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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2680: Relating to public safety personnel retirement systems, the taxation of surviving spouse pension benefits, and including retroactive applicability provisions

Signed into law

What it does

This bill relates to the municipal fire and police retirement system of Iowa (MFPRSI), the public safety officers’ retirement, accident, and disability system (POR), and protection occupation and sheriffs and deputy sheriffs under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system (IPERS). DIVISION I —— CIVIL SERVICE EVALUATIONS —— MFPRSI.8, concerning entrance examinations under civil service for police officers and fire fighters, is amended to require a mental health evaluation as part of the examination.

Sponsors

Ways and Means committee

Cost

Cost: up to $100,000

Administrative costs for the MFPRSI associated with performing mental health evaluations and medical exams are estimated to increase between $50,000 and $100,000 in FY 2025 and between $20,000 and $50,000 annually in FY 2026 and each year thereafter. Any incre…

Senate subcommittee · named April 9, 2024

  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Pam Jochum (D)
  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)

Lobbying · 10 for, 1 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; City of Des Moines; Iowa Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Mental Health Advocacy; Iowa Peace Officers Association; Iowa Professional Fire Fighters; Iowa State Police Association; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association; State Police Officers Council

Against: Iowa League of Cities

In plain words

  1. March 27, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee · as HSB 745
  2. March 27, 2024House subcommittee named: Kaufmann, Gjerde, Harris, Nielsen, Thompson and P · as HSB 745
  3. March 28, 2024Approved by the House committee · as HSB 745
  4. April 1, 2024Filed in the House
  5. April 1, 2024Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2680 · as HSB 745
  6. April 3, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  7. April 4, 2024Passed the House, 95–0
  8. April 8, 2024Arrived in the Senate
  9. April 9, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Dawson, Jochum and Zaun
  10. April 10, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it
  11. April 10, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
  12. April 10, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  13. April 11, 2024Passed the Senate, 46–0
  14. April 23, 2024Sent to the Governor
  15. May 3, 2024Signed into law
  16. May 8, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF2680