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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2717: Relating to executive branch functions, including legislative review, delay, and approval of administrative rules and ratification of certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards, and including applicability provisions

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 it does

This bill relates to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards. RATIFICATION OF MAJOR RULES. The bill provides for ratification of major administrative rules and other matters relating to the executive branch rulemaking process. The bill defines “major rule” as a rule that does at least one of three things. A major rule requires annual expenditures of at least $200,000 or combined expenditures of at least $1 million within five years by all affected persons including the agency itself.

Sponsors

Rep. Taylor R. Collins (R), Rep. Cindy Golding (R), Rep. Bill Gustoff (R), Rep. Steven C. Holt (R), Rep. Heather Hora (R), Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R), Rep. Judd Lawler (R), Rep. Henry Stone (R), Rep. Charley Thomson (R), Rep. John H. Wills (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 8 for, 4 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Cicero Action; FUELIowa (PMCI); Foundation for Government Accountability Action; Iowans for Tax Relief; Pacific Legal Foundation; State Policy Network; VALOR Iowa

Against: Bitches Get Stuff Done; BlueGreen Alliance; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

In plain words

  1. February 24, 2026Filed in the House
  2. April 20, 2026Passed the House, 60–32
  3. April 21, 2026Arrived in the Senate

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/91/HF2717