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Iowa Library Association
Budgets

Appropriates $73.3 million for fiscal year 2027 (which begins July 1, 2026). This is $413,000 below the current budget.

Signed

Appropriates $38.9 million for fiscal year 2027, which begins on July 1, 2026.  This is decrease of $1.4 million.

Signed

Appropriates $1.042 billion to the Department for the Blind, Department of Education, Board of Regents, and Department of Workforce Development for fiscal year 2027, which begins July 1, 2026. This is an increase of $10.5 million.

Signed / Line-Item Vetoed

Changes standing (automatic) appropriations, makes other appropriations left out of other budgets, fixes mistakes in other bills, and drops in changes that were part of last-minute negotiations.

Signed / Line-Item Vetoed

Allocates $193.6 million from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund (RIIF) and Technology Reinvestment Fund for fiscal year 2027, which begins on July 1, 2026. Money in these funds comes from taxes on gambling.

Signed / Line-Item Vetoed
Crime/Courts

Creates a civil liability for commercial entities that make obscene materials available online to minors.

Signed
Education

Makes significant changes to Iowa's educational requirements, including new social studies assessments and removal of all mandates that curriculum be multicultural, gender-fair and global. 

Signed

Mandates use of federal e-verify and SAVE systems for employment and professional licensure eligibility verification across multiple sectors, including education, public employment, and professional licensing.

Signed
Immigration/Refugees

Mandates use of federal e-verify and SAVE systems for employment and professional licensure eligibility verification across multiple sectors, including education, public employment, and professional licensing.

Signed
Professional Licensing/Scope of Practice

Mandates use of federal e-verify and SAVE systems for employment and professional licensure eligibility verification across multiple sectors, including education, public employment, and professional licensing.

Signed
Taxes

Enacts extensive reforms to Iowa’s property tax and fiscal laws.

Signed
Voting/Elections

Mandates use of federal e-verify and SAVE systems for employment and professional licensure eligibility verification across multiple sectors, including education, public employment, and professional licensing.

Signed
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