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Authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers, and making appropriations
Sponsored by Sen. Mike Klimesh (R)
Topics:State budgetCities & countiesPublic safety & emergencies
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeApril 10, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateMay 14, 202546–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 22, 202592–0
- 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.
Read the full explanation
The bill also establishes a length of service award program grant fund under the control of the department of revenue.5 million is appropriated from the sports wagering receipts fund to the department for deposit in the length of service award program grant fund.5 million as of July of the fiscal year is transferred from the sports wagering receipts fund to the length of service award program grant fund. 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, in an amount not to exceed $300 per award recipient per year from the fund, to a municipality that has established a length of service award program. 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.
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
Senate subcommittee
Named February 5, 2025. On February 6, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§8.57I
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Lobbying
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Family tree
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
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 193 Authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emerge…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 340 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 340 Authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emerge…90th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
- SF 272 Authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emerge…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 447 · same titleCleared committee
- SF 447 Authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emerge…90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2574 Authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emerge…89th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.