Bills › 89th General Assembly

HF 895Signed by Governor · June 8, 2021

Appropriating federal moneys made available from federal block grants and other nonstate sources, allocating portions of federal block grants, and providing procedures if federal moneys or federal block grants are more or less than anticipated, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

Sponsored by the House Appropriations Committee

Topics:State budget

Same legislation: SSB 1257, SF 614, HSB 276

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedApril 28, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMay 4, 2021
  3. Done: House committeeMay 6, 2021
  4. Done: Passes the HouseMay 7, 202186–1
  5. Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
  6. Done: Passes the SenateMay 19, 202148–0
  7. Done: To the GovernorMay 28, 2021
  8. Done: Signed into lawJune 8, 2021

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Iowa is setting aside money from federal grants and other sources to pay for various state needs over the next few years. It also creates two special funds for the governor to use for state recovery and building projects using money from the American Rescue Plan Act. Additionally, the state will share reports about coronavirus relief money with the legislative services agency.1

Read the official explanation

This bill makes appropriations of federal block grants, other federal moneys, and nonstate moneys. DIVISION I. The bill appropriates moneys for the 2021-2022 federal fiscal year and the 2022-2023 federal fiscal year from block grants available from the federal government and provides procedures for increasing or decreasing the appropriations if the amounts of the block grants are increased or decreased from the amounts anticipated. The federal fiscal year begins October 1, and the state fiscal year begins July 1. The bill also makes standing appropriations for the 2021-2022 state fiscal year and the 2022-2023 state fiscal year of other federal and nonstate grants, receipts, and moneys. DIVISION II. The bill appropriates moneys for the 2018-2019 federal fiscal year from federal disaster relief legislation and for the 2019-2020 federal fiscal year from federal coronavirus relief legislation. These provisions are effective upon enactment and retroactively applicable to October of the applicable federal fiscal years. DIVISION III. The bill creates two funds under the authority of the office of the governor consisting of moneys received by the state under the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for state fiscal recovery and capital projects. The moneys are appropriated to the office of the governor for use in accordance with requirements mirroring the requirements set forth in the ARPA. The provisions creating the funds are repealed July 1, 2025. In addition, any data reported by the department of management to the United States department of the treasury relating to federal coronavirus relief moneys is also required to be reported to the legislative services agency. This division takes effect upon enactment.

Changed since by amendment S-3226; see Amendments.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

House subcommittee

Named May 4, 2021 (as HSB 276). On May 6, 2021 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 2-0.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§8.57G§8.57H

Amends§8.58

How the Code works3

Lobbying

2 for · 0 against · 40 undecided · Who →

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