January 1, 2026, and ending September
30, 2026. The difference between the amount of taxes collected
pursuant to this section and the amount of tax that would be
collected by imposing the rate under section 432B.2, subsection
1, if enacted by this division of this Act, shall not be
subject to prepayment under section 432B.3, subsection i 2, if
enacted by this division of this Act.
Sec. 31. 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2757, sections 5 and 6,
if enacted, are amended to read as follows:
SEC. 5. APPLICABILITY. Except as otherwise provided, this
Act applies to tangible personal property or specified digital
projects products sold to or of services furnished to a nuclear
electric generation facility when permissible under section
423.3, subsection 111, paragraph ^^c", if enacted by this Act.
SEC. 6. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies
retroactively to January 1, 2026, for tangible personal
property or specified digital projects products sold to or of
services furnished to a nuclear electric generation facility
that is undertaking an activity described in section 423.3,
subsection 111, paragraph "a", subparagraph (1), subparagraph
subdivision (i), if enacted by this Act.
Sec. 32. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following, being deemed of
immediate importance, take effect upon enactment:
1. The section of this division of this Act amending section
256C.4, subsection lA, paragraph ^^b".
2. The section of this division of this Act amending 2026
Iowa Acts, House File 2739, section 13.
Sec. 33. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies
retroactively to the effective date of 2026 Iowa Acts, House
File 2754, if enacted:
The section of this division of this Act amending section
256C.4, subsection lA, paragraph ^^b".
Sec. 34. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies
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retroactively to January 1, 2026, for tax years beginning on
or after that date:
The section of this division of this Act amending 2026 Iowa
Acts, House Pile 2739, section 13.
DIVISION III
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
Sec. 35. Section 103.1, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 12A. ^''National electrical code'' means
the national electrical code, 2023 edition, published by the
national fire protection association, as modified by section
103.IB, and excluding sections 210.52(C)(3), 230.67, and
406.4(D)(4) of the national electrical code, 2023 edition.
Sec. 36. NEW SECTION. 103.IB National electrical code —
alterations.
For purposes of the national electrical code:
1. Dwelling units. Section 210.8(A) of the national
electrical code, 2023 edition, is amended by requiring that
one hundred twenty-five volt through two hundred fifty volt
receptacles supplied by single-phase branch circuits rated one
hundred fifty volts or less to ground installed in a kitchen
only require ground-fault circuit interrupter protection
for personnel where receptacles are installed to serve the
countertop surfaces and by striking section 210.8(A)(7) of the
national electrical code, 2023 edition. In lieu of basements,
section 210.8(A) of the national electrical code, 2023 edition,
shall apply to unfinished portions or areas of the basement not
intended as habitable rooms.
2. Arc-fault circuit interrupters. Notwithstanding section
210.12(B) of the national electrical code, 2023 edition,
arc-fault circuit interrupters shall not be required for
one-family and two-family dwellings and townhouses, and section
210.12(B) of the national electrical code, 2023 edition, shall
not apply to kitchens or laundry areas.
3. Kitchen receptacles on islands and peninsulas. In lieu
of the requirements of section 210.52(C)(2) of the national
electrical code, 2023 edition, an electrical provision or
at least one receptacle shall be installed at each island
and peninsular countertop space with a long dimension of six
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hundred millimeters, or twenty-four inches, or greater and a
short dimension of three hundred millimeters, or twelve inches,
or greater, with a peninsular countertop being measured from
the connected perpendicular wall.
4. Load calculations. With respect to section 220.5(C)
of the national electrical code, 2023 edition, the calculated
floor area of a dwelling unit shall additionally exclude
garages.
5. Ceiling outlets. In addition to the requirements of
section 314.27(A)(2) of the national electrical code, 2023
edition, outlet boxes mounted in the ceilings of family
rooms, living rooms, parlors, libraries, dens, bedrooms,
sunrooms, recreation rooms, and similar areas of dwelling
occupancies, and located in an area of the ceiling typical
for the installation of a ceiling-suspended paddle fan shall
be installed to accommodate a ceiling-suspended paddle fan in
accordance with section 314.27(C) of the national electrical
code, 2023 edition.
6. Boxes at ceiling-suspended paddle fan outlets. In lieu
of the second paragraph of section 314.27(C) of the national
electrical code, 2023 edition, where a ceiling-suspended paddle
fan is not installed, the outlet box shall comply with either
section 314.27(C)(1) or 314.27(C)(2) of the national electrical
code, 2023 edition.
7. Receptacles near bathtub and shower spaces. In lieu of
the requirements of and exceptions to section 406.9(C) of the
national electrical code, 2023 edition, receptacles shall not
be installed within or directly over a bathtub or shower stall.
8. Ground-fault circuit interrupters, Ground-fault circuit
interrupter protection is not required for receptacles that
serve sump pumps or refrigerators.
Sec. 37. NEW SECTION. 103.IC Electrical code — amendments
— limitations.
1. A political subdivision shall not adopt a local
electrical code that is more restrictive than the national
electrical code.
2. Prior to adopting any changes to the national electrical
code pursuant to section 103.6, including but not limited to by
adopting the national electrical code, 2026 edition, published
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by the national fire protection association, the board shall
conduct an analysis of the cost to consumers of any significant
changes to the national electrical code. The analysis shall
be submitted to the administrative rules coordinator and
the administrative code editor for publication in the Iowa
administrative bulletin along with the notice of intended
action.
Sec. 38. FUTURE REPEAL. Section 103.1, subsection 12A, and
section 103.IB, as enacted by this division of this Act, are
repealed effective upon the adoption of the national electrical
code, 2026 edition, published by the national fire protection
association, by the electrical examining board. The electrical
examining board shall inform the Iowa Code editor upon the
adoption of the national electrical code, 2026 edition.
Sec. 39. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION IV
LOCAL LAWS — CIVIL RIGHTS
Sec. 40. Section 216.19, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2026, as amended by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 579,
section 1, is amended to read as follows:
All cities shall, to the extent possible, protect the rights
of the citizens of this state secured by the Iowa civil rights
Act. A city or local government shall not enact or enforce
any ordinance or other law which is broader or has different
categories of unfair or discriminatory practices than those
provided in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be
construed as indicating any of the following:
DIVISION V
POLITICAL PARTY STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEES
Sec. 41. Section 43.111, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2026, are
amended to read as follows:
1. The state convention held by each political party
pursuant to section 43.107 shall adopt a state platform, adopt
or amend a state party constitution, and bylaws if desired, and
transact other business which may properly be brought before
it. A copy of the constitution and any bylaws so adopted
or amended shall be kept on file in the office of the state
commissioner.
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b, A state party constitution or bylaws shall not prohibit
an elected official from serving on a state party central
committee.
3. a_^ The state central committee so selected may organize
at pleasure for political work as is usual and customary with
such committees, adopt bylaws, provide for the governing
of party auxiliary bodies, and shall continue to act until
succeeded by another central committee selected as required by
this section. The receipts and disbursements of each political
party's state party central committee shall be audited annually
by a certified public accountant selected by the state party
central committee and the audit report shall be filed with the
state commissioner.
b. Each political party's state central committee shall
elect a chairperson, co-chairperson or vice chairperson,
treasurer, and secretary.
DIVISION VI
NOXIOUS WEEDS
Sec. 42. Section 317.lA, subsection 1, paragraph a. Code
2026, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph;
NEW SDBPARAGRAPH. (13) Japanese knotweed (Fallopia
japonica).
DIVISION VII
IOWA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION — NONRESIDENT DEER HUNTING LICENSE
Sec. 43. Section 483A.24, subsection 3, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
The director shall provide up to one hundred twenty five
twenty-six nonresident deer hunting licenses for allocation as
provided in this subsection.
Sec. 44. Section 483A.24, subsection 3, Code 2026, is
amended by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH, c. One nonresident deer hunting license
shall be allocated as determined by the Iowa state fair
foundation established pursuant to section 173.22.
DIVISION VIII
PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEMS
Sec. 45. NEW SECTION. 455B.241 Definitions.
As used in this part 3 of subchapter III, unless the context
otherwise requires:
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1. ^Certified technician" means a person who is certified
in accordance with the manufacturer to monitor, maintain, and
inspect a proprietary treatment system.
2. ^Proprietary treatment system" means a system that
is certified by an ANSI-accredited third-party certifier,
including certification meeting standard NSF/ANSI40 for
effluent from class I systems.
Sec. 46. NEW SECTION. 455B.242 Honitoring and maintenance
requirements.
1. A proprietary treatment system shall be inspected,
monitored, and maintained by the certified technician in
accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
2. All maintenance and visual inspections of a proprietary
treatment system shall be performed by a certified technician.
A manufacturer-certified technician shall report results,
as provided in section 455B.243, to the system owner and to
the applicable administrative authority within thirty days
following the inspection. The certified technician shall also
report any discontinuance or proprietary treatment system
maintenance to the applicable administrative authority. If
the applicable administrative authority is not the department,
the administrative authority must also submit the information
to the department in the form and manner prescribed by the
department.
Sec. 47. NEW SECTION. 455B.243 Reporting.
1. A maintenance and visual inspection report for a
proprietary treatment system, as required under section
455B.242, that was installed on or after January 1, 2018, shall
record at least all of the following information;
a. The date of the inspection.
b. The manufacturer and model of the proprietary treatment
system.
c. Any sign of equipment malfunction, the cause or potential
cause of the malfunction, and any corrective action taken.
d. Results of effluent testing if the proprietary treatment
system is subject to national pollution discharge elimination
system general permit number four for private sewage disposal
systems.
e. If the proprietary treatment system appears to be
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functioning incorrectly, the primary cause or causes for the
deficiency, including but not limited to any of the following:
(1) Improper design.
(2) Improper installation.
(3) Lack of required maintenance.
(4) Improper operation or malfunction.
(5) Other damages or conditions contributing to the
malfunction that require a repair or replacement.
f. Whether the proprietary treatment system required repair
outside of scheduled maintenance intervals, including the
reason for the repair and whether the system was in a failed
state at the time of repair.
g. Any action taken to bring the proprietary treatment
system back into operation as designed.
h. Maintenance records as required by the manufacturer's
warranty for the proprietary treatment system.
2. The completed report shall be submitted to the department
by the certified technician in the form and manner prescribed
by the department.
3. The department shall compile the information submitted
pursuant to this section and shall maintain a publicly
accessible database summarizing inspection outcomes and
unscheduled failures or repairs. The information in the
database shall include the name of the proprietary treatment
system, product name, and model design. The database shall not
include personally identifiable information.
4. The department shall not assess any fees associated
with the receipt or collection of reports required under this
section.
Sec. 48. NEW SECTION. 455B.244 Rulemaking authority.
The department may adopt rules as necessary to administer
this part.
Sec. 49. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES — PROPRIETARY
TREATMENT SYSTEM REVIEW AND REPORT.
1. The department of natural resources shall review the
information regarding proprietary treatment systems, as defined
in section 455B.241, as enacted by this division of this Act,
reported to the department pursuant to section 455B.243, as
enacted by this division of this Act.
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2. The department shall review the information submitted
in annual inspection and maintenance reports, including
proprietary treatment system functionality, causes of
deficiencies, and maintenance practices. The department shall
also review any other data the department determines relevant
to evaluating system performance.
3. The review shall include analysis of inspection,
monitoring, and maintenance data collected from July 1,
2026, to December 1, 2028, for purposes of evaluating the
performance, reliability, maintenance needs, and common causes
of malfunction of proprietary treatment systems.
4. The department shall submit to the general assembly on or
before January 10, 2029, a report detailing the department's
findings and recommendations.
Sec. 50, APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
to the inspection, monitoring, and maintenance of proprietary
treatment systems, as defined in section 455B.241, as enacted
by this division of this Act, performed on or after July 1,
2026.
DIVISION IX
POULTRY ASSOCIATION
Sec. 51. Section 163.3C, subsection 1, paragraph f. Code
2026, is amended to read as follows:
f. The Iowa north central poultry association or its
successor organization.
Sec. 52. Section 165B.5, subsection 2, paragraph e. Code
2026, is amended to read as follows:
e. An event sponsored or sanctioned by the Iowa turkey
marketing council, the Iowa turkey federation, the national
turkey federation, the Iowa north central poultry association
or its successor organization, the Iowa egg council, the
American egg board, or the American poultry association.
Sec. 53. Section 184.2, subsection 4, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
4. Immediately after passage of the question at the
referendum, the secretary shall appoint seven members to the
council in accordance with section 184,6 based on nominations
made by the Iowa north central poultry association or its
successor organization. The association shall nominate and
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the secretary shall appoint two members representing large
producers, two members representing medium producers, and
three members representing small producers. The department,
in consultation with the association, shall determine initial
classifications for small, medium, and large producers. The
secretary shall complete the appointments within thirty days
following passage of the question at the referendum.
Sec. 54. Section 267.2, subsection 2, paragraph d. Code
2026, is amended to read as follows;
d. One poultry producer appointed by the north central
poultry association, or its successor organization, who shall
serve an initial term of two years.
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DIVISION XI
ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE AND VAPOR PRODUCTS PEDIATRIC CANCER
RESEARCH
Sec. 57. Section 453A.35A, subsection 1, paragraph b,
subparagraph (1), if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File
2480, section 3, is amended to read as follows:
(1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, and each
fiscal year thereafter, the first three million dollars
from the amount of tax collected that is attributable to the
additional taxes on alternative nicotine products and vapor
products pursuant to section 453A,43A is appropriated from the
health care trust fund to the state board of regents for the
purpose of conducting pediatric cancer research-r and clinical
therapy accessT—and providing physician ociontiat loadorship at
the state university of Iowa stead family children's hospital.
Moneys appropriated in this subparagraph shall not be used for
administrative or overhead costs, or activities not directly
related to the purposes designated in this subparagraph.
Sec. 58. Section 453A.45, subsection 5, paragraph c,
unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2026, as amended by 2026 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 2480, section 8, if enacted, is amended to
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read as follows:
c. Common carriers knowingly transporting tobacco products,
alternative nicotine products, or vapor products into this
state shall file with the director reports of all such
shipments other than those which are delivered to public
warehouses of first destination in this state which are
licensed under the provisions of chapter 554. Such reports
shall be filed electronically with the department on or before
the tenth day of each month and shall show with respect to
deliveries made in the preceding month all of the following:
Sec. 59. SPORTS WAGERING RECEIPTS FUND — PEDIATRIC CANCER
RESEARCH — FY 2026-2027.
1. There is appropriated from the sports wagering receipts
fund created in section 8.571 to the state board of regents 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 pediatric cancer research including but not limited to
laboratory research and clinical trials at the university of
Iowa hospitals and clinics, and for providing therapy access at
the state university of Iowa stead family children's hospital:
$ 3,000,000
2. Moneys appropriated in this section shall not be used for
administrative or overhead costs, or activities not directly
related to the purposes designated in this section.
3. The state board of regents shall submit a report to the
governor and the general assembly by October 1, 2027, detailing
how the appropriated moneys were used.
4. Section 8.571, subsections 5 and 6, do not apply to
moneys appropriated in this section.
Sec, 60. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. The following take
effect January 1, 2027, if 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2480,
is enacted:
1. The section of this division of this Act amending section
453A.35A.
2. The section of this division of this Act amending section
453A.45.
Sec. 61. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. The following takes
effect July 1, 2026, if 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2480, is
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enacted:
The section of this division of this Act appropriating
moneys from the sports wagering receipts fund.
DIVISION XII
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Sec. 62. 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2422, if enacted, is
amended by adding the following new section:
NEW SECTION. SEC. 2A. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. This
division of this Act takes effect on the date the department of
health and human services implements the supplemental nutrition
assistance program and cash assistance eligibility system known
as the eligibility determination for essential needs system.
The department of health and human services shall notify the
Iowa Code editor of the date of implementation on or before
that date.
Sec. 63. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION XIII
JUDICIAL BRANCH AND COUNTY ATTORNEY SALARIES
Sec. 64. Section 331.752, subsection 5, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
5. The resolution changing the status of a county attorney
shall state the initial annual salary to be paid to the county
attorney when the full-time or part-time status is effective.
The annual salary specified in the resolution shall remain
effective until changed as provided in section 331.907. Except
in counties having a population of more than two hundred
thousand,—the annual salary of a full time county attorney
shall be an amount which io between forty five percent and one
hundred percent of the annual salary received by a district
court judge.
Sec. 65. Section 602.1401, subsections 1 and 5, Code 2026,
are amended to read as follows:
1. The supreme court shall establish, and may amend, a
personnel system and a pay and benefits plan for judicial
officers, the state court administrator, and court employees.
The personnel system shall include a designation by position
title, classification, and function of each position or class
of positions within the judicial branch. Reasonable efforts
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shall be made to accommodate the individual staffing and
management practices of the respective clerks of the district
court. The personnel system, in the employment of court
employees, shall not discriminate on the basis of race, creed,
color, sex, national origin, religion, physical disability, or
political party preference. The supreme court, in establishing
the personnel system, shall implement the comparable worth
directives issued by the state court administrator under
section 602.1204, subsection 2. The personnel system
shall include the prohibitions against sexual harassment of
full-time, part-time, and temporary employees set out in
section 19B,12, and shall include a grievance procedure for
discriminatory harassment. The personnel system shall develop
and distribute at the time of hiring or orientation, a guide
that describes for employees the applicable sexual harassment
prohibitions and grievance, violation, and disposition
procedures. This subsection does not supersede the remedies
provided under chapter 216.
5. The pay and benefits plan shall set the compensation and
benefits of judicial officers, the state court administrator,
and court employees within the funds appropriated by the
general assembly.
Sec. 66. Section 602.1502, subsection 1, Code 2026, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 67. Section 602,6808, subsection 1, if enacted by 2026
Iowa Acts, Senate File 639, section 8, is amended to read as
follows:
1. A judge of the business court shall receive the annual
salary set for a district judge under section 602.1501
602.1401.
Sec. 68. Section 602.9104, subsection 1, paragraph a. Code
2026, is amended to read as follows:
a, A judge to whom this article applies shall be paid an
amount equal to the basic salary of the judge as set by the
general assembly pursuant to section 602.1401 reduced by an
amount designated as the judge's required contribution to the
judicial retirement fund. The amount designated as the judge's
required contribution shall be paid by the state in the manner
provided in subsection 2.
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Sec. 69. Section 602.9204, subsection 1, paragraph a. Code
2026, is amended to read as follows:
a, A judge who retires on or after July 1, 1994, and who
is appointed a senior judge under section 602.9203 shall be
paid a salary €ts- determined by the general assembly pursuant to
section 602.1401.
Sec. 70. Section 602.9303, subsection 1, as enacted by 2026
Iowa Acts, House File 2706, section 30, is amended to read as
follows:
1. A magistrate who retires on or after the effective date
of this division of this Act, and who is appointed a senior
magistrate under section 602.9302, shall be paid a salary
as determined by the general assembly pursuant to section
602.1401.
Sec. 71. 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2769, section 4, if
enacted, is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 4. JUDICIAL OFFICER — UNPAID LEAVE. Notwithstanding
the annual salary rates for judicial officers established fey
2025 Iowa Acts,—chapter 158,—aection 6, pursuant to section
602.1401 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and
ending June 30, 2027, the supreme court may by order place all
judicial officers on unpaid leave status on any day employees
of the judicial branch are placed on temporary layoff status.
The biweekly pay of the judicial officers shall be reduced
accordingly for the pay period in which the unpaid leave date
occurred in the same manner as for noncontract employees of the
judicial branch. Through the course of the fiscal year, the
judicial branch may use an amount equal to the aggregate amount
of salary reductions due to the judicial officer unpaid leave
days for any purpose other than for judicial salaries.
Sec. 72. REPEAL. 2026 lowa Acts, House File 2706, sections
35, 36, and 37, are repealed.
Sec. 73. REPEAL. Section 602.1501, Code 2026, is repealed.
Sec. 74. JUDICIAL OFFICERS — CURRENT SALARY RATES
SUPERSEDED. For purposes of 2025 Iowa Acts, chapter 158,
section 6, subsection 1, this division of this Act shall be
deemed as the provision of salary rates for judicial officers
by the general assembly for fiscal years subsequent to the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 75. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes
effect June 19, 2026. ,
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DIVISION XV ^HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Sec. 78. Section 232.71B, subsection 1, paragraph a,
unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as
follows:
If the department determines a report constitutes a child
abuse allegation, the department shall promptly commence either
a child abuse assessment within twenty-four hours of receiving
the report or a family assessment within seventy-two hours of
receiving the report. During a child abuse assessment, if the
department identifies known risk factors for commercial sexual
exploitation, a screening shall be conducted by a trained child
protection worker, considering the child's age, cognitive and
emotional functioning, and the specific circumstances of the
case.
Sec. 79. 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 1036, section 11, if
enacted, is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 11, EFFECTIVE DATE. The following takes effect July
1, 50^ 2027:
The section of this Act amending section 910.1.
Sec. 80. REPEAL. 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 1036, sections
1 and 4, if enacted, are repealed.
Sec. 81, REPORT. Notwithstanding 2026 Iowa Acts, House
File 1036, section 10, if enacted, the report described in that
section is due by December 15, 2026.
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Sec. 82. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this
Act takes effect July 1, 2026, if 2026 Iowa Acts, House File
1036, is enacted.
DIVISION XVI
FEDERAL GRANTS AND LOANS NOTIFICATION
Sec. 83. Section 8.9, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3. a. Once per month, the office of grants
enterprise management shall notify by electronic mail the
chairpersons and ranking members of the standing committees on
appropriations of the senate and house of representatives, the
chairperson and ranking member of the house of representatives
appropriations subcommittee on federal and other funds, and the
legislative services agency of all of the following:
(1) Each federal grant or loan of five million dollars
or more that a department or establishment has applied for
or received in the prior month. This subparagraph does not
apply to the department of public defense or the state board
of regents or its institutions.
(2) Each federal grant or loan requiring state matching
moneys that a department or establishment has applied for or
received in the prior month.
i). This subsection does not apply to block grants described
in section 8.41.
Sec. 84. NEW SECTION. 602.1306 Federal grants and loans —
notification of general assembly.
Within thirty days of applying for or receiving a federal
grant or loan of five million dollars or more, or a federal
grant or loan requiring state matching moneys, the judicial
branch shall notify by electronic mail the chairpersons and
ranking members of the standing committees on appropriations of
the senate and house of representatives, the chairperson and
ranking member of the house of representatives appropriations
subcommittee on federal and other funds, and the legislative
services agency.
DIVISION XVII
AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES — QUARTERLY PAYMENTS — FY 2026-2027
Sec. 85. Section 257.35, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (3), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2026, as amended
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by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2201, section 17, is amended to
read as follows:
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and the fiscal
year beginning July 1,—2026, the department of management shall
deduct the following from the state aid due to each school
district pursuant to this chapter and shall pay the amounts to
the respective area education agencies on a monthly basis from
September 15 through June 15 during each school year:
Sec. 86. Section 257.35, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (4), unnumbered paragraph 1, as enacted by 2026
Iowa Acts, Senate File 2201, section 18, is amended to read as
follows:
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027 2026, and each
fiscal year thereafter, the department of management shall
deduct the following from the state aid due to each school
district pursuant to this chapter and shall pay the amounts to
the respective area education agencies on a quarterly basis
from July 15 to April 15 during each school year:
Sec. 87. Section 257.35, subsection 21, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2026, as amended by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate
File 2201, section 19, is amended to read as follows:
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and the fiscal
year beginning July 1,—2026, the director of the department of
management may deduct the following from the state aid due to
each school district pursuant to this chapter and shall pay the
amounts to the respective area education agencies on a monthly
basis from September 15 through June 15 during each school year
for purposes of providing services to students enrolled in
nonpublic schools within the boundaries of the area education
agency:
Sec. 88. Section 257.35, subsection 21A, unnumbered
paragraph 1, as enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2201,
section 20, is amended to read as follows:
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027 2026, and each
fiscal year thereafter, the director of the department of
management may deduct the following from the state aid due
to each school district pursuant to this chapter and shall
pay the amounts to the respective area education agencies on
a quarterly basis from July 15 through April 15 during each
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school year for the purposes of providing services to students
enrolled in nonpublic schools within the boundaries of the area
education agency:
DIVISION XVIII
HIGHER EDUCATION — CIVIC PROFICIENCY
Sec. 89. NEW SECTION. 262,100 General education
requirements and core curricula — courses on American history
and American government.
1. The state board of regents shall require each institution
of higher education governed by the board to establish as
a requirement for the completion of any general education
requirements or core curricula that an undergraduate student
complete an introductory survey course in American history
and an introductory survey course in American government. An
institution shall assign a value of at least three semester
hours of credit to each course. A course required by this
section shall be a comprehensive survey of all American history
and American government.
2. A course required by this section shall fulfill the
general education or core curriculum requirement for social
sciences or humanities, as designated by the institution, that
a student is required to complete as a condition of graduation.
3. An institution shall provide equivalent credit toward
the courses required by this section to a student transferring
to the institution for previous coursework completed by the
student that is substantially similar to a required course,
4. This section does not apply to a student completing a
degree program designated by an institution as a degree program
of three years or less in duration.
5. a. Annually, the center for cyclone civics at the Iowa
state university of science and technology and the center
for civic education at the university of northern Iowa shall
designate courses at their respective institutions that satisfy
the requirements of this section.
b. The center for intellectual freedom at the state
university of Iowa shall be the sole academic unit at the
state university of Iowa responsible for offering courses that
satisfy the requirements of this section.
Sec. 90. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
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to undergraduate students beginning enrollment at institutions
of higher education governed by the board of regents in
academic years beginning on or after July 1, 2028.
DIVISION XIX
CHARTER SCHOOLS — IPERS
Sec. 91. Section 97B.1A, subsection 8, paragraph a,
subparagraph (13), if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File
2754, section 69, is amended to read as follows;
(13) Persons employed by a charter school established
pursuant to chapter 256E, oubehapter I, that satisfies all
applicable requirements under federal law for participation in
the retirement system.
Sec. 92. Section 97B.1A, subsection 9, paragraph a. Code
2026, as amended by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2754, section
70, if enacted, is amended to read as follows:
a, '^Employer" means the state of Iowa, the counties,
municipalities, agencies, public school districts, charter
schools established pursuant to chapter 256E, oubehapter
^-r that satisfy all applicable requirements under federal
law for participation in the retirement system, all
political subdivisions, and all of their departments and
instrumentalities, including area agencies on aging, other than
those employing persons as specified in subsection 8, paragraph
subparagraph (7), and joint planning commissions created
under chapter 28E or 281,
Sec. 93. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 94. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act applies retroactively to the effective date of 2026 Iowa
Acts, House File 2754, if enacted.
DIVISION XX
INCENTIVES — SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Sec. 95. Section 257.3, subsection 2, paragraph d. Code
2026, is amended to read as follows:
d. For purposes of this section, a reorganized school
district is one which absorbs at least thirty percent of the
enrollment of the school district affected by a reorganization
or dissolved during a dissolution and in which action to bring
about a reorganization or dissolution is initiated by a vote
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of the board of directors or jointly by the affected boards of
directors to take effect on or after July 1, 2007, and on or
before July 1, 2024 2035 ■ Each district which initiated, by
a vote of the board of directors or jointly by the affected
boards, action to bring about a reorganization or dissolution
to take effect on or after July 1, 2007, and on or before July
1, 2024 2035, shall certify the date and the nature of the
action taken to the department of education by January 1 of the
year in which the reorganization or dissolution takes effect.
Sec. 96. Section 257.11, subsection 2, paragraph c. Code
2026, is amended to read as follows;
c. Pupils attending class for all or a substantial portion
of a school day pursuant to a whole grade sharing agreement
executed under sections 282.10 through 282.12 shall be eligible
for supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection. A
school district which executes a whole grade sharing agreement
and which adopts a resolution jointly with other affected
boards to study the question of undergoing a reorganization
or dissolution to take effect on or before July 1, 2024 2035,
shall receive a weighting of one-tenth of the percentage of
the pupil's school day during which the pupil attends classes
in another district, attends classes taught by a teacher who
is jointly employed under section 280.15, or attends classes
taught by a teacher who is employed by another school district.
A district shall be eligible for supplementary weighting
pursuant to this paragraph for a maximum of three years.
Receipt of supplementary weighting for a second and third year
shall be conditioned upon submission of information resulting
from the study to the school budget review committee indicating
progress toward the objective of reorganization on or before
July 1, -2^^ 2035.
Sec. 97. Section 257.IIA, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2026,
are amended to read as follows:
1, In determining weighted enrollment under section 257.6,
if the board of directors of a school district has approved a
contract for sharing pursuant to section 257.11 and the school
district has approved an action to bring about a reorganization
to take effect on and after July 1, 2007, and on or before July
1, 2024 2035, the reorganized school district shall include.
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for a period of three years following the effective date of
the reorganization, additional pupils added by the application
of the supplementary weighting plan, equal to the pupils added
by the application of the supplementary weighting plan in the
year preceding the reorganization. For the purposes of this
subsection, the weighted enrollment for the period of three
years following the effective date of reorganization shall
include the supplementary weighting in the base year used for
determining the combined district cost for the first year of
the reorganization. However, the weighting shall be reduced by
the supplementary weighting added for a pupil whose residency
is not within the reorganized district.
2. For purposes of this section, a reorganized district is
one in which the reorganization was approved in an election
pursuant to sections 275.18 and 275.20 and takes effect on or
after July 1, 2007, and on or before July 1, 2024 2035■ Each
district which initiates, by a vote of the board of directors
or jointly by the affected boards, action to bring about a
reorganization or dissolution to take effect on or after July
1, 2007, and on or before July 1, 2024 2035, shall certify the
date and the nature of the action taken to the department of
education by January 1 of the year in which the reorganization
or dissolution takes effect.
DIVISION XXI
EXTRACURRICULAR INTERSCHOLASTIC ELIGIBILITY
Sec. 98. 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2591, sections 4, 5, and
6, if enacted, are amended to read as follows:
SEC. 4. EMERGENCY RULES. The state board of education shall
adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3, and
section 17A,5, subsection 2, paragraph ^b", to implement the
section of this Act amending section 256.7. The rules shall
be effective no later than August 1, 2026. Any rules adopted
in accordance with this section shall also be published as a
notice of intended action as provided in section 17A.4.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE, The following take effect August
1, 2026:
1. The section of this Act amending section 256.7.
i-r ^ The section of this Act amending section 256.46.
■2-r ^ The section of this Act amending section 282.18.
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SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE, The following, being deemed of
immediate importance, take takes effect upon enactment;
^—The OGOtion of this Act amending section 256.7.
•2-r The section of this Act requiring emergency rulemaking.
Sec. 99. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 100. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act applies retroactively to the enactment date of 2026 Iowa
Acts, House File 2591, if enacted,
DIVISION XXII
LEVY INCREASE
Sec. 101. SCHOOL DISTRICT CASH RESERVE LEVY INCREASE
SCHOOL BUDGET YEAR 2026-2027.
1. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2026, a
school district for which the taxable value used to calculate
school district property taxes for the school budget year
beginning July 1, 2025, was reduced by one hundred million
dollars or more due to a correction to the taxable value of
a single property within the school district made during the
school budget year beginning July 1, 2025, may increase the
school district's proposed cash reserve levy under section
298.10 to an amount that exceeds the limitations of section
298.10, if the district complies with subsection 2.
2. A school district that increases its cash reserve levy
pursuant to this section shall also reduce one or more other
property tax levies of the school district, including the
district management levy under section 298.4, by a total amount
equal to or greater than the increase in the cash reserve
levy so that the total property tax dollars for all property
tax levies of the school district does not exceed the school
district's combined amount of property tax dollars determined
under section 24.2A, subsection 2, paragraph '^b", subparagraph
(3) .
3. A school district that wishes to adjust its levy rates
pursuant to this section shall notify the department of
management in a manner prescribed by the department. Following
receipt of the notice from the school district, the department
of management shall adjust the school district's property tax
levy rates as necessary to implement this section.
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Sec. 102. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
PiW' GRASSLEYy
Speaker of me House
AMY SINCI^R
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2800, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved 5m. -2*^ .2026,
MEC^N NELSON
Chi^flClerk/Tsf the House
KIM HEYNGLOa
Governor