91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SSB 3079: Relating to county veterans services and making appropriations

Became SF 2282 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

_____ This bill replaces the county commissions of veteran affairs fund and training program account with the county veterans services excellence fund and training program and administration account. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department of veterans affairs (IDVA) to be used to incentivize counties to effectively increase veteran outreach and efficiency in the application for individual federal veteran compensation. Under current law, IDVA annually allocates $10,000 from the fund to each county commission of veteran affairs (CCVA) or to each county sharing the services of an executive director or administrator, and each county must report on the expenditure of its allocation in a form agreed to by IDVA and the county representatives.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 28, 2026

Sen. Jeff Reichman (R) · jeff.reichman@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Kevin Alons (R) · kevin.alons@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Matt Blake (D) · matt.blake@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 6 against

For: DAV-Iowa; Governor's Office; Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs; Iowa Dept. of Public Defense; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Department of Iowa

Against: American Legion of Iowa; Iowa County Commissioners Of Veterans Affairs; Iowa State Association of Counties; Kurtis Bower; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Polk County - Board of Supervisors

In plain words

January 27, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Veterans Affairs committee
January 28, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Reichman, Alons and Blake
January 29, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
February 10, 2026Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2282