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Relating to the emergency medical services trust fund by modifying the division of revenue pursuant to urban renewal and modifying permissible expenditures from the fund, and including applicability provisions
Topics:Health careTaxes
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 27, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 This bill changes how money from the emergency medical services trust fund can be used and how certain property taxes are shared. It prevents cities from using specific emergency medical service property taxes for urban renewal projects. Additionally, the money in the fund must be used to directly provide or support emergency medical services rather than paying off debt.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the emergency medical services trust fund (fund) by modifying the division of revenue pursuant to urban renewal and modifying permissible expenditures from the fund. The bill excludes property taxes for emergency medical services imposed pursuant to Code chapter 422D from a division of revenue (tax increment financing) under Code section 403.19. The amendment to Code section 403.19 applies to property taxes due and payable in fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2026. The bill strikes the specific list of permissible expenditures from the fund, and specifies that expenditures from the fund must be used to directly provide or support emergency medical services, not violate laws relating to the delivery of such services, and not be used to service debt.
House subcommittee
Named February 27, 2025. On March 18, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
5 for · 0 against · 6 undecided · Who →