SF2037 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the submission of proposed legislation by state departments and agencies.(See SF 2207 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: KLIMESH
Last action: 2026-02-05
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2207 . S.J. 220 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the submission of proposed legislation by state departments and agencies.(See SF 2207 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the submission of proposed legislation by state departments and agencies.(See SF 2207 .)

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Bill History

2026-02-05 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2207 . S.J. 220 .
2026-02-03 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-02-03 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/03/2026 1:00PM Senate Lounge.
2026-01-14 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Westrich, Bisignano, and Salmon. S.J. 90 .
2026-01-13 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. S.J. 63 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the submission of proposed legislation by state departments and agencies.(See SF 2207 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

2037

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2037

BY

KLIMESH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

submission

of

proposed

legislation

by

1

state

departments

and

agencies.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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2037

Section

1.

Section

2.16,

subsection

2,

Code

2026,

is

amended

1

to

read

as

follows:

2

2.

Departments

and

agencies

of

state

government

shall,

3

at

least

forty-five

sixty

days

prior

to

the

convening

of

4

each

session

of

the

general

assembly,

submit

copies

to

the

5

legislative

services

agency

of

proposed

legislative

bills

and

6

joint

resolutions

which

that

such

departments

and

agencies

7

desire

to

be

considered

by

the

general

assembly.

The

proposed

8

legislative

bills

and

joint

resolutions

of

the

governor

must

be

9

submitted

by

the

Friday

prior

to

the

convening

of

the

session

10

of

the

general

assembly,

except

in

the

year

of

the

governor’s

11

initial

inauguration.

The

legislative

services

agency

shall

12

review

such

proposals

and

submit

them

in

proper

form

to

the

13

presiding

officer

in

each

house

of

the

general

assembly

for

14

referral

to

the

proper

standing

committee.

Before

submitting

15

any

proposal

prepared

under

this

section

to

the

presiding

16

officers,

the

legislative

services

agency

shall

return

it

for

17

review

to,

as

appropriate,

the

relevant

department

or

agency

18

or

the

governor’s

office

and

such

department

or

agency

or

the

19

governor’s

office

shall

review

and

return

it

within

seven

days

20

of

such

delivery.

21

EXPLANATION

22

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

23

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

24

This

bill

changes

the

deadline

for

the

submission

of

25

proposed

legislative

bills

and

joint

resolutions

to

the

26

legislative

services

agency

by

departments

and

agencies

of

27

state

government

from

45

days

before

the

convening

of

a

session

28

of

the

general

assembly

to

60

days

before

the

convening

of

a

29

session

of

the

general

assembly.

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