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A bill for an act establishing continuing appropriations in fiscal years for which the general assembly does not pass an annual budget.(Formerly SSB 3176 ; See SF 2461 .)

A bill for an act establishing continuing appropriations in fiscal years for which the general assembly does not pass an annual budget.(Formerly SSB 3176 ; See SF 2461 .)

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COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2461 . S.J. 419 .
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A bill for an act establishing continuing appropriations in fiscal years for which the general assembly does not pass an annual budget.(Formerly SSB 3176 ; See SF 2461 .)

A bill for an act establishing continuing appropriations in fiscal years for which the general assembly does not pass an annual budget.(Formerly SSB 3176 ; See SF 2461 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act establishing continuing appropriations in fiscal years for which the general assembly does not pass an annual budget.(Formerly SSB 3176 ; See SF 2461 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-26 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2461 . S.J. 419 .

  2. 2026-02-25 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  3. 2026-02-24 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2026 3:00PM Room 315.

  4. 2026-02-24 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Bousselot, and Winckler. S.J. 393 .

  5. 2026-02-24 Iowa Legislature

    Referred to Appropriations. S.J. 376 .

  6. 2026-02-19 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 338 .

  7. 2026-02-19 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 326 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act establishing continuing appropriations in fiscal years for which the general assembly does not pass an annual budget.(Formerly SSB 3176 ; See SF 2461 .)

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Senate

File

2388

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2388

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

STATE

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SSB

3176)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

establishing

continuing

appropriations

in

fiscal

years

1

for

which

the

general

assembly

does

not

pass

an

annual

2

budget.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

2.12C

Continuing

appropriations.

1

1.

Annual

budget

not

passed

by

general

assembly.

2

a.

This

section

applies

to

any

fiscal

year

for

which

the

3

general

assembly

has

not

passed

and

presented

to

the

governor,

4

on

or

before

July

1

of

the

fiscal

year,

any

bills

appropriating

5

moneys

for

the

fiscal

year.

6

b.

If,

on

or

after

July

1

of

the

fiscal

year,

the

general

7

assembly

passes

and

presents

to

the

governor

one

or

more

bills

8

appropriating

moneys

for

the

fiscal

year,

this

section

shall

9

cease

to

apply

for

purposes

of

that

fiscal

year.

10

c.

For

purposes

of

this

subsection,

“bill

appropriating

11

moneys

for

the

fiscal

year”

does

not

include

any

of

the

12

following:

13

(1)

A

bill

enacting

an

appropriation

for

the

fiscal

year

in

14

this

Code.

15

(2)

A

bill

enacting

an

appropriation

for

the

fiscal

year

if

16

the

bill

was

passed

and

presented

to

the

governor

prior

to

July

17

1

of

the

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year.

18

2.

Prior

fiscal

year

appropriations

determined.

19

a.

For

all

line

item

appropriations,

standing

limited

20

appropriations,

and

standing

unlimited

appropriations

otherwise

21

limited

by

law,

including

appropriations

from

federal

and

22

nonstate

funds,

the

department

of

management,

in

consultation

23

with

the

legislative

services

agency,

shall

determine

the

24

amount

of

such

line

item

appropriations,

standing

limited

25

appropriations,

and

standing

unlimited

appropriations

otherwise

26

limited

by

law,

including

appropriations

from

federal

and

27

nonstate

funds,

made

for

the

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year

28

by

taking

into

consideration

all

of

the

following:

29

(1)

All

Acts

appropriating

moneys

for

that

immediately

30

preceding

fiscal

year.

31

(2)

All

interdepartmental

and

intradepartmental

transfers

32

made

pursuant

to

section

8.39

and

other

provisions

of

law

for

33

that

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year.

34

(3)

Other

relevant

provisions

of

law.

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b.

The

department

of

management,

in

consultation

with

the

1

legislative

services

agency,

shall

also

identify

the

entities

2

to

which

such

appropriations

were

made,

or

the

entities’

3

successors.

4

3.

Continuing

appropriation.

There

is

appropriated

from

the

5

appropriate

state

fund

or

account

to

the

entities

identified

6

pursuant

to

subsection

2,

for

the

fiscal

year

to

which

this

7

section

applies,

amounts,

or

so

much

thereof

as

is

necessary,

8

equal

to

the

amounts

of

all

line

item

appropriations,

standing

9

limited

appropriations,

and

standing

unlimited

appropriations

10

otherwise

limited

by

law,

including

federal

and

nonstate

funds,

11

made

for

the

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year,

as

determined

12

pursuant

to

subsection

2.

13

4.

Duplicative

standing

appropriations

supplanted.

The

14

amounts

appropriated

under

subsection

3

shall

supplant

any

15

duplicative

standing

appropriation

for

the

fiscal

year

to

which

16

this

section

applies.

17

5.

Miscellaneous

provisions

applicable.

Powers,

duties,

18

limitations,

or

requirements,

including

reporting

requirements,

19

set

forth

for

appropriations

applicable

to

the

immediately

20

preceding

fiscal

year

are

applicable

for

the

fiscal

year

to

21

which

this

section

applies,

and

any

specified

date

contained

22

therein

shall

apply

one

year

later

than

specified.

23

6.

Allocation

amounts.

For

any

line

item

appropriation,

24

standing

limited

appropriation,

or

standing

unlimited

25

appropriation

otherwise

limited

by

law

identified

pursuant

to

26

subsection

2,

which

is

subject

to

an

allocation

amount

for

the

27

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year,

the

amount

appropriated

28

under

subsection

3

based

on

the

appropriation

shall

be

subject

29

to

the

same

allocation

amount

for

the

fiscal

year

to

which

this

30

section

applies.

31

7.

Nonreversion.

For

any

line

item

appropriation,

standing

32

limited

appropriation,

or

standing

unlimited

appropriation

33

otherwise

limited

by

law

identified

pursuant

to

subsection

2

34

that

is

subject

to

a

specified

nonreversion

provision,

whether

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for

a

limited

or

unlimited

period,

the

amount

appropriated

1

under

subsection

3

based

on

the

appropriation

shall

be

subject

2

to

the

same

specified

nonreversion

provision,

and

in

the

case

3

of

a

specified

nonreversion

provision

for

a

limited

period,

4

the

period

shall

be

considered

to

be

one

fiscal

year

longer

5

than

specified

for

the

appropriation

identified

pursuant

to

6

subsection

2.

7

8.

Full-time

equivalent

positions.

The

amounts

appropriated

8

under

subsection

3

to

an

entity

identified

pursuant

to

9

subsection

2

may

be

used

by

the

entity

for

a

number

of

10

full-time

equivalent

positions

for

the

fiscal

year

to

which

11

this

section

applies,

equal

to

the

number

of

full-time

12

equivalent

positions

authorized

for

the

entity

for

the

13

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year.

14

9.

Exclusions.

This

section

does

not

apply

to

15

appropriations

identified

under

subsection

2

that

the

16

department

of

management,

in

consultation

with

the

legislative

17

services

agency,

determines

to

be

one-time

appropriations.

18

For

purposes

of

this

subsection,

“one-time

appropriation”

19

may

include

but

is

not

limited

to

an

appropriation

from

the

20

rebuild

Iowa

infrastructure

fund

created

in

section

8.57

or

the

21

technology

reinvestment

fund

created

in

section

8.57C,

or

a

22

similar

appropriation

for

an

infrastructure

project,

technology

23

project,

or

temporary

project

or

program

for

which

a

subsequent

24

fiscal

year

appropriation

is

not

appropriate.

25

10.

Adjustment

for

expenditure

limitation.

If

appropriations

26

made

from

the

general

fund

of

the

state

pursuant

to

subsection

27

3

would

not

comply

with

the

general

fund

expenditure

28

limitation

under

section

8.54,

the

department

of

management,

29

in

consultation

with

the

legislative

services

agency,

shall

30

reduce

appropriations

made

from

the

general

fund

of

the

31

state

pursuant

to

subsection

3,

each

by

the

same

percentage,

32

such

that

appropriations

made

from

the

general

fund

of

the

33

state

pursuant

to

subsection

3

comply

with

the

general

fund

34

expenditure

limitation

under

section

8.54.

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EXPLANATION

1

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

2

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

3

This

bill

establishes

continuing

appropriations

in

fiscal

4

years

for

which

the

general

assembly

does

not

pass

an

annual

5

budget.

The

bill

applies

to

fiscal

years

for

which

the

general

6

assembly

has

not

passed

and

presented

to

the

governor,

on

or

7

before

July

1

of

the

fiscal

year,

any

bills

appropriating

8

moneys

for

the

fiscal

year,

with

certain

exclusions.

The

bill

9

ceases

to

apply

for

a

fiscal

year

if,

on

or

after

July

1

of

the

10

fiscal

year,

the

general

assembly

passes

and

presents

to

the

11

governor

one

or

more

bills

appropriating

moneys

for

the

fiscal

12

year.

13

For

fiscal

years

to

which

the

bill

applies,

the

bill

requires

14

the

department

of

management

(DOM),

in

consultation

with

the

15

legislative

services

agency

(LSA),

to

identify

the

amounts

of

16

all

line

item

appropriations,

standing

limited

appropriations,

17

and

standing

unlimited

appropriations

otherwise

limited

by

law

18

for

the

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year,

and

the

entities

to

19

which

those

appropriations

were

made.

The

bill

appropriates

20

those

amounts

to

those

entities

for

the

fiscal

year

to

which

21

the

bill

applies.

22

The

bill

supplants

duplicative

standing

appropriations,

23

meaning

the

amounts

for

line

item

appropriations,

standing

24

limited

appropriations,

and

standing

unlimited

appropriations

25

otherwise

limited

by

law

identified

for

the

immediately

26

preceding

fiscal

year

apply

in

lieu

of

amounts

estimated

for

27

associated

standing

appropriations

for

the

fiscal

year

to

which

28

the

bill

applies.

29

The

bill

applies

powers,

duties,

limitations,

requirements,

30

allocations,

nonreversions,

and

full-time

equivalent

position

31

authorizations

associated

with

such

appropriations

from

the

32

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year

for

the

fiscal

year

to

which

33

the

bill

applies.

34

The

bill

excludes

one-time

appropriations

from

the

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immediately

preceding

fiscal

year,

as

determined

by

DOM

in

1

consultation

with

LSA.

One-time

appropriations

may

include

2

but

are

not

limited

to

appropriations

for

an

infrastructure

3

project,

technology

project,

or

temporary

project

or

program

4

for

which

a

subsequent

fiscal

year

appropriation

is

not

5

appropriate.

6

The

bill

does

not

reapply

uncodified

transfers

from

the

7

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year.

Codified

transfers

are

not

8

affected

by

the

bill

and

would

operate

in

accordance

with

the

9

Code

during

the

fiscal

year

to

which

the

bill

applies.

10

The

bill

authorizes

DOM,

in

consultation

with

LSA,

to

reduce

11

all

appropriations

from

the

general

fund

of

the

state

under

the

12

bill

for

a

fiscal

year

by

the

same

percentage

if

necessary

to

13

comply

with

state

general

fund

expenditure

limitation.

14

The

general

assembly

passed

similar

provisions

in

June

2020

15

applicable

only

to

FY

2020-2021.

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