Public Safety
Home of the Iowa State Patrol, the Division of Criminal Investigation and its crime lab, and the State Fire Marshal. It also keeps the state’s criminal history and sex offender records.
Who leads it
Commissioner · Appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Iowa Senate.
Official website
General Fund, FY27 est.
$150.2M
Its budget over time
General Fund appropriations by fiscal year1.
$150.2M
| Fiscal year | General Fund |
|---|---|
| FY27 est. | $150.2M |
| FY26 | $146.8M |
| FY25 | $148.4M |
| FY24 | $141.3M |
| FY23 | $121.3M |
| FY22 | $118.3M |
| FY21 | $107.7M |
| FY20 | $109.7M |
| FY19 | $103.3M |
| FY18 | $99.9M |
| FY17 | $96.0M |
| FY16 | $98.2M |
| FY15 | $96.9M |
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | General Fund |
|---|---|
| FY27 est. | $150.2M |
| FY26 | $146.8M |
| FY25 | $148.4M |
| FY24 | $141.3M |
| FY23 | $121.3M |
| FY22 | $118.3M |
| FY21 | $107.7M |
| FY20 | $109.7M |
| FY19 | $103.3M |
| FY18 | $99.9M |
| FY17 | $96.0M |
| FY16 | $98.2M |
| FY15 | $96.9M |
Bills that would change its laws
Recent bills that add to, rewrite or repeal the Iowa Code chapters it mainly carries out2: chapter 80, chapter 80A, chapter 100.
- SF 2434Relating to local government, including the approval of action by ordinance, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
- HF 2630Relating to salaries of peace officers of the department of public safetyDied when the session ended
- HF 2565Establishing a human trafficking investigative task forceDied when the session ended
- SF 2323Relating to licensing requirements of private investigative agencies and security agentsDied when the session ended
- SF 2131Relating to publication requirements for official publicationsDied when the session ended
- SF 2098Relating to firearms, including background checks for acquiring pistols or revolvers, identification markings on firearms and firearm parts, trigger locks, extreme risk protective orders, mental health funding, certain firearm transfers, and certain related crimes, and providing penaltiesDied when the session ended
- SF 2016Relating to the maximum age of a peace officer for the department of public safetyDied when the session ended
- HF 1036Relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and report, depositions of victims, restitution, restorative facilities and protective services, and investigation and prosecution, and including effective date provisionsSigned by Governor
- SF 625Relating to gambling regulation, including enforcement, license fees, tax rates, and the use of associated revenue, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session ended
- SF 613Concerning the regulation and support of leisure activities, including by providing for gambling enforcement, license fees, tax rates, and the use of associated revenue, establishing the Iowa major events and tourism program and fund, modifying the sports tourism marketing and infrastructure program, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as SF 625
- HF 908Relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and report, depositions of victims, restitution, restorative facilities and protective services, and investigation and prosecution, and making appropriationsRenumbered as HF 1036
- HF 747Providing for a human trafficking task force and an annual report to the general assemblyDied when the session ended