Bills › 90th General Assembly

SF 578Signed by Governor · June 1, 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 Senate Appropriations Committee

Topics:State budgetK–12 educationTaxes

Same legislation: SSB 1222, HSB 252, HF 729

Where it is now

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

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary This bill changes how much money the state sets aside for things like school bus transportation, classroom support, and special education services. It also allows certain departments to adjust salaries using leftover money from specific funds. Additionally, it moves money that would have gone to a taxpayer relief fund into 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

Senate subcommittee

Named May 1, 2023 (as SSB 1222). On May 2, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].

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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