Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to state finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, providing for properly related matters including prohibiting state membership in the Iowa individual health benefit reinsurance association, making corrections, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions
Sponsored by the House Appropriations Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMay 14, 2025
- Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
- Done: House committeeMay 14, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMay 14, 202578–3
- Done: Senate committeeMay 14, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateMay 14, 202528–11
- Done: To the GovernorMay 23, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawJune 11, 2025
SF 659 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 659, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 659 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This bill lowers the amount of money set aside for school districts, area education agencies, and nonpublic school transportation for the next two years. It also moves money from the taxpayer relief fund to the state's general fund to help pay for school foundation aid. Additionally, the state will no longer be a member of the Iowa individual health benefit reinsurance association.1
Read the official explanation
APPROPRIATIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS, TRANSFERS, AND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY.35. The bill authorizes salary adjustments to be funded as determined by the department of management from unappropriated moneys in certain special funds.21 due to the enactment of 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 5, to be used in lieu of a like amount of other general fund moneys to pay foundation aid under Code chapter 257 for FY 2025-2026. CORRECTIVE PROVISIONS. The bill makes technical corrections to, or as the result of, legislation enacted or considered during the 2025 legislative session. Certain provisions take effect or apply retroactively based on the underlying 2025 legislation. STATE MEMBERSHIP —— REINSURANCE ASSOCIATION. The bill excludes the state from membership in the Iowa individual health benefit reinsurance association. This provision takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to January 1, 2020.
Changed since by amendments H-1361, S-3195; see Amendments.
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
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