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A bill for an act relating to the investment of public funds, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 3075 .)

A bill for an act relating to the investment of public funds, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 3075 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Last action
2026-04-22
Official status
Amendment H-8396 filed. H.J. 987 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the investment of public funds, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 3075 .)

A bill for an act relating to the investment of public funds, and making penalties applicable.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the investment of public funds, and making penalties applicable.
  • (Formerly SSB 3075 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-22 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-8396 filed. H.J. 987 .

  2. 2026-04-14 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  3. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Read first time, passed on file. H.J. 841 .

  4. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Message from Senate. H.J. 840 .

  5. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. S.J. 753 .

  6. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Passed Senate , yeas 32, nays 13. S.J. 752 .

  7. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment S-5164 filed, adopted. S.J. 752 .

  8. 2026-03-20 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  9. 2026-03-19 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 600 .

  10. 2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 261 .

  11. 2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 253 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the investment of public funds, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 3075 .)

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SENATE

FILE

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BY

COMMITTEE

ON

STATE

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SSB

3075)

(As

Amended

and

Passed

by

the

Senate

April

8,

2026

)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

investment

of

public

funds,

and

making

1

penalties

applicable.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

12B.10,

subsection

5,

paragraph

a,

1

subparagraph

(7),

subparagraph

division

(a),

unnumbered

2

paragraph

1,

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

3

A

joint

investment

trust

organized

pursuant

to

chapter

28E

4

that

is

in

compliance

with

section

12B.10D

,

provided

that

the

5

joint

investment

trust

shall

be

one

of

the

following:

6

Sec.

2.

Section

12B.10,

subsection

7,

unnumbered

paragraph

7

1,

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

8

Notwithstanding

sections

12C.2

,

12C.4

,

and

12C.6

,

and

any

9

other

provision

of

law

relating

to

the

deposits

of

public

10

funds,

if

public

funds

are

deposited

in

a

depository,

as

11

defined

in

section

12C.1

,

any

uninsured

portion

of

the

public

12

funds

invested

through

the

depository

may

be

invested

in

13

insured

deposits

or

certificates

of

deposit

arranged

by

14

the

depository

that

are

placed

in

or

issued

by

one

or

more

15

federally

insured

banks

,

credit

unions,

or

savings

associations

16

regardless

of

location

for

the

account

of

the

public

funds

17

depositor

if

all

of

the

following

requirements

are

satisfied:

18

Sec.

3.

NEW

SECTION

.

12B.10D

Regulation

of

joint

investment

19

trusts.

20

1.

a.

Beginning

April

30,

2027,

a

political

subdivision

21

of

the

state

may

invest

up

to

twenty-five

percent

of

the

22

aggregate

amount

of

its

public

funds

in

a

joint

investment

23

trust

authorized

under

section

12B.10,

subsection

5,

paragraph

24

“a”

,

subparagraph

(7).

The

twenty-five

percent

limit

must

25

be

calculated

based

on

the

average

of

all

of

the

political

26

subdivision’s

public

funds

over

the

previous

two

fiscal

years.

27

b.

A

political

subdivision

that

exceeds

the

twenty-five

28

percent

limit

solely

as

a

result

of

fluctuations

in

fund

29

balances,

earnings,

or

valuation

is

not

in

violation

of

this

30

subsection

if

the

political

subdivision

acts

in

good

faith

to

31

restore

compliance

within

30

days.

32

2.

A

joint

investment

trust

shall

not

directly

or

indirectly

33

pay

an

individual,

association,

or

entity

not

providing

direct

34

investment

management,

administrative,

custodial,

or

other

bona

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fide

operational

services

to

the

trust.

1

3.

Before

depositing

or

investing

public

funds

with

a

joint

2

investment

trust

organized

under

chapter

28E,

the

governing

3

body

of

the

political

subdivision

shall

execute

a

written

4

acknowledgment

stating

all

of

the

following:

5

a.

That

the

participant

understands

and

affirms

that

funds

6

invested

in

the

joint

investment

trust

may

not

be

deposits

7

insured

by

the

federal

deposit

insurance

corporation,

national

8

credit

union

administration,

or

any

other

government

insurance

9

program

comparable

to

those

offered

by

a

local

financial

10

institution.

11

b.

That

the

participant

understands

and

affirms

that

such

12

funds

are

not

collateralized

or

guaranteed

by

the

state,

a

13

political

subdivision,

or

any

other

entity.

14

c.

That

the

participant

acknowledges

that

the

safety

of

such

15

funds

depends

on

the

investment

performance

and

management

of

16

the

joint

investment

trust

and

is

subject

to

loss

of

principal.

17

Sec.

4.

Section

12C.17,

subsection

1,

paragraph

c,

Code

18

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

19

c.

The

securities

shall

be

deposited

with

the

federal

20

reserve

bank,

the

federal

home

loan

bank

of

Des

Moines,

Iowa,

21

a

corporate

central

credit

union

organized

under

section

22

533.213

a

securities

broker-dealer

registered

as

a

member

of

23

the

financial

industry

regulatory

authority

,

or

a

corporate

24

credit

union

whose

activities

are

subject

to

regulation

by

the

25

national

credit

union

administration

pursuant

to

a

bailment

26

agreement

or

a

pledge

custody

agreement.

27

Sec.

5.

Section

12C.17,

subsection

4,

Code

2026,

is

amended

28

to

read

as

follows:

29

4.

Upon

written

request

from

the

appropriate

public

officer

30

but

not

less

than

monthly,

the

federal

reserve

bank,

the

31

federal

home

loan

bank

of

Des

Moines,

Iowa,

a

corporate

central

32

credit

union

organized

under

section

533.213

a

securities

33

broker-dealer

registered

as

a

member

of

the

financial

industry

34

regulatory

authority

,

or

a

corporate

credit

union

whose

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activities

are

subject

to

regulation

by

the

national

credit

1

union

administration

shall

report

a

description,

the

par

value,

2

and

the

market

value

of

any

pledged

collateral

by

a

credit

3

union.

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