Establishing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions

Sponsored by the House Public Safety Committee

Topics:State budget Cities & counties Public safety & emergencies

Same legislation: SF 165, HSB 197, HF 1002, SF 627

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
Done: House committeeFebruary 26, 2025
Done: Passes the HouseApril 22, 202592–0
Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
Done: Passes the SenateMay 14, 202546–0
Done: To the GovernorMay 22, 2025
Done: Signed into lawJune 3, 2025

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What’s in it

This bill authorizes a municipality, defined as a city, county, township, benefited fire district, or agency authorized by law to provide emergency response services, to establish a length of service award program as described in section 457(e)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers. The bill provides that the governing body of a municipality that establishes a program shall, in consultation with the chief or other person in command of the fire department and police department serving the municipality, as applicable, adopt guidelines providing for eligibility requirements for participation by volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers, minimum vesting requirements, distribution requirements, and such other guidelines as deemed necessary to operate the program.

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The bill also establishes a length of service award program grant fund under the control of the department of revenue (department). For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, $2 million in lottery revenues is transferred to the length of service award program grant fund prior to deposit of the lottery revenues in the general fund of the state. This amount shall increase by $500,000 each time the length of service award program grant fund is depleted for two consecutive years, but moneys in the length of service award program fund shall not exceed $5 million. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for grants to municipalities that have established a length of service award program to provide contributions to the program on behalf of participants. The bill requires the department to adopt rules establishing a grant application process that shall provide for up to a dollar-for-dollar funding match from a municipality that has established a length of service award program, in an amount not to exceed $500 per award recipient. If the moneys in the fund are insufficient to pay all eligible grants in a fiscal year, the director of revenue must prorate the moneys to each municipality. The bill also requires the grant process to allow a municipality to use moneys received from any source for purposes of providing the funding match required by the bill. The bill takes effect January 1, 2026.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendments S-3183, S-3180; see Amendments. Full bill text · What changed before it passed

House subcommittee

Named March 17, 2025. On March 19, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§100B.51 §100B.52

Amends§99G.39

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Lobbying

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Tried before

SF 447Cleared committee90th GA

Study bill

HSB 197Renumbered

91st General Assembly

SF 165RenumberedSenate companion HF 755Renumberedfrom HSB 197 HF 1002Became lawfrom HF 755 SF 627Didn’t advancefrom SF 165

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

SF 447 Authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emerge…
90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · very similar
Cleared committee

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