Relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, making corrections, and providing for properly related matters including the national electrical code, local civil rights laws, political party state central committees, noxious weeds, nonresident deer hunting licenses, proprietary treatment systems, poultry associations, tax credits, alternative nicotine and vapor products, public assistance programs, judicial branch and county attorney salaries, civil litigation abuse, human trafficking, federal grants and loans notifications, quarterly payments to area education agencies, civic proficiency in higher education, charter schools under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, school district incentives, extracurricular interscholastic eligibility, and levy increases, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions

CORRECTIVE PROVISIONS. The bill makes technical corrections to, or as the result of, legislation enacted or considered during the 2026 legislative session. Certain provisions take effect or apply retroactively based on the underlying 2026 legislation. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE. The bill adopts certain provisions of the national electrical code, 2023 edition, with amendments, as the national electrical code applicable in this state. The bill prohibits a political subdivision from adopting a local electrical code that is more restrictive than the national electrical code. The bill requires the electrical examining board (board) to conduct an analysis of the cost to consumers of any significant changes to the national electrical code prior to adopting any changes to the national electrical code. The board shall submit the analysis for publication in the Iowa administrative bulletin along with the notice of intended action. _____ published by the national fire protection association, by the board. The bill requires the board to inform the Iowa Code editor upon the adoption of the national electrical code, 2026 edition. This division of the bill takes effect upon enactment. LOCAL LAWS —— CIVIL RIGHTS. The bill provides that a city or local government shall not enforce any ordinance or other law which is broader or has different categories of unfair or discriminatory practices than those provided in Code chapter 216 (Iowa civil rights Act of 1965). POLITICAL PARTY STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEES. The bill prohibits state political party constitutions and bylaws from prohibiting elected officials from serving on the party’s state central committee and provides for the election of officers to the committees. NOXIOUS WEEDS. The bill declares Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) to be a primary noxious weed for purposes of control and eradication. IOWA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION —— NONRESIDENT DEER HUNTING LICENSE. The bill provides for one additional nonresident deer hunting license to be allocated as determined by the Iowa state fair foundation. PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEMS. The bill provides for inspection, monitoring, and maintenance requirements for proprietary treatment systems, and requires associated reports. POULTRY ASSOCIATION. The bill replaces references to the Iowa poultry association with the north central poultry association or its successor organization. HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND INNOVATION TAX CREDIT. The bill creates a health care access and innovation tax credit for insurance company taxes for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE AND VAPOR PRODUCTS —— PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH. _____ specifies that common carriers must knowingly be transporting associated products in order to be required to file reports with the director of revenue. These provisions take effect January 1, 2027, if 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2480, is enacted. The bill appropriates moneys from the sports wagering receipts fund for FY 2026-2027 for pediatric cancer research and therapy access. This provision takes effect July 1, 2026, if 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2480, is enacted. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. The bill provides that 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2422, division I, if enacted, is effective on the date the department of health and human services implements the eligibility determination for essential needs system. This division of the bill takes effect upon enactment. JUDICIAL BRANCH AND COUNTY ATTORNEY SALARIES. Under current law, the supreme court must establish and may amend a personnel system and a pay and benefits plan for court employees. The bill requires the supreme court to also establish a pay and benefits plan for judicial officers and the state court administrator in addition to court employees.461).1501 (judicial salaries), which provides that the general assembly will set the salary for the chief justice of the supreme court, each justice of the supreme court, the chief judge of the court of appeals, each judge of the court of appeals, the chief judge of each judicial district, each district judge, each district associate judge, each full-time associate juvenile judge, each full-time associate probate judge, and each magistrate. _____ otherwise provided by the general assembly. The bill specifies that the bill constitutes subsequent provision of salary rates by the general assembly for purposes of this provision.752(5)). This division of the bill takes effect June 19, 2026. CIVIL LITIGATION ABUSE. The bill authorizes private parties to bring civil actions for civil litigation abuse. HUMAN TRAFFICKING. The bill substantially applies the provisions of amendment S-5015 to 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 1036. FEDERAL GRANTS AND LOANS —— NOTIFICATION. The bill requires the department of management’s office of grants enterprise management and the judicial branch to notify certain parties of the general assembly about executive branch entities or the judicial branch, respectively, applying for or receiving certain federal grants or loans. 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2201, provides for quarterly, rather than monthly, payments of state aid moneys to area education agencies beginning in FY 2027-2028. The bill instead provides that such quarterly payments begin in FY 2026-2027. HIGHER EDUCATION —— CIVIC PROFICIENCY. The bill provides that the state board of regents must require each institution of higher education to establish as a requirement for the completion of any general education requ