Relating to state tort claims, including qualified immunity for state employees, and including retroactive applicability provisions

Under current law, an employee of the state that is subject to a claim brought under Code chapter 669 (state tort claims) is not liable for monetary damages if the right, privilege, or immunity secured by law was not clearly established at the time of the alleged deprivation or at the time of the alleged deprivation the law was not sufficiently clear that every employee would have known the conduct violated the law, or a court issued a final decision holding that the conduct alleged to be unlawful conduct was consistent with the law. This bill provides that rights, privileges, or immunities secured by law include the rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution of the State of Iowa, statutes, and common law. The bill is a response to the supreme court of Iowa’s decisions in Montague v. 24-1745 (Iowa 2026) and Estate of Kahn v.3d 252 (Iowa 2025).14A does not apply to common law tort claims.14A.