Iowa Bills

died · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 550: A bill for an act creating a grocer reinvestment program, a local produce processing grant program, and a grocer reinvestment and local food processing fund under the purview of the economic development authority, modifying the local food and farm program, and making appropriations.

HF 550 establishes two new programs under the economic development authority: a grocer reinvestment program and a local produce processing grant program. The grocer reinvestment program offers grants up to $100,000 to eligible small grocery stores in smaller communities for capital improvements, equipment, and technology upgrades, requiring matching funds. The local produce processing grant program provides grants to Iowa-based entities to increase the availability and capacity of local produce processing, requiring use of produce from multiple Iowa farms. The bill also creates a dedicated fund for these programs and expands the existing local food and farm program to include grocery stores.

died · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 941: A bill for an act relating to the expansion of the ground emergency medical transportation program.

This bill, HF 941, expands the ground emergency medical transportation (GEMT) program by requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to hire dedicated staff. These staff will assist eligible ground emergency medical transportation providers with technical support, actuary services, and Medicaid enrollment to help them join the program. The department is directed to develop the program to ensure access to emergency medical services throughout the state. Additionally, the bill mandates an annual report to the general assembly detailing enrollment numbers, assistance provided, and barriers to participation in the GEMT program.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

died · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 756: A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions.

HF 756 makes changes relating to state financial management, technology infrastructure funding, and contract provisions under the Department of Management. It establishes criteria for prioritizing state information technology projects and appropriates specific sums to the Technology Reinvestment Fund. The bill also shortens the frequency of national criminal history checks for certain state IT staff and prohibits specific contract terms deemed contrary to public policy. Additionally, it designates budget transmittals to the Department of Management as confidential until the governor transmits the state budget.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Technology

died · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 394: A bill for an act relating to certain state highways not designated as part of the interstate road system, including the operation of implements of husbandry on such highways, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions.

HF 394 restricts the Department of Transportation from designating a segment of State Highway 5 and US Highway 65 as an interstate unless federal exemptions for vehicle weight and size are secured. It creates a temporary exception, allowing implements of husbandry to continue operating on a specific portion of this highway if it becomes an interstate, until a suitable alternative route is established. The bill appropriates $250,000 to the Department of Transportation to study and develop this alternative highway route for agricultural vehicles. These provisions directly affect the Department of Transportation's authority over highway designations and agricultural vehicle operators in the specified areas.

Topics ✗ Transportation

died · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 966: A bill for an act exempting the sale of dietary supplements from the sales tax.

HF 966 proposes to exempt the sale of dietary supplements from the state sales tax. Currently, dietary supplements are subject to sales tax, similar to candy or soft drinks. This bill would amend existing law to remove dietary supplements from the list of items subject to sales tax. This change would reduce the cost for consumers purchasing products like vitamins and minerals, as the exemption also extends to the use tax.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

passed · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 1001: A bill for an act creating a rural attorney recruitment assistance program, and making appropriations.

HF 1001 creates a rural attorney recruitment assistance program to help eligible rural counties and municipalities attract and retain legal professionals. The College Student Aid Commission will administer the program, assessing counties and municipalities with populations under 26,000 and located more than 20 miles from a larger city. Participating attorneys agree to practice law full-time in these areas for five years, serve as contract public defenders, and participate in volunteer legal projects. In return, they receive annual incentive payments over five years, with the local government covering 35% and the state covering the remaining 65%. The program is initially limited to assisting up to five attorneys.

Topics ✓ Criminal Justice

passed · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 1019: A bill for an act exempting the sale of toilet paper from the sales tax.

HF 1019 is a bill that exempts the sale of toilet paper from sales tax in Iowa. This means that consumers purchasing toilet paper would no longer pay the state's sales tax on these items. The bill amends Section 423.3 of the Code 2025 to add toilet paper to the list of sales tax exemptions. Due to existing state law, this exemption also applies to the use tax on toilet paper.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

died · Iowa · Senate Apr 28, 2025

SF 368: A bill for an act relating to school personnel training, including by implementing provisions related to emergency care planning, authorizations for assisting, and limitations of liability concerning students with epilepsy or seizure disorder, and requiring the department of education to convene a health care-related training for school personnel work group.

This bill requires school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to implement new training and emergency care provisions for students with epilepsy or seizure disorder. It mandates that by July 2025, each school must have at least one employee trained to administer seizure medications or assist with vagus nerve stimulators. By December 2026, all school personnel must receive training on recognizing seizure signs and providing first aid, with biennial refreshers for staff supervising students. Schools must also collaborate with parents to develop individual health and seizure action plans for affected students and are granted liability protection when acting in good faith under these plans. Additionally, the Department of Education will convene a work group to review broader health care training needs for school personnel.

Topics ✓ Education

died · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 32: A bill for an act providing for the licensing of food processing plants, including certain operations located on the premises of farms or private residences, and providing fees.

HF 32 expands the definition of a "food processing plant" to include operations located on farms or private residences that store officially processed, packaged meat or poultry raised by the licensee and offered for sale. The bill revises the annual license fee schedule for these plants. General food processing plants will pay an annual fee ranging from $150 to $500, based on their gross annual sales. However, operations on farms or private residences storing processed meat or poultry will pay a flat annual license fee of $75.

passed · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 991: A bill for an act placing assessment limitations for property tax purposes on commercial child care facilities, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.

This bill establishes a new property tax assessment limitation specifically for commercial properties primarily used as licensed child care facilities. It allows the portion of a commercial property dedicated to child care to be assessed for tax purposes at the same rate as residential property, rather than the standard commercial rate. To qualify, facility owners must apply to their local assessor by July 1st of the assessment year, providing proof of their child care license and property details. This assessment limitation, effective for valuations beginning January 1, 2025, is also factored into state appropriations that help compensate local governments for certain assessment limitations.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

died · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 59: A bill for an act creating a grocer reinvestment program, a local produce processing grant program, and a grocer reinvestment and local food processing fund under the purview of the economic development authority, modifying the local food and farm program, and making appropriations.

HF 59 establishes a grocer reinvestment program to provide grants for capital improvements, equipment, and technology upgrades to eligible grocery stores, primarily those with five or fewer locations in underserved or low-to-moderate-income communities. It also creates a local produce processing grant program to support Iowa-based entities increasing the availability and capacity of processing for fruits and vegetables grown in the state. A new fund will be created to finance both programs. Additionally, the bill modifies the existing local food and farm program to include grocery stores in its purpose of strengthening local food economies.

passed · Iowa · House Apr 28, 2025

HF 1020: A bill for an act modifying the child and dependent care credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

HF 1020 modifies the child and dependent care tax credit available to individual income taxpayers in Iowa. The bill revises the structure of the credit by reducing the number of income thresholds from seven to four. It removes the previous maximum income threshold of $90,000, making all taxpayers eligible, with those earning $25,000 or more now able to claim 50% of the federal credit. These changes apply retroactively to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

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