Bills › 90th General Assembly

HF 729Withdrawn · SF 578 became law instead · May 3, 2023

Relating to state finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of certain unappropriated moneys, making corrections, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions

Sponsored by the House Appropriations (companion To Sf 578 By Committee on Appropriations) Committee

Topics:State budgetK–12 educationTaxes

Same legislation: SSB 1222, SF 578, HSB 252

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMay 2, 2023
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMay 2, 2023
  3. Done: House committeeMay 3, 2023
  4. Done: Passes the HouseMay 3, 202355–38
  5. Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
  6. Done: Passes the SenateMay 3, 202331–16
  7. Done: To the GovernorMay 11, 2023
  8. Done: Signed into lawJune 1, 2023

SF 578 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 578, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 578 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary This bill changes how the state spends and moves money for things like school transportation, teacher support, and special education. It allows certain departments to adjust salaries using leftover money from specific funds. It also changes how money is moved from the economic emergency fund to the state's general fund to help pay for school aid.1

Read the official explanation

APPROPRIATIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS, TRANSFERS, AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY.21 relating to certain property assessment limitations. The bill authorizes salary adjustments to be funded as determined by the department of management (DOM) from unappropriated moneys in certain special funds.55(2), but shall instead be distributed as provided in the bill. Under the bill, moneys are first transferred to the general fund of the state in an amount equal to the difference in foundation property tax statewide based on 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 181, to pay foundation aid under Code chapter 257 for FY 2023-2024. The amount that would be distributed to the taxpayer relief fund under current law is reduced by the transferred amount. The transferred amount is to be determined by DOM. These provisions take effect upon enactment. CORRECTIVE PROVISIONS. The bill makes technical corrections to, or as the result of, legislation enacted or considered during the 2023 legislative session. Certain provisions take effect upon enactment and apply retroactively to the effective date of the amended legislation.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

House subcommittee

Named May 2, 2023 (as HSB 252). On May 3, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-1.

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

1 written public comment to its subcommittee: May 3, 2023 (1) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§15C.1§15C.2§22.7§257.35§35A.13§441.21§92.5

Cites§100D.3§101.22§101.24§103.14§135.11A§135B.34§15.342A§156.1A§249K.2§261G.4§303.3B§546.10

How the Code works3

Lobbying

0 for · 6 against · 46 undecided · Who →

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