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Iowa Public Transit Association
Accessibility

Requires commercial drivers demonstrate sufficient English language proficiency to receive or renew a CDL or CLP.

Signed
Budgets

Appropriates $2.56 billion to fund various health, veterans, and human services (including Medicaid) for fiscal year 2027, which begins on July 1, 2026. This is a $3.1 million increase. 

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

Sets budget for the Iowa Department of Transportation at $495.3 million for fiscal year 2027, which begins on July 1, 2026. This is a decrease of $18.2 million and is funded through gas taxes.

Signed

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
Education

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
Infrastructure

Sets budget for the Iowa Department of Transportation at $495.3 million for fiscal year 2027, which begins on July 1, 2026. This is a decrease of $18.2 million and is funded through gas taxes.

Signed
Local Government

Makes changes related to the display of the U.S. and Iowa state flags on public buildings.

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
Transportation

Requires commercial drivers demonstrate sufficient English language proficiency to receive or renew a CDL or CLP.

Signed

Sets budget for the Iowa Department of Transportation at $495.3 million for fiscal year 2027, which begins on July 1, 2026. This is a decrease of $18.2 million and is funded through gas taxes.

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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