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SF 438Died when the session ended · February 25, 2025

Relating to the establishment of a 988 emergency service fund, making an appropriation, and including effective date provisions

Sponsored by Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Janice Weiner (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D)

Topics:State budgetHealth care

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMarch 3, 2025
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 Iowa will create a special fund to support the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline. Every year, the state will move $3 million into this fund to help the Department of Health and Human Services. This money will be used to pay for 988 services if federal funding is ever delayed or stops.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the establishment of a 988 emergency service fund (988 fund). The bill defines “988 service” as a service which provides the user of a public telephone system the ability to reach a suicide and crisis lifeline by dialing or texting the digits 9-8-8, or using an internet site chat function. The bill creates a 988 fund in the state treasury under the control of the department of health and human services (HHS). For FY 2025-2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, the bill transfers $3 million to the 988 fund from the general fund of the state. Moneys in the 988 fund are appropriated to HHS for distribution to persons operating a 988 service in this state in the event that federal funding for 988 services terminates, becomes delayed, or is otherwise impacted in such a way that interrupts 988 service in this state. The bill is effective upon enactment.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named March 3, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§34B.1

How the Code works3