SF 596: Relating to the funding of local emergency management commissions and agencies

What it does

17, a local emergency management agency’s approved budget is funded by one or any combination of several funding options, as determined by the local emergency management commission (commission). This bill restricts the funding options for the local emergency management agency budget to be fully funded by a per capita allocation from the city general fund and the rural services levy. The bill moves the date for the commission to adopt and certify the budget for the local emergency management agency from February each year to February 1.

Senate subcommittee · named March 18, 2025

• Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 9 against

For: Dr. Tanja Garrison; Iowa Emergency Management Association; Iowa League of Cities; Kurtis Bower; Mahaska County - Board of Supervisors

Against: Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association; Iowans for Freedom; Iowans for Tax Relief; Kairos Nexus; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Mahaska County - Board of Supervisors

In plain words

1. March 10, 2025Filed in the Senate
2. March 10, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
3. March 11, 2025Sent to the Senate Ways and Means committee
4. March 18, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Klimesh, Bisignano and Dawson