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Providing for public availability of certain financial information of regents institutions and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Higher Education Committee
Topics:Higher education
Same legislation: HSB 59
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 5, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires each institution of higher education under the control of the state board of regents to make available to the public on the institution’s internet site detailed information on budgets of the institution totaling $50,000 or more in value, expenditures of the institution of $50,000 or more, vendors used by the institution that provide $50,000 or more of goods or services, and written contracts entered into by the institution. The bill provides accessibility requirements and timelines for making such information available.
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The bill specifies matters that must be included in the information. Among such matters are an annual budget for each administrative unit of the institution; a budgeted salary report; information on expenditures for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and similar commitments; and a transaction register that contains a complete record of all funds expended. Any information that is expressly prohibited from public disclosure by federal or state law, regulation, or rule shall be redacted from any information made available to the public pursuant to the bill. The bill takes effect December 1, 2025.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named January 27, 2025 (as HSB 59). On January 29, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§262.29
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
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