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SSB 3196Died when the session ended · April 30, 2026

Relating to salaries of state elected officials, and including applicability and future repeal provisions

Topics:State budgetState government

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedApril 30, 2026
  2. Done: SubcommitteeApril 30, 2026
  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 State lawmakers and several top statewide officials would receive a $12,000 pay raise starting in 2027. This increase for members of the General Assembly would last until 2033, at which point their pay would return to previous levels. The governor and other executive officials would receive the raise starting in 2027, but the change would end after 2032.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to salaries of state elected officials. DIVISION I —— LEGISLATIVE SALARIES. The bill increases the salaries for members of the general assembly, including specified officers, by $12,000 for the years 2027 through 2032. For the year 2033 and subsequent years, the bill reverts the salaries for members of the general assembly, including specified officers, to the amounts specified in the 2026 Iowa Code. Pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Iowa, this division applies upon the convening of the 92nd General Assembly in January 2027. DIVISION II —— SALARIES OF STATEWIDE ELECTIVE EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS. The bill increases the salaries of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of agriculture, attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, and treasurer of state by $12,000 beginning January 1, 2027, and for subsequent fiscal years. This provision of the bill is repealed December 31, 2032. On that date, the annual salaries for such officials shall be as provided in 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 177, section 2.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named April 30, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§2.10

How the Code works3

Lobbying

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