Officially into overtime, week 17 ended with many negotiations left to be had. Rank and file legislators were not called into the Capitol on Monday (5/3) or Tuesday (5/4) as there was no floor work or committee blocks scheduled. The Senate convened for floor action on Wednesday (5/5) and the House on Thursday (5/6) and Friday (5/7), completing work on a number of bills and sending them down to the Governor. Throughout the week leadership continued to work on budget, tax cuts, and a number of other policy issues; as of Friday (5/7), there was no final agreement between the chambers.
No floor action commenced during week 18 and committee work was limited to the Senate Ways and Means and Appropriations committees; the majority of the rank and file legislators were not on hand for the entire week. The focus of the week was closed-door negotiations between House and Senate leadership teams as they attempt to reach a final agreement on the tax proposals and ultimately a path to adjournment. Both chambers adjourned on Thursday, May 13 and are expected to return on Monday, May 17 in order to take up the competing tax proposals or any deal that may be cut between the leadership teams between now and next week.
Tax Bills
On Wednesday, May 5, Governor Reynolds announced a proposed compromise on taxes. The Governor’s tax plan includes:
- Eliminating the triggers to implement the 2018 tax cuts
- Phasing out the inheritance tax
- Shifting payment for mental health from the county to the state
The Governor estimates that her proposal will result in around $200 million in tax cuts.
Both the House and the Senate introduced their own tax plans on Wednesday. The plan proposed by the Senate is essentially the Governor’s tax plan.
| SSB 1276 | A bill for an act relating to state and local revenue and finance by modifying future tax contingencies, the state inheritance tax, mental health and disability services funding, school district funding, commercial and industrial property tax replacement payments, providing for housing incentives, providing for other properly related matters, making appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. | Proposed Committee on Ways and Means Bill by Chairperson Dawson |
| HSB 278 | A bill for an act relating to state taxation and economic development activities, including future tax contingencies, state income tax deductions, tax credits, the state inheritance tax, the sales and use tax, disaster recovery housing, energy infrastructure, telehealth parity, consumer loans, local regulations, and other property-related matters, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. | Proposed Committee on Ways and Means Bill by Chairperson Hein |
The main point of contention remains the Senate proposal to shift mental health funding from the county to the state, which involves cutting property taxes and phasing out the backfill. House leadership maintains that the House Republican caucus has concerns about the state picking up the tab for the mental health system.
Currently, Iowa’s mental health system is funded by county property taxes. The state’s regional mental health system is run by 14 regional authorities that are supported by county property taxes. The Senate plan would phase out the counties’ mental health property tax levies over a two-year period, ending them by the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2023. Proponents of the bill estimate this would shift $100 million annually away from property taxpayers and onto the state’s general fund. Under the Senate proposal, this money would go into a Mental Health and Disability Services regional service fund under the Department of Human Services and be distributed to the regions on a performance-based contract.
The Senate proposal would also phase out the $152 million “backfill” to cities, counties, and schools that was part of a 2013 compromise to replace local revenue they lost when commercial and industrial property tax rates were cut by 10 percent. The proposal phases out the payments by 2027. Local governments that have seen increased valuation in their property tax bases would see a faster phaseout than those that have not.
Some agreement has been reached, both the House and Senate proposals contain provisions that will eliminate the triggers to implement the 2018 tax cuts. Earlier this legislative session, the Senate passed SF576 (Inheritance Tax/Tax Triggers) unanimously. Both agreements also contain provisions on repealing the inheritance tax, with differences in the time period for the phase-out (the Senate version repeals the inheritance tax over three years, the House version repeals the inheritance tax over nine years).
Ultimately, nine provisions appear the same in both the House and Senate proposals (Income tax Triggers, Child Care Tax Credit, Housing Trust Fund, High Quality Jobs, Investment Tax Credits and Innovation Fund, Telehealth Parity for Mental Health, Energy Infrastructure, Disaster Recovery Housing Assistance, Bonus Depreciation) and an additional four provisions appear in both proposals with slight differences (COVID Grants, State Inheritance Tax, Workforce Housing, and Brownfield).
See a complete comparison of the House and Senate proposals in the chart below.
What is the status of the tax plans?
The House moved their tax plan HSB278 (now HF893) unanimously out of subcommittee (3-0) and the full House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, May 6 (22-0). House Democrats voted in favor of the tax proposal, stating that is better than the competing Senate proposals. The House version of the bill is slated to be considered by an Appropriations subcommittee and then the full Appropriations Committee on the morning of May 17.
The Senate Ways and Means subcommittee met on SSB1276 (now SF619) on Monday morning. After extensive input by the public, the subcommittee advanced the bill on party lines. On Tuesday afternoon the full Ways and Means Committee advanced SSB1276. The bill was then renumbered as SF619 and referred to and taken up by the full Appropriations Committee that same afternoon. The bill advanced through both committees on a party-line vote. The Senate version of the bill contains many of the proposals from Governor Reynolds.
After the House bill moves through Appropriations on Monday, both bills will be eligible for consideration by their respective chambers. House and Senate leadership have continued to meet over the last two weeks to come to an agreement on a final tax bill for 2021. Two things are clear:
- a massive tax reform will be passed this legislative session, contents TBD
- a tax deal is the pathway to adjourning sine die
Floorwork (Week 17)
On Wednesday, May 5, the Senate gaveled in and debated and sent seven bills to the Governor, including Banning Covid Passports (HF889). HF889 is a leadership bill that came over from the House on a 58-35 vote in week 16. The bill prohibits state and local governments from noting on an ID that the ID holder has received a COVID vaccination and prohibits businesses and governments from requiring proof of vaccination before a person can enter. Businesses and local governments can be disqualified from receiving state contracts or grants if they do require proof of vaccination. The most controversial provision of the bill that drew a lot of attention is the exemption for hospitals and health care facilities. The Senate passed the bill 32-16 without debate (two Democrats voted with the Republicans and one Republican voted with the Democrats).
The House finalized work on the Racism Training bill (HF802) on Thursday, May 6, which has been a hot topic this legislative session. The bill has bounced between chambers, returning to the House with a Senate amendment that specifies the content on racism and sexism that is prohibited from use in trainings and curriculums in schools, colleges, and state and local governments and clarifies that teaching about slavery and racial discrimination is not prohibited. The House concurred with the Senate amendment and sent the bill to the Governor on a party-line vote (53-35).
The House convened again on Friday, May 7 and sent nine additional bills to the Governor, most of which returned to the House with Senate amendments. This concluded floorwork for the week for both chambers. Before adjournment on May 7, leadership relayed to the chamber that negotiations between the House and the Senate were ongoing and that it was unlikely there would be floor action the following week (week of May 10).
As there was no floor action, during Week 18 (the week of May 10)-both chambers met for various gavel-in, gavel-out sessions (the Iowa Constitution has a limitation that the Legislature cannot adjourn for more than three consecutive days during the legislative session) as negotiations between leadership and the Governor’s Office continued behind the scenes.
Budgets/Appropriations
The House completed a fair amount of budget floorwork on Thursday, May 6, sending the second budget bill to the Governor and four versions of House budget bills to the Senate. The House concurred with the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals budget bill (SF592) which appropriates a total of $397.76 million for FY 2022 from the Road Use Tax Fund and the Primary Road Fund. The Transportation budget is typically the least controversial of all tax bills and was passed unanimously by the Senate and the House; the bill now goes to the Governor for her signature.
The House also approved four appropriations budgets after extensive debate that led to an adjournment just before midnight on Thursday, May 6. The House sent to the Senate their versions of the Ag & Natural Resources budget (HF860), the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund (RIIF) budget (HF862), the Education budget (HF868), and the Economic Development Budget (HF871).
On Friday, the House approved the Block Grants/COVID Funds budget bill (HF895). The Legislature budgets for the federal block grants every two years; the bill this year also includes federal COVID relief funds.
The House and the Senate still need to agree on an overall number for the FY2022-2023 budget as well as joint targets for every budget. There are major funding differences between the chambers. Once the tax negotiations have been finalized, the FY 2022-2023 budget can come together. Differences in General Fund appropriations are noted below:
| Budget | House Proposed | Senate Proposed | Difference |
| Education | $570 million | $576 million | $6 million |
| Ag & Natural Resources | $54 million | $42 million | $12 million |
| Economic Development | $49.7 million | $46.2 million | $3.5 million |
Status of Appropriations bills:
| Appropriations bills | House | Senate | Final |
| Supplemental FY21 | SF284 | SF284 (Signed by Gov 2/23) | |
| SSA In-Person | HF532 | ||
| Admin & Regulation | HF 867 Amended & Passed 55-37 (4/21) | SF594 Substituted for HF867; Passed 47-0 (4/28) | HF867 to Governor |
| Ag & Natural Resources | HF860 Amended & Passed 54-36 (5/6) | SF598 | |
| Economic Development | HF871 Amended & Passed 54-36 (5/6) | SF595 | |
| Education | HF 868 Amended & Passed 51-38 (5/6) | SF596 | |
| HHS | HF891 | SF606 | |
| Judicial Branch | HF864 | SF597 | |
| Justice System | HF861 | SF599 | |
| Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund (RIIF) | HF862 Amended & Passed 55-35 (5/6) | SF600 | |
| Transportation | HF863 Substituted for SF592; Passed 90-0 (5/6) | SF592 Amended & Passed 48-0 (4/28) | SF592 to Governor |
| Standings | SF615 | HF894 | |
| Block Grant/COVID Funds | SF614 | HF895 Passed 86-1 (5/7) |
What’s next?
Both chambers are slated to return next week to take up work on the tax proposals and/or any deal that has been reached on the tax proposals and the remaining budget bills. Once an agreement is reached on the final tax proposal, the FY 2022-2023 budget can come together and chambers can focus on closing down the 2021 legislative session. Differences on a few lingering policy issues need to be resolved in addition to finalizing the FY 2022-2023. Ultimately, a tax deal is the pathway to adjourning sine die.
If there is an agreement and enough votes in each chamber, it is possible for the legislature to adjourn by the end of next week (week of May 17); if not, the 2021 session crawls into the last week of May and potentially into June.
| Provisions appear the same in both the House and Senate proposals |
| Provisions appear in both the House and Senate proposals with slight differences |
| Provisions do not appear in both House and Senate proposals |
| Tax Plan Provisions | Details | Section of Senate Bill (SF619) | Section of House Bill (HF893) |
| Income Tax | Removes the 2018 income tax triggers | Division I | Division I |
| Child Care Credit | Increases the income level for eligibility for the Child Dependent Development Credit to $90,000 | Division II | Division II |
| COVID Grants | Exempts COVID grants and PPP relief from the income tax. Repeals the granted relief provisions as of 2024. | Division III/IV *Senate version limits to grants issued between March 17, 2020, and December 31, 2021 | Division III/IV |
| Installment Sales | Makes changes to capital gains for installment sales | Division V | |
| School Tuition Organization Credit | Increases the amount of a contribution to a school tuition organization that is tax-deductible to 87% over four years. Increases the cap for credits to $20 million by 2025. | Division V | |
| Targeted Jobs | Extends the targeted job withholding credit pilot program until 2026. | Division VI | |
| Emergency Relief Fund | Transfers up to 5% of the adjusted revenue estimate to the Taxpayer Relief Fund, after other funds are filled. Effective as of 2022. | Division VII/VIII | |
| State Inheritance Tax | Phases out the state inheritance tax | Division VI *Phases out the state inheritance tax over three years; repealed effectively 2024. | Division IX * Phases out the state inheritance tax over nine years. |
| Housing Trust Fund | Increases the cap for the transfer of real estate transfer taxes (RETT) to $7 million. | Division VII | Division XI |
| High Quality Jobs (Childcare/Reductions in Operations) | Reduces the HQ credits the EDA may allocate to $70 million. Prohibits the EDA from regarding a reduction in jobs that would make a company ineligible for HQ assistance if the company can show that a reduction from March 2020 to July 2022 is due to COVID. Requires the EDA to consider whether the benefits of the proposal outweigh any reductions in operations due to COVID. Allows EDA to consider whether an HQ proposal will include childcare for the employees of a business. | Division VIII/XII | Division X/XII/XVI |
| Investment Tax Credits and Innovation Fund | Limits the allocation by the EDA for investments in qualifying businesses and equity investments in innovation funds to an aggregate of $10 million. Requires credits not awarded to be reallocated in later years and does not count the reallocation against the aggregate. Changes the calculation for the maximum credit that can be awarded to a person and spouse from a calendar year to a fiscal year. | Division IX | Division XIX |
| Telehealth Parity Mental Health | Requires telehealth services delivered through interactive electronic media be paid at the same rates as other services. Bars requiring an additional professional to be in the same room as the patient. Effective on enactment and retroactive. | Division X | Division XXI |
| Manufacturing 4.0 | Creates the Manufacturing 4.0 Technology Fund for investments into smart technologies used to improve current manufacturing processes. Allows grants, loans, and forgivable loans. Includes requirements for applications and a cap on assistance of $75,000. | Division XIII | |
| Energy Infrastructure | Creates the Energy Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program. Prohibits the Energy Center from making new loans as of June 30, 2021, and transfers money into the new revolving loan fund. Gives the Iowa Energy Center administration duties. Requires the Center to develop a program for loans to encourage the development of energy infrastructure. Limits the EDA to using 5% of the funds for administration. | Division XIV | Division XVIII |
| Workforce Housing | Increases the Workforce Housing credit allocation to $30 million, with $15 million reserved to small cities. | Division XV Increases the Workforce Housing credit allocation to $40 million, with $12 million reserved to small cities for FY 2022. Makes the allocation $30 million, with $15 million for small cities as of FY 2023. Requires additional submissions to the EDA to show the completion of the project. Allows the EDA to establish a disaster housing recovery period after the declaration of a federal disaster. | Division XIII Increases the Workforce Housing credit allocation to $30 million, with $15 million reserved to small cities for FY 2022. |
| Brownfields | Increases the cap and deems that credits from previous years that are not awarded or are revoked can be awarded without counting against the cap. Extends the brownfield program to 2031. | Division XVI Increases the cap to $10 million. | Division XV Increases the cap to $15 million. |
| Downtown Loans | Establishes a Downtown Loan guarantee program to encourage investments to help downtowns recover from the COVID pandemic. Gives the EDA and IFA administration duties. Requires a building mortgage to be for less than $500,000 and for less than 50% of the value of the property to qualify. Includes other requirements for loan guarantees. Limits the guarantee to five years, with a possible five-year extension, and includes requirements for defaults. | Division XVII | |
| Disaster Recovery Housing Assistance | Creates a disaster recovery housing program. Allows the EDA to transfer certain unobligated money, subject to the approval of the Governor, into a revolving loan fund for a forgivable loan and grant program to help homeowners and renters whose primary residences have been affected by a disaster. Requires the disaster to have occurred between March 12, 2019, and the effective date of the bill in a county declared to be a disaster area. Allows the EDA to enter into agreements with various cities for the city to act as the local program administrator. Includes requirements for eligibility under the program. Requires the EDA to establish an Eviction Prevention program to award grants. | Division XVIII | Division XIV |
| Bonus Depreciation | Retroactively conforms Iowa law with additional provisions on federal bonus depreciation. | Division XIX | Division XVII |
| Beginning Farmer | Includes provisions on beginning farmer tax credit. | Division XX | |
| Mental Health Funding | Shifts mental health funding from counties to the state; phase out counties’ mental health property tax levies over a two-year period, ending them by the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2023, shifting $100 million annually away from property taxpayers and onto the state’s general fund. Money would go into MHDS regional service fund under HHS and be distributed on a performance-based contract. | Division XXI | |
| Commercial and Industrial Property Tax Replacement Payments | Phaseout the $152 million “backfill” to cities, counties, and schools by 2027. Local governments that have increased valuation in their property tax bases would see a faster phaseout than those that have not. | Division XXII | |
| School Foundation Percentage/Public Education and Recreation Tax Levy | Increases the state school aid base to 88.4% as of the 2022-2023 school year. Authorizes a voter-approved property-tax levy for school playground equipment. | Division XXIII | |
| Elderly Property Tax Credit | Makes changes to the calculation for the elderly property tax credit. | Division XXV | |
| Transit Funding | Allows a city or regional transit district to impose a 5% levy on the motel/hotel tax. Requires the approval of the levy at an election. Limits the use of the funds to spending on the transit system. | Division XXVI | |
| Rural Economic Development | Establishes incentives for rural communities (cities under 30,000 in counties under 50,000). Bases incentives on the number of jobs created at 110% of the qualifying wage and the amount of investment. Directs the EDA to adopt rules under the High Quality Jobs program. | Division XX | |
| Septic Tanks | Prohibits counties from imposing a fine on a person for failing to comply with rules from the county sanitarian on pumping septic systems. | Division XXII | |
| FF/EMS | Increases the tax credit for volunteer firefighters and EMS workers to $250. | Division XXIII | |
| Food Banks Sales Tax | Exempts tangible personal property and specific digital products purchased by a non-profit food bank or municipal utility/rural electric coop from the sales tax. Requires the purchase to be for charitable purposes if for a food bank. | Division XXIV | |
| Consumer loans | Changes the calculations to determine allowable finance charges for supervised consumer loans. | Division XXVI | |
| Individual Income Tax Check-offs | Retains all four of the tax checkoffs until a two-year contribution calculation is included on individual tax forms in 2024. | Division XXVII |
Executive Branch Update
On Monday, May 10, Governor Reynolds signed seventeen bills into law (see chart below). Another 52 bills have advanced through both chambers but have not yet been reported as enrolled/sent to the Governor. The Governor has already signed a total of 104 bills during the 2021 legislative session.
| Bill | Bill Title | Date Passed | Governor Signature |
| SF 160 | A bill for an act relating to temporary in-person and remote learning instruction and instructional time requirements for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1064.) Effective date: 01/29/2021. | 1/28/2021 | 1/29/2021 |
| SJR 7 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of the people to keep and bear arms. (Formerly SJR 1.) | 1/28/2021 | 2/8/2021 |
| SF 269 | A bill for an act relating to public school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2021, modifying provisions relating to the regular program state cost per pupil, modifying provisions relating to the property tax replacement payment and the transportation equity payments, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1159.) Effective date: 02/23/2021. | 2/17/2021 | 2/23/2021 |
| SF 284 | A bill for an act relating to financial and regulatory matters by making appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1162.) Effective date: 02/23/2021. | 2/18/2021 | 2/23/2021 |
| HF 200 | A bill for an act relating to the military code and duty performed by a member of the United States coast guard. (Formerly HSB 43.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/3/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| HF 231 | A bill for an act relating to a special sentence for sexual abuse committed during a burglary. (Formerly HSB 18.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/17/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| HF 232 | A bill for an act relating to the crime of disorderly conduct and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 29.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/9/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| HF 235 | A bill for an act relating to service charges on consumer credit transactions. (Formerly HSB 69.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/9/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| HF 283 | A bill for an act creating the criminal offense of defrauding a drug or alcohol test and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 22.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/17/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| HF 308 | A bill for an act relating to eligibility requirements for students under the senior year plus program and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 110.) Effective date: 03/08/2021. | 2/23/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| HF 386 | A bill for an act striking certain reporting requirements related to nonprofit school organizations established by school districts. (Formerly HSB 107.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/17/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| HF 418 | A bill for an act relating to property tax levies, exemptions, classifications, assessment limitations, and administration, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 93.) Effective date: 01/01/2022. Applicability date: 01/01/2022. | 2/23/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| SF 130 | A bill for an act relating to a temporary exception to a limitation on compensation for a member of a board of directors of a school corporation, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1041.) Effective date: 03/08/2021. | 2/17/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| SF 173 | A bill for an act relating to trusts, including requirements for certifications of trust and the general order of abatement. (Formerly SSB 1012.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/16/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| SF 231 | A bill for an act regarding driving privileges of persons issued a special minor’s driver’s license, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 79.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/16/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| SF 239 | A bill for an act relating to proper parties in causes of actions following the death of persons entitled or liable to such causes of actions and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1009.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 07/01/2021. | 2/16/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| SF 240 | A bill for an act relating to the creation, administration, and termination of custodial trusts. (Formerly SSB 1016.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/10/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| SF 285 | A bill for an act relating to suspension of a student’s participation in the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program. (Formerly SSB 1068.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/17/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| SF 314 | A bill for an act relating to approval of executive branch employee travel claims. (Formerly SSB 1119.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/23/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| SF 343 | A bill for an act relating to authorized access to certain confidential records by employees of the department of corrections, a judicial district department of correctional services, and the board of parole. (Formerly SSB 1102.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/17/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| SF 413 | A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including absentee ballots and voter list maintenance activities, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1199.) Effective date: 03/08/2021. Applicability date: 01/01/2022. | 2/24/2021 | 3/8/2021 |
| HF 560 | A bill for an act relating to financial assurance instruments and surety bonds required for collecting, processing, or transporting waste tires, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 177.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/10/2021 | 3/22/2021 |
| SF 129 | A bill for an act relating to specialty areas, service commitment area distance requirements, and practice-related requirements under the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program. (Formerly SSB 1042.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/16/2021 | 3/22/2021 |
| SF 232 | A bill for an act relating to notice and reclamation requirements for abandoned vehicles taken into custody by a police authority or private entity. (Formerly SSB 1025.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/9/2021 | 3/22/2021 |
| SF 235 | A bill for an act relating to the denial and contest of probate claims. (Formerly SSB 1037.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/8/2021 | 3/22/2021 |
| SF 261 | A bill for an act authorizing the college student aid commission to organize a nonprofit corporation. (Formerly SSB 1069.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/8/2021 | 3/22/2021 |
| SF 289 | A bill for an act relating to the powers and duties of the boards of directors of area education agencies, school districts, and school corporations, and to the election of a director as school board president. (Formerly SSB 1133.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/9/2021 | 3/22/2021 |
| SF 307 | A bill for an act relating to the examination and transportation of dead bodies, including associated fees and costs. (Formerly SF 106.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/8/2021 | 3/22/2021 |
| SF 353 | A bill for an act relating to drainage and levee districts, by providing for notices to interested persons including landowners in the district, and for repairs that require a report by an engineer or soil and water conservation district conservationist. (Formerly SSB 1180.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/9/2021 | 3/22/2021 |
| SF 482 | A bill for an act regulating the application of pesticides, including by providing for the certification of applicators, and certain actions taken by the department of agriculture and land stewardship against private applicators, and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 1214.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/10/2021 | 3/22/2021 |
| HF 280 | A bill for an act authorizing the department of transportation to renew certain valid commercial driver’s licenses without examination, including by electronic renewal, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 99.) Effective date: 04/02/2021. | 3/29/2021 | 4/2/2021 |
| HF 382 | A bill for an act authorizing the department of transportation to issue special permits allowing the transportation of loads of relief supplies that exceed statutory weight limits during periods of national emergency. (Formerly HSB 100.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/29/2021 | 4/2/2021 |
| HF 389 | A bill for an act relating to chauffeurs and exempting certain persons from the requirement to be licensed as a chauffeur. (Formerly HSB 83.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/22/2021 | 4/2/2021 |
| HF 621 | A bill for an act establishing which actions may be brought against firearm, firearm accessory, and ammunition manufacturers, distributors, importers, trade associations, sellers, or dealers. (Formerly HSB 116.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/22/2021 | 4/2/2021 |
| HF 756 | A bill for an act relating to the acquisition and possession of weapons and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 254.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/22/2021 | 4/2/2021 |
| SF 230 | A bill for an act relating to wrecked or salvage motor vehicles. (Formerly SSB 1028.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/16/2021 | 4/2/2021 |
| HF 260 | A bill for an act relating to the number of children receiving child care at any one time in a child care home. (Formerly HSB 7.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/29/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| HF 368 | A bill for an act relating to the administration of the reimbursement for rent constituting property taxes paid and related matters and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 120.) Effective date: 04/12/2021. | 3/22/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| HF 495 | A bill for an act relating to certain reporting dates for cities which receive road use tax fund moneys. (Formerly HSB 101.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/22/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| HF 552 | A bill for an act relating to requirements for using a dog to track a wounded deer. (Formerly HF 23.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/29/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| HF 555 | A bill for an act prohibiting counties and cities from regulating the sale of natural gas and propane. (Formerly HSB 166.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/29/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| HF 559 | A bill for an act relating to financial assistance provided by the economic development authority to certain apprenticeship sponsors and lead apprenticeship sponsors, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 202.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 07/01/2021. | 3/22/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| HF 655 | A bill for an act prohibiting interference with the transportation of an agricultural animal, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 188.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/22/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| SF 172 | A bill for an act relating to the definition of sex act or sexual activity for purposes of the Iowa criminal code. (Formerly SSB 1013.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/10/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| SF 253 | A bill for an act relating to sexual abuse in the second degree and sexual abuse in the third degree. (Formerly SSB 1014.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 2/16/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| SF 444 | A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles, including the surrender or transfer of registration plates and cards to a county treasurer, documentary fees charged by motor vehicle dealers, and motor vehicle franchise obligations. (Formerly SSB 1206.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/29/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| SF 548 | A bill for an act relating to the regulation of advertising devices near certain highways. (Formerly SSB 1220.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 3/11/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| HF 848 | A bill for an act relating to broadband service, including matters under the purview of the office of the chief information officer, the empower rural Iowa broadband grant fund, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 796, HSB 133.) | 4/6/2021 | 4/28/2021 |
| HF 233 | A bill for an act creating a civil remedy for the disclosure of private, sexually explicit images without consent of the depicted individual. (Formerly HSB 31.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 236 | A bill for an act relating to life insurance company or association cash reinvestments in repurchase agreements collateralized by securities, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 32.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 01/01/2022. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 284 | A bill for an act relating to the qualifications necessary for an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer. (Formerly HSB 89.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 315 | A bill for an act relating to programs for at-risk children. (Formerly HSB 105.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 317 | A bill for an act relating to the calculation of education funding for children living in certain facilities and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 106.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 361 | A bill for an act relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem, a child custody investigator or child and family reporter, or an attorney for certain child custody and visitation matters, and a guardian ad litem for certain child prosecution witnesses. (Formerly HSB 19.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 388 | A bill for an act relating to the duties of the child development coordinating council. (Formerly HSB 108.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 390 | A bill for an act relating to notice requirements prior to discontinuing fluoridation in a public water supply system. (Formerly HF 84.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/12/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 424 | A bill for an act relating to the forfeiture of bail. (Formerly HSB 68.) | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 428 | A bill for an act relating to the national guard of the state concerning armory board leases, persons subject to the code of military justice, criminal justice reporting, and scholarship and loan repayment programs. (Formerly HSB 134.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 433 | A bill for an act relating to court reporters, including the reporting of adoption hearings and uncertified shorthand reporter appointments. (Formerly HSB 78.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 491 | A bill for an act relating to the sale or lease of real estate by regulatory agency officials and employees to persons subject to the agency’s regulatory authority, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 152.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 514 | A bill for an act relating to the practice of pharmacy, and providing for a repeal. (Formerly HSB 73.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 546 | A bill for an act relating to applications for architectural licensure and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 154.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 06/25/2020. | 4/6/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 556 | A bill for an act providing for the termination of dealership agreements involving agricultural equipment. (Formerly HSB 181.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 558 | A bill for an act establishing a minimum age and training requirements for attendants who control amusement rides, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 92.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 561 | A bill for an act relating to the perfection of mechanics’ liens and mechanics’ liens remedies and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 173.) Effective date: 01/01/2022. | 4/13/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 583 | A bill for an act relating to private flood insurance, and including future repeal provisions. (Formerly HSB 165.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 605 | A bill for an act relating to supplementary weighting for limited-English-proficient students and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 148.) Effective date: 04/30/2021 Applicability date: 07/01/2021 | 4/6/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 693 | A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the utilities division of the department of commerce. (Formerly HF 483, HSB 137.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/13/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 699 | A bill for an act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 209.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 07/01/2020. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 707 | A bill for an act relating to interpreters and translators for limited-English-proficient, deaf, and hard-of-hearing persons in certain legal proceedings. (Formerly HF 445, HSB 70.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/13/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 710 | A bill for an act relating to child endangerment committed by a sex offender, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 112.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/13/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 719 | A bill for an act relating to standards for data security, and investigations and notifications of cybersecurity events, for certain licensees under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 198.) Effective date: 01/01/2022. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 739 | A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 236.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 05/10/2019, 06/25/2020, 06/29/2020. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 746 | A bill for an act relating to the statute of limitations for recovery from injuries to property from a licensed veterinarian. (Formerly HSB 208.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/12/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 747 | A bill for an act relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 216.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 775 | A bill for an act concerning unauthorized entry or access, including placement or use of a camera or electronic surveillance device while trespassing, unauthorized gathering of samples of certain materials relating to animals and animal feeding operations, and providing penalties. (Formerly HF 78.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/12/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 805 | A bill for an act relating to the services provided by the Iowa telecommunications and technology commission. (Formerly HSB 232.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HJR 10 | A joint resolution authorizing the temporary sale of merchandise at a toy benefit for Iowa children on the state capitol complex grounds. (Formerly HSB 160.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/6/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| SF 185 | A bill for an act repealing the Missouri river preservation and land use authority, and including transition provisions. (Formerly SSB 1021.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/12/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| SF 252 | A bill for an act relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate rental housing, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1079.) | 3/17/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| SF 260 | A bill for an act relating to the Medicaid reimbursement process for services provided by a receiving district to children requiring special education services. (Formerly SF 73.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| SF 315 | A bill for an act relating to reporting requirements concerning the department of administrative services. (Formerly SSB 1120.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/7/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| SF 357 | A bill for an act relating to the placement of a child in detention, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1109.) Effective date: 12/18/2021. | 4/13/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| SF 450 | A bill for an act relating to the death of a dependent adult, and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 300.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/14/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| SF 466 | A bill for an act relating to licensed health care providers for purposes of state law regarding concussion and brain injury policies for extracurricular interscholastic activities. (Formerly SF 328.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/12/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| SF 554 | A bill for an act relating to the acquisition of title to abandoned property in the unincorporated area of a county. (Formerly SF 426.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/13/2021 | 4/30/2021 |
| HF 201 | A bill for an act relating to the sex offender registry including duration of registration requirements and sexually motivated extortion. (Formerly HSB 17.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/28/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 228 | A bill for an act relating to voluntary diversity plans under the state’s open enrollment law and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 64.) Effective date: 05/10/2021. | 4/20/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 282 | A bill for an act relating to abuse of a human corpse and providing penalties. (Formerly HF 18.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/21/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 314 | A bill for an act relating to notification of the general assembly concerning certain state government leases and real property acquisitions. (Formerly HF 139.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/21/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 391 | A bill for an act relating to controlled substances and precursor substances, including amending the controlled substance and precursor substances schedules and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 74.) Effective date: 05/10/2021. | 4/27/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 429 | A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the Iowa lottery authority, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 127.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/21/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 523 | A bill for an act designating certain county flood mitigation activities as an essential county purpose. (Formerly HSB 56.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/28/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 602 | A bill for an act relating to authorized transfers of school district general fund moneys to the student activity fund and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 265.) Effective date: 05/10/2021. | 4/28/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 654 | A bill for an act relating to lighting devices and other equipment on snow plows and authorized emergency vehicles, providing penalties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 189.) Effective date: 05/10/2021. | 4/21/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 757 | A bill for an act relating to driver’s license restrictions, including ignition interlock device requirements for a first operating-while-intoxicated offense. (Formerly HSB 251.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/28/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 766 | A bill for an act relating to the delivery of alcoholic beverages by retailers. (Formerly HSB 214.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/21/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 785 | A bill for an act relating to amusement concessions. (Formerly HSB 210.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/21/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| HF 821 | A bill for an act creating a civil action relating to harassment by the reporting of false information to law enforcement authority. (Formerly HF 421.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/21/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| SF 336 | A bill for an act relating to the blood, bone marrow, and living organ donation incentive program. (Formerly SSB 1132.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/20/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| SF 366 | A bill for an act relating to state taxation and related laws of the state including the collection of tax, tax credits, the assessment and classification of property, taxes on electricity providers, fees for registration of vehicles, sales and use tax, and the authority of the director of revenue, and providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1122.) Effective date: 07/01/2021, 05/10/2021. Applicability date: 01/01/2019, 07/01/2020, 01/01/2020. | 4/7/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| SF 532 | A bill for an act providing for statements of professional recognition for licensed behavior analysts and mental health professionals by the board of educational examiners and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1231.) Effective date: 05/10/2021. | 4/21/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| SF 546 | A bill for an act relating to private instruction and driver education. (Formerly SSB 1219.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. | 4/28/2021 | 5/10/2021 |
| SF 562 | A bill for an act relating to sexual exploitation by an adult providing training or instruction and statute of limitations time periods for certain criminal offenses committed on or with minors, and providing penalties and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 372.) Effective date: 05/12/2021. | 5/7/2021 | 5/12/2021 |
