Board of Regents

What it paid out

$139.0M in FY26, from every fund, not just the General Fund. $769K (1%) went to individuals and other payees we don’t name.²

Organizations paid the most

1. Iowa State University-Isu - Ag Experiment Station$30.5M
2. Iowa State University-Isu - Cooperative Extension Service$18.2M
3. Iowa State University-Isu Vet Diagnostic Lab Addition$17.2M
4. University of Iowa$12.3M
5. Iowa State University$10.6M

The full checkbook for this agency

Bills that would change its laws

Recent bills that add to, rewrite or repeal the Iowa Code chapters it mainly carries out³: chapter 262, chapter 263, chapter 263A.

• SF 2507Relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, making corrections, and providing for properly related matters including the national electrical code, local civil rights laws, political party state central committees, noxious weeds, nonresident deer hunting licenses, proprietary treatment systems, poultry associations, tax credits, alternative nicotine and vapor products, public assistance programs, judicial branch and county attorney salaries, civil litigation abuse, human trafficking, federal grants and loans notifications, quarterly payments to area education agencies, civic proficiency in higher education, charter schools under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, school district incentives, extracurricular interscholastic eligibility, and levy increases, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisionsWithdrawn
• HF 2783Relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, state board of regents, department of workforce development, and Iowa special education councilSigned with item vetoes
• SF 2498Relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemptions and refunds, making appropriations to the state board of regents for establishing and maintaining a nuclear energy workforce, and providing penaltiesWithdrawn
• HF 2742Relating to reports on major maintenance projects for state infrastructureDied when the session ended
• HF 2717Relating to executive branch functions, including legislative review, delay, and approval of administrative rules and ratification of certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
• HF 2711Relating to state policies and programs with race or gender requirementsSigned by Governor
• SF 2432Eliminating a city’s ability to create a city board of health or a city health department, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session ended
• SF 2412Relating to qualifications for state and local government employment and professional licensureDied when the session ended
• SF 2395Relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
• HF 2608Relating to qualifications for certain rights and privileges prescribed by the state, including state employment, professional licensure, voter registration, and bail, and making penalties applicableDied when the session ended
• SF 2359Relating to selection committees for presidents of regents institutionsDied when the session ended
• HF 2568Establishing a temporary independent fiscal restructuring authority to provide oversight of institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents, providing penalties, and making appropriationsDied when the session ended