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HF818 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to contribution rates to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and the municipal fire and police retirement system.

A bill for an act relating to contribution rates to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and the municipal fire and police retirement system.

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JACOBY
Last action
2025-03-06
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Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 541 .
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A bill for an act relating to contribution rates to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and the municipal fire and police retirement system.

A bill for an act relating to contribution rates to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and the municipal fire and police retirement system.

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  • A bill for an act relating to contribution rates to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and the municipal fire and police retirement system.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-06 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 541 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to contribution rates to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and the municipal fire and police retirement system.

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House

File

818

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

818

BY

JACOBY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

contribution

rates

to

the

Iowa

public

1

employees’

retirement

system

and

the

municipal

fire

and

2

police

retirement

system.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

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Section

1.

Section

97B.11,

subsection

3,

unnumbered

1

paragraph

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

On

and

after

From

July

1,

2011

,

through

June

30,

2025

,

3

for

purposes

of

this

section

,

unless

the

context

otherwise

4

requires:

5

Sec.

2.

Section

97B.11,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

6

following

new

subsection:

7

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

4.

On

and

after

July

1,

2025,

for

purposes

8

of

this

section,

unless

the

context

otherwise

requires:

9

a.

For

members

in

regular

service:

10

(1)

“Applicable

employee

percentage”

means

the

percentage

11

rate

equal

to

forty

percent

of

the

required

contribution

rate

12

for

members

in

regular

service.

13

(2)

“Applicable

employer

percentage”

means

the

percentage

14

rate

equal

to

sixty

percent

of

the

required

contribution

rate

15

for

members

in

regular

service.

16

b.

For

members

in

special

service

in

a

protection

occupation

17

as

described

in

section

97B.49B:

18

(1)

“Applicable

employee

percentage”

means

the

percentage

19

rate

equal

to

zero

percent

of

the

required

contribution

rate

20

for

members

described

in

section

97B.49B.

21

(2)

“Applicable

employer

percentage”

means

the

percentage

22

rate

equal

to

one

hundred

percent

of

the

required

contribution

23

rate

for

members

described

in

section

97B.49B.

24

c.

For

members

in

special

service

as

a

county

sheriff

or

25

deputy

sheriff

as

described

in

section

97B.49C:

26

(1)

“Applicable

employee

percentage”

means

the

percentage

27

rate

equal

to

zero

percent

of

the

required

contribution

rate

28

for

members

described

in

section

97B.49C.

29

(2)

“Applicable

employer

percentage”

means

the

percentage

30

rate

equal

to

one

hundred

percent

of

the

required

contribution

31

rate

for

members

described

in

section

97B.49C.

32

d.

“Required

contribution

rate”

means

that

percentage

of

the

33

covered

wages

of

members

in

regular

service,

members

described

34

in

section

97B.49B,

and

members

described

in

section

97B.49C,

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that

the

system

shall,

for

each

fiscal

year,

separately

set

1

for

members

in

each

membership

category

as

provided

in

this

2

subsection.

The

required

contribution

rate

that

is

set

by

the

3

system

for

a

membership

category

shall

be

the

contribution

4

rate

the

system

actuarially

determines,

based

upon

the

5

most

recent

actuarial

valuation

of

the

system

and

using

the

6

actuarial

methods,

assumptions,

and

funding

policy

approved

7

by

the

investment

board,

is

the

rate

required

by

the

system

8

to

discharge

its

liabilities

as

a

percentage

of

the

covered

9

wages

of

members

in

that

membership

category.

However,

the

10

required

contribution

rate

set

by

the

system

for

members

in

11

regular

service

for

a

fiscal

year

shall

not

vary

by

more

than

12

one

percentage

point

from

the

required

contribution

rate

for

13

the

prior

fiscal

year.

14

Sec.

3.

Section

411.8,

subsection

1,

paragraph

f,

15

subparagraph

(8),

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

16

(8)

Beginning

July

1,

1996,

and

each

fiscal

year

thereafter,

17

an

amount

equal

to

the

member’s

contribution

rate

times

each

18

member’s

compensation

shall

be

paid

to

the

fund

from

the

19

earnable

compensation

of

the

member.

For

the

purposes

of

this

20

subparagraph,

the

member’s

contribution

rate

shall

be

nine

and

21

thirty-five

hundredths

percent

until

June

30,

2009,

nine

and

22

four-tenths

percent

until

June

30,

2024,

and

,

beginning

July

23

1,

2024,

nine

and

fifty-five

hundredths

percent

until

June

24

30,

2025

.

However,

the

system

shall

increase

the

member’s

25

contribution

rate

as

necessary

to

cover

any

increase

in

cost

26

to

the

system

resulting

from

statutory

changes

which

are

27

enacted

by

any

session

of

the

general

assembly

meeting

after

28

January

1,

1991,

if

the

increase

cannot

be

absorbed

within

29

the

contribution

rates

otherwise

established

pursuant

to

this

30

paragraph,

but

subject

to

a

maximum

employee

contribution

rate

31

of

eleven

and

three-tenths

percent

or,

beginning

July

1,

2009,

32

eleven

and

thirty-five

hundredths

percent.

The

contribution

33

rate

increases

specified

in

1994

Iowa

Acts,

ch.

1183

,

pursuant

34

to

this

chapter

and

chapter

97A

shall

be

the

only

member

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contribution

rate

increases

for

these

systems

resulting

from

1

the

statutory

changes

enacted

in

1994

Iowa

Acts,

ch.

1183

,

and

2

shall

apply

only

to

the

fiscal

periods

specified

in

1994

Iowa

3

Acts,

ch.

1183

.

After

the

employee

contribution

reaches

eleven

4

and

three-tenths

percent

or

eleven

and

thirty-five

hundredths

5

percent,

as

applicable,

sixty

percent

of

the

additional

cost

6

of

such

statutory

changes

shall

be

paid

by

employers

under

7

paragraph

“c”

and

forty

percent

of

the

additional

cost

shall

8

be

paid

by

employees

under

this

paragraph.

However,

beginning

9

July

1,

2025,

the

member’s

contribution

rate

shall

be

zero

10

percent.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

reduces

the

amount

a

member

of

the

Iowa

public

15

employees’

retirement

system

(IPERS)

who

is

employed

in

a

16

protection

occupation

or

as

a

sheriff

or

deputy

sheriff

is

17

required

to

contribute

to

IPERS

to

0

percent

of

the

required

18

contribution

rate.

The

bill

increases

the

applicable

employer

19

percentage

for

an

employer

of

an

IPERS

member

who

is

employed

20

in

a

protection

occupation

or

as

a

sheriff

or

deputy

sheriff

to

21

100

percent

of

the

required

contribution

rate.

22

The

bill

also

reduces

the

member’s

contribution

rate

for

23

members

of

the

municipal

fire

and

police

retirement

system

to

24

0

percent.

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