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HF968 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to licensure fees for professional licenses, permits, and certifications.

A bill for an act relating to licensure fees for professional licenses, permits, and certifications.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
BERGAN
Last action
2025-04-16
Official status
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

A bill for an act relating to licensure fees for professional licenses, permits, and certifications.

A bill for an act relating to licensure fees for professional licenses, permits, and certifications.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to licensure fees for professional licenses, permits, and certifications.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-16 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  2. 2025-04-15 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 04/16/2025 12:30PM RM 102.

  3. 2025-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee reassigned: Bloomingdale, Baeth and Behn. H.J. 918 .

  4. 2025-04-01 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Bloomingdale, Behn and Scheetz. H.J. 877 .

  5. 2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 724 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to licensure fees for professional licenses, permits, and certifications.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
House

File

968

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

968

BY

BERGAN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

licensure

fees

for

professional

licenses,

1

permits,

and

certifications.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

LICENSURE

FEE

STANDARDIZATION.

1

1.

The

department

of

inspections,

appeals,

and

licensing

2

shall

consult

with

the

boards,

commissions,

committees,

3

councils,

and

other

entities

of

state

government

identified

in

4

the

licensure

renewal

and

fee

study

issued

by

the

department

of

5

inspections,

appeals,

and

licensing

pursuant

to

2024

Iowa

Acts,

6

chapter

1170,

sections

67

and

68,

to

propose

uniform

licensure

7

fees

for

each

license

in

a

tier.

8

2.

Not

later

than

eighteen

months

after

the

effective

9

date

of

this

Act,

the

department

of

inspections,

appeals,

and

10

licensing

shall

submit

a

regulatory

analysis

of

proposed

rules

11

to

the

administrative

code

editor

pursuant

to

section

17A.4A,

12

subsection

4,

as

necessary

to

implement

a

uniform

licensure

13

fee

proposed

for

licenses

in

applicable

tiers,

provided

the

14

department

or

an

entity

under

the

purview

of

the

department

is

15

otherwise

authorized

by

law

to

determine

the

fee

by

rule.

16

3.

For

purposes

of

this

section,

“license”

means

a

license,

17

permit,

or

certification.

18

EXPLANATION

19

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

20

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

21

This

bill

relates

to

licensure

fees

for

professional

22

licenses,

permits,

and

certifications.

The

bill

requires

the

23

department

of

inspections,

appeals,

and

licensing

(department)

24

to

consult

with

each

board,

commission,

committee,

council,

and

25

other

entity

of

state

government

identified

in

the

licensure

26

renewal

and

fee

study

(study)

issued

by

the

department

to

27

propose

uniform

licensure

fees

for

each

license

in

a

tier

28

identified

in

the

study.

The

bill

requires

the

department

to,

29

not

later

than

18

months

after

the

effective

date

of

the

bill,

30

submit

a

regulatory

analysis

of

proposed

rules

as

necessary

to

31

implement

the

uniform

licensure

fee

proposed

for

licenses

in

a

32

tier,

if

adopting

the

fee

by

rule

is

otherwise

authorized

by

33

law.

34

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