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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
June 6, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 969, an Act concerning retirement contributions of and benefits associated
with cancer diagnoses of members of certain public retirement systems, and including
effective date provisions.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sine rely,
Kim Reyno s
Governor of Iowa
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STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES, IOWA 50319 515.281.5211 WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV
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House File 969
AN ACT
CONCERNING RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF AND BENEFITS ASSOCIATED
WITH CANCER DIAGNOSES OF MEMBERS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 97A.1, subsection 6, Code 2025, is
amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
6. " Cancer - means a group of diseases involving abnormal
cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other
parts of the body.
Sec. 2. Section 97A.8, subsection 1, paragraph e,
subparagraph ( 8), subparagraph division ( a), subparagraph
subdivision ( vi), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
( vi) For the fiscal ycar period beginning July 1, 2020, and
tech fiscal yczar thcrc-aftcr ending June 30, 2025, eleven and
thirty-five hundredths percent, plus an additional percentage,
as determined by the board of trustees pursuant to the
actuarial investigation required in section 97A.5, subsection
11, paragraph " b - , necessary to finance the costs associated
with providing that cancer and infectious disease are presumed
to be a disease contracted while a member of the system is on
active duty as provided in section 97A.6, subsection 5.
Sec. 3. Section 97A.8, subsection 1, paragraph e,
subparagraph ( 8), subparagraph division ( a), Code 2025, is
amended by adding the following new subparagraph subdivision:
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NEW SUBPARAGRAPH SUBDIVISION. ( vii) For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, eleven
and four hundred seventy-five thousandths percent, plus an
additional percentage, as determined by the board of trustees
pursuant to the actuarial investigation required in section
97A.5, subsection 11, paragraph " b - , necessary to finance the
costs associated with providing that cancer and infectious
disease are presumed to be a disease contracted while a member
of the system is on active duty as provided in section 97A.6,
subsection 5.
Sec. 4. Section 97B.11, subsection 3, paragraphs b and c,
Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:
b. For members in special service in a protection occupation
as described in section 97B.49B:
( 1) ' Applicable employee percentage"" means the percentage
rate equal to forty percent of the required contribution rate
for members described in section 97B.49B. For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter,
the system shall increase the applicable employee percentage
calculated under this subparagraph for that fiscal year by one
hundred twenty-five thousandths of one percent.
( 2) ' Applicable employer percentage - means the percentage
rate equal to sixty percent of the required contribution rate
for members described in section 97B.49B. For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter,
the system shall decrease the applicable employer percentage
calculated under this subparagraph for that fiscal year by one
hundred twenty-five thousandths of one percent.
c. For members in special service as a county sheriff or
deputy sheriff as described in section 97B.49C:
( 1) ' Applicable employee percentage - means the percentage
rate equal to fifty percent of the required contribution rate
for members described in section 97B.49C. For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter,
the system shall increase the applicable employee percentage
calculated under this subparagraph for that fiscal year by one
hundred twenty-five thousandths of one percent.
( 2) ' Applicable employer percentage - means the percentage
rate equal to fifty percent of the required contribution rate
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for members described in section 97B.49C. For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter,
the system shall decrease the applicable employer percentage
calculated under this subparagraph for that fiscal year by one
hundred twenty-five thousandths of one percent.
Sec. 5. Section 411.1, subsection 6, Code 2025, is amended
by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
6. " Cancer' means a group of diseases involving abnormal
cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other
parts of the body.
Sec. 6. Section 411.8, subsection 1, paragraph f,
subparagraph ( 8), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
( 8) Beginning July 1, 1996, and each fiscal year thereafter,
an amount equal to the member's contribution rate times each
member's compensation shall be paid to the fund from the
earnable compensation of the member. For the purposes of this
subparagraph, the member's contribution rate shall be nine and
thirty-five hundredths percent until June 30, 2009, nine and
four- tenths percent until June 30, 2024, and, bcginning July
1, 2024, nine and fifty-five hundredths percent until June
30, 2025, and, beginning July 1, 2025, nine and six hundred
seventy-five thousandths percent. However, the system shall
increase the member's contribution rate as necessary to cover
any increase in cost to the system resulting from statutory
changes which are enacted by any session of the general
assembly meeting after January 1, 1991, if the increase cannot
be absorbed within the contribution rates otherwise established
pursuant to this paragraph, but subject to a maximum employee
contribution rate of eleven and three- tenths percent or,
bcginning July 1, until June 30, 2009, eleven and thirty-five
hundredths percent until June 30, 2025, and, beginning July
1, 2025, eleven and four hundred seventy-five thousandths
percent. The contribution rate increases specified in 1994
Iowa Acts, ch. 1183, pursuant to this chapter and chapter
97A shall be the only member contribution rate increases for
these systems resulting from the statutory changes enacted in
1994 Iowa Acts, ch. 1183, and shall apply only to the fiscal
periods specified in 1994 Iowa Acts, ch. 1183. After the
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employee contribution reaches eleven and three tenths pereent
or eleven and thirty five hundredths percent, a3 applicable,
the applicable maximum employee contribution rate, sixty
percent of the additional cost of such statutory changes shall
be paid by employers under paragraph ' c - and forty percent
of the additional cost shall be paid by employees under this
paragraph.
Sec. 7. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection
3, shall not apply to this Act.
Sec. 8. EMERGENCY RULES. The Iowa public employees'
retirement system may adopt emergency rules under section
17A.4, subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph
" b - , to implement section 97B.11, subsection 3, paragraphs
" b - and - c - , as amended by this Act, and the rules shall be
effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is
specified in the rules. 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. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following, being deemed of
immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment:
The section of this Act authorizing the Iowa public
employees" retirement system to adopt emergency rules.
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PAT GR A S
Speaker of the House
AMY SINCLAIR
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Presidént of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 969, Ninety-first General Assembly.
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MEWAN NELSON
Governor
of the House
IM R YNOLDS