Bills › 91st General Assembly
Creating a food bank donation matching fund and making appropriations
Sponsored by Rep. Timi M. Brown-Powers (D), Rep. Ken Croken (D), Rep. Tracy A. Ehlert (D), Rep. Monica Kurth (D), Rep. Mary Lee Madison (D), Rep. Rick L. Olson (D), Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D), Rep. Ross Wilburn (D)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2026
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa will create a new fund to help nonprofit food banks get more resources. The state will provide money to match the amount of private donations these food banks received the year before. The Department of Health and Human Services will manage this fund and decide how to give the money out each year.1
Read the official explanation
This bill creates the Iowa food bank donation matching fund (fund). Under the bill, the fund is under the control of the department of health and human services (HHS). The general assembly is to appropriate $1 million, or so much as is necessary to match the aggregate amount of private donations to nonprofit food banks over the immediately preceding fiscal year, to the department of health and human services. The moneys shall be appropriated by the general assembly each fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2026, and deposited into the fund by the department. HHS is to annually distribute the moneys to nonprofit food banks and must promulgate rules governing the distribution of moneys from the fund.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated.7(2), interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.