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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

HF 402: Relating to the authorized uses of revenues from the regular and voter-approved physical plant and equipment levies and including applicability provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

Current Code section 298.3 authorizes revenues from the regular and voter-approved physical plant and equipment levies to be used, in part, for the purchase, lease, or lease-purchase of equipment or technology exceeding $500 in value per purchase, lease, or lease-purchase transaction. This bill specifies that such authorization includes noninstructional software, equipment, and technology services, subject to the value per transaction requirement. The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2019.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 21, 2019

  • Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) · skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Holly Brink (R)
  • Rep. Monica Kurth (D) · monica.kurth@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Des Moines Public Schools; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association; School Administrators of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
  2. February 21, 2019House subcommittee named: Wheeler, Brink and Kurth

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF402