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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
April 16, 2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
1 hereby transmit:
Senate File 2463, an Act concerning the executive branch rulemaking process, including
the uniform rules on agency procedure and review and regulatory readoption of rules, and
including effective date provisions.
Hie above Senate File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
Kim Reynolds i
Govemor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES, IOWA 50319 515.281.5211 WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV
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Senate File 2463
AN ACT
CONCERNING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH RULEMAKING PROCESS, INCLUDING
THE UNIFORM RULES ON AGENCY PROCEDURE AND REVIEW AND
REGULATORY READOPTION OF RULES, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
UNIFORM RULES ON AGENCY PROCEDURE
Section 1. Section 2B.5A, subsection 5, paragraph b,
subparagraph (2), Code 2026, is amended by striking the
subparagraph.
Sec. 2. Section 17A.6, subsection 1, paragraph b. Code 2026,
is amended to read as follows:
b. ^Publication" does not include the Iowa Code, Iowa Acts,
Iowa administrative code, 0£ Iowa court rulesT—or uniform ruloo
on agency procedure.
Sec. 3. Section 17A.24, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
2. If an agency does not have rules in effect that address
concerning a subject provided matter relating to a subject
addressed in uniform rules on agency procedure adopted
pursuant to subsection 1, and uniform rules on agency procedure
addressing the subject are in effect, such uniform rules
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adopted pursuant to subsection 1 concerning the matter shall
apply to the agency as though the agency had adopted them.
Sec. 4. RESCISSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES — ONGOING
APPLICABILITY.
1. The following Iowa administrative rules relating to
subjects addressed by uniform rules on agency procedure adopted
by the administrative rules coordinator pursuant to section
17A.24 are rescinded as of July 1, 2026:
a. 11 lAC chs. 5 through 9.
b. 11 lAC 4.2 through 4.13, 4.17, 4.18, and 117.20.
c. 21 lAC chs. 2 through 5 and 8.
d. 21 lAC 6.3 through 6.13 and 6.17.
e. 27 lAC chs. 3 through 5 and 8.
f. 61 lAC chs. 11 and 12.
g. 61 lAC 2.2 through 2.13, 2.17, and 10.2.
h. 81 lAC ch. 27.
i. 81 lAC 24.3 through 24.13, 24.17, and 25.10.
j. 101 lAC 2.3, 2.4, and 5.3 through 5.9.
k. Ill lAC chs. 3 through 5 and 12.
1. Ill lAC 13.2 through 13.12 and 13.15.
m, 129 lAC chs. 6 and 11.
n. 161 lAC ch. 4.
o. 161 lAC 1.2 through 1.4, 11.2 through 11.12, 11.16,
11.17, and 15.3.
p. 181 lAC 1.8 through 1.12.
q. 187 lAC chs. 5, 6, 11, and 12.
r. 187 lAC 7.3 through 7.13 and 7.16.
s. 189 lAC chs. 4 and 20 through 23.
t. 189 lAC 25.3 through 25.13.
u. 191 lAC chs. 3 and 4.
V. 191 lAC 2.1, 2.3 through 2.10, and 2.12.
w. 193 lAC chs. 3 and 7.
X. 193E lAC 1.4.
y. 193F lAC 1.6 and 1.7.
z. 199 lAC chs. 3 and 4.
aa. 199 lAC 1.3, 1.7(1), and 1.7(3) through 1.7(8).
ab. 201 lAC chs. 7 and 10 through 12,
ac. 201 lAC 5.2 through 5.13 and 5.16.
ad. 205 lAC chs. 2 through 4 and 15.
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ae. 205lAC 5.2 through 5.11, 5.14, and 6.3.
af. 261lACchs. 196 through 199.
ag. 261lAC195.2 through 195.8 and 195.11.
ah. 263lAC chs. 2 through 6.
ai. 265lAC chs. 7 and 16 through 18.
aj.265lAC13.2 through 13.8, 13.11, and 15
ak. 281lACchs. 2 through 4 and 6.
al. 281lAC 5.1 through 5.3 and 5.6.
am. 282lAC chs. 2, 3, and 6.
an. 282lAC 5.1, 5.10, 5.11, 5.14, 5.15, 11.
through11.:32.
ao. 283I AC chs. 2 through 4 and 7.
ap. 283lAC6.1, 6.2, and 6.4.
ag. 284I AC chs. 2 through 5.
ar. 288lAC chs. 11 through 13.
as. 288lAC 3.3 through 3.13 and 3.17.
at. 289lACchs. 2 through 4 and 8.
au. 289lAC 5.3 through 5.11 and 5.13.
av. 301lAC 2.4, 2.5, and 5.3 through 5.9.
aw. 351lACchs. 11 through 15.
ax. 351lAC 2.2 through 2.13, 2.17, and 2.18
ay. 371lAC1.2(6) and 9.3 through 9.13.
az. 441lACchs. 3 through 7.
ba. 441lAC9.1, 9.3 through 9.11, 9.13, and
bb. 481lACchs. 2 through 4, 6, 9, 366, 367
435.
be. 481lAC 5.3 through 5.14.
bd. 486lAC8.3 through 8.12.
be. 491lACch. 2.
bf. 491lAC1.4, 1.8, 3.3 through 3.13, and
4.48.
bg.493lACchs. 2, 3, 5, and 6.
bh. 493lAC 4.3 through 4.13.
bi. 495lACchs. 19, 26, 30, 31, and 33.
bj.495lAC17.2 through 17.13 and 17.17.
bk. 497lACchs. 3 through 6 and 9.
bl. 497lAC7.2 through 7.11 and 7.14.
bm. 501lACch. 16.
bn. 501lAC1.11 and 7.2 through 7.12.
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bo. 541lACchs. 5r 6r and 7.
bp.541 lAC1.3, 8.2 through 8.13, and 8.16.
bq.543lACch. 5.
br. 545lACchs. 5 through 7.
bs. 545lAC8.3 through 8.13 and 8.17.
bt. 547lACchs. 6 through 8.
bu. 547lAC 2.5, 2.6, 9.3 through 9.13, and 9.17.
bv. 561 lACchs. 4 through 7 and 10.
bw. 561lAC 2.1 and 2.3 through 2.13.
bx. 567lACchs. 4 through 7 and 13.
by.571lACchs. 4 through 7 and 11.
bz. 575lAC1.5 and 1.8.
ca. 591lACchs. 2 through 4, 16, and 17.
cb. 601lAC2,3 through 2.13 and 2.18.
cc. 605lAC2.1 through 2.3, 2.4(1) through 2.4(9), and 2.5.
cd. 621lACchs. 2, 9, and 10.
ce. 621lAC1.5, 1.9, 12.2 through 12.11, and 12.15.
cf. 661lACch. 10.
eg. 661lAC80.2 through 80.11, 80.13 through 80.15, 401.101
through401..314, and 600.5.
ch. 681lACchs. 18 through 20.
ci. 681lAC17.3 through 17.13 and 17.16.
cj.685lAC chs. 2 through 4.
ck. 685lAC15.2 through 15.8.
cl. 701lACchs. 3 and 4.
cm. 701lAC5.2 through 5.9, 5.11, and 5.12.
on. 721lACchs. 3 and 7 through 10.
CO. 721lAC5.3 through 5.13.
cp. 741lAC2.4, 2.5, and 5.3 through 5.9.
cq. 751lACchs. 3, 4, 16, and 18.
cr. 751lAC2.1, 2.3 through 2.13, and 5.17 through 5.19.
OS. 761lACchs. 4 and 10 through 13.
ct. 761lAC20.4(6)"d" and 20.9(5) .
cu. 781lACchs. 17 through 19.
cv. 781lAC 2.3 through 2.13 and 2.17.
cw. 801lACchs. 2 through 4 and 8.
ex. 801lAC6.3 through 6.11 and 6.15.
cy. 811 lACchs. 2 through 4, 14, and 16.
cz. 811 lAC5.3 through 5.13 and 5.17.
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da. 817 lAC chs. 2, 3, 5, and 6.
db. 821 lAC 1.5, 1.6, and 1.8.
dc. 871 lAC chs. 2, 4, and 5.
dd. 871 lAC 3.3 through 3.12 and 3.14.
de. 876 lAC chs. 4, 5, 7, and 12.
df. 876 lAC 9.3 through 9.12 and 9.14.
dg. The preamble of any chapter and introductory paragraph
of any rule that adopts by reference uniform rules on agency
procedure, if the uniform rules on agency procedure adopted
were published before January 1, 2024.
2. The following Iowa administrative rules relating to
subjects addressed by uniform rules on agency procedure adopted
by the administrative rules coordinator pursuant to section
17A.24 are rescinded as of January 1, 2027:
701 lAC chs. 6, 7, and 115.
3. As soon as practicable after the dates specified in
subsections 1 and 2, the administrative code editor shall
remove the language of the Iowa administrative rules referenced
in subsections 1 and 2 from the Iowa administrative code.
4. Administrative rules rescinded pursuant to subsections
1 and 2 remain applicable to a request or petition for
rulemaking; for a waiver of rules; for a declaratory order;
for a contested case, including a request or petition that
will be treated as a request or petition for a contested
case; for informal settlement; for access to records; or for
judicial review filed before the respective dates specified in
subsections 1 and 2, for the pendency of the action.
Sec. 5. EMERGENCY RULES.
1. An agency may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4,
subsection 3, and section 17A,5, subsection 2, paragraph
^^b", providing for additions, exceptions, or amendments to
uniform rules on agency procedure adopted by the administrative
rules coordinator pursuant to section 17A.24. The rules
shall be effective immediately upon filing unless a later
date is specified in the rules, but no later than June 30,
2026. However, rules adopted by the department of revenue or
the property assessment appeal board relating to contested
cases shall be effective no later than December 31, 2026. Any
rules adopted in accordance with this subsection shall also be
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published as a notice of intended action as provided in section
17A.4.
2. An agency may only adopt emergency rules under subsection
1 if the agency determines one or more of the following
applies. The agency shall explain its determination in the
preamble of the rulemaking document filed pursuant to section
17A.4, subsection 3.
a. The rule is necessary to comply with a legal obligation
imposed on the agency. The agency shall include in the
explanation a specific citation of the source of the legal
obligation, a description of how the rule is necessary to
comply with the legal obligation, and an explanation of why
the existing language of the uniform rules on agency procedure
adopted pursuant to section 17A.24 is insufficient to comply
with the legal obligation.
b. The rule is otherwise determined to be necessary by
the agency. The agency shall include in the explanation the
reason the agency determined the rule to be necessary and an
explanation of why the existing language of the uniform rules
on agency procedure adopted pursuant to section 17A.24 is
insufficient to respond to the necessity.
3. Notwithstanding section 17A.4A, a regulatory analysis
shall not be required for rules adopted pursuant to subsection
1.
4. This section shall not be construed to prohibit an agency
from engaging in rulemaking pursuant to chapter 17A relating to
uniform rules on agency procedure adopted pursuant to section
17A.24 that is not subject to this section,
5. This section is repealed January 1, 2027.
6. The repeal of this section pursuant to subsection 5 shall
not be construed to affect the validity of rules adopted under
this section before the date of repeal.
Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following, being deemed of
immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment:
The section of this division of this Act providing for
emergency rulemaking and a repeal.
DIVISION II
FIVE-YEAR REVIEW AND REGULATORY READOPTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE
RULES
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Sec. 7. Section 17A.7, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2026r are
amended to read as follows:
2. Beginning January 1, 2027, each agency shall conduct
an ongoing and comprehensive review of all of the agency's
rules. The goal of the review is the identification and
elimination of all rules of the agency that are outdated,
redundant, or inconsistent or incompatible with statute or its
own rules or those of other agencies. Over each five-year
period of time, an agency shall perform a retrospective
analysis that includes a comprehensive evaluation and rigorous
cost-benefit analysis of each existing chapter of rules to
determine whether the benefits the rules are intended to
achieve are being realized, whether those benefits justify
the costs imposed by the rules, and whether there are less
restrictive alternatives to accomplish those benefits.
b. The administrative rules coordinator may adopt a schedule
for agencies to conduct reviews under this subsection that
staggers the reviews evenly over each five-year period. If the
administrative rules coordinator does so, the administrative
rules coordinator shall publish the schedule on the internet
site established or designated under paragraph ,
c. When the agency completes the five-year review of the
agency's rules, the agency shall provide a written summary of
the results to the administrative rules coordinator and the
administrative rules review committee. The administrative
rules coordinator shall publish each summary on an internet
site established or designated for purposes of this subsection.
The summary shall include all of the following for each chapter
of rules:
a-r (1) The intended benefits of the rules and if the
benefits are being achieved.
b-r (2) The costs imposed by the rules and if the costs are
justified by the benefits identified in paragraph "a"
subparagraph (1).
&-r (3) Less restrictive alternatives to the rules and an
analysis of how other states regulate the activities addressed
by the chapter.
3. a. Each chapter of rules is rescinded five years after
the date on which the most recent regulatory readoption of
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the chapter ao a whole became effective. A chapter rescinded
in this manner ceases to be effective as of the date of
rescission. The date of rescission of a chapter under this
subsection shall not be altered if such date falls on a
Saturday, Sunday, or holiday.
bj_ Before or after such rescission under paragraph
occurs, the agency that adopted the chapter may adopt complete
a regulatory readoption of the chapter anew after completing
a rotrospGctive analyoio as dGacribcd in oubooction 2. Such
adoption A regulatory readoption shall be subject to the
rulemaking process under this chapter, including but not
limited to sections 17A.4, 17A.4A, and 17A.5. An agency
adopting completing a regulatory readoption of a chapter anew
as described in this aubocction shall do so from a zero base.
Adoption A regulatory readoption of a chapter anew as doocribod
in this subsection shall not include notation in a rulemak-±-n-g
document published in the Iowa administrative bulletin all
amendments to the chapter found necessary or appropriate by the
agency during the agency's comprehensive review and retroactive
analysis of the chapter pursuant to subsection 2 that have not
yet been adopted by the agency. A regulatory readoption of a
chapter shall include notations of additions to or deletions
from the language of the prior chapter in the item statements
in any rulemaking document published in the Iowa administrative
bulletin. The agency shall indicate in the preamble of the
rulemaking document that the document is part of the regulatory
readoption of the chapter. For purposes of this subsection,
^zero base" means adoption of a chapter anew without merely
adopting the prior language of the chapter and without any
presumption in favor of utilizing retaining the prior language
when the chapter—is adopted anew of the chapter.
b-.—The offcctive date of adoption^—amendment,—or rescission
of individual rules or portions of ruleo in a chapter^ and
the date of any changes to the chapter or—rules or portions
of ruleo in the chapter pursuant to section 2D.13,—shall not
be considered when determining the effective date of the
chapter as a whole for purposes of this subsection.—The date
of rescission of a chapter under this subsection shall not be
altered if such date falls on a Saturday,—Sunday,—or holiday.
Senate Pile 2463, p. 9
c. (1) If a chapter has been rescinded under this
subsection, the agency that adopted the chapter shall notify
the administrative code editor in writing of the rescission.
The administrative rules coordinator may notify the
administrative code editor in writing on behalf of the agency.
(2) As soon as practicable after receiving such
notification, the administrative code editor shall publish
notice of the rescission in the Iowa administrative bulletin
and, no sooner than two weeks after such publication, remove
the chapter from the Iowa administrative code.
d. When a regulatory readoption of a chapter of rules
becoming cffoctivc as a whole is published in the Iowa
administrative code, the administrative code editor shall
include the next rescission date of the chapter, as provided in
this subsection, with the chapter.
(1) For a chapter of rules that most rocGntly became
effective as a whole prior to January 1,—2023,—the effective
date of the chapter shall be deemed January 1,—20231—
purposes of this subsection.—For a chapter that moat recently
became effective as a whole on or after January 1,—2023,—bite
date of rescission pursuant to this subsection shall bo based
on the most recent effective date of the chapter as a whole.
Notwithstanding paragraph
(a) The date of rescission of a chapter that becomes
effective as a whole from January 1, 2023, through January
1, 2028, both dates inclusive, shall be deemed to be five
years after the date on which the chapter most recently became
effective as a whole.
(b) The date of rescission of a chapter that was in effect
prior to January 1, 2023, and did not become effective as a
whole from January 1, 2023, through January 1, 2028, both dates
inclusive, shall be deemed to be January 1, 2028.
(2) The effective date of adoption, amendment, or
rescission of individual rules or portions of rules in a
chapter, and the date of any changes to the chapter or rules
or portions of rules in the chapter pursuant to section 2B.13,
shall not be considered when determining the effective date of
the chapter as a whole for purposes of this paragraph.
(3) The administrative code editor shall include the next
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rescission date of a chapter under this paragraph with the
chapter in lieu of the date provided in paragraph
f. The administrative rules review committee may grant
a six month an extension of up to one hundred eighty days
of the date of rescission of a chapter of rules provided
in this subsection upon written request by the agency that
adopted the chapter. The request shall be submitted to the
administrative rules review committee by the agency at least
thirty thirty-five days before the date of rescission with a
copy provided to the administrative code editor. The request
shall include an explanation of the agency's reasoning for
seeking an extension and any other information the agency finds
appropriate. If the administrative rules review committee
approves the request, the administrative code editor shall
update the rescission date included with the chapter pursuant
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to par^raph d or e .
AMY SINOIAIR
President of the Senate
PAT GRASSLJ
Speaker or the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2463, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary the Senate
2026
KIM^WIYNOLDS
Governor
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