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Professional Developers of Iowa
Budgets

Appropriates $222.3 million to Iowa's judicial branch (courts) for fiscal year 2027, which begins July 1, 2026.  This is a status quo budget (no change from current year).

Signed

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

Signed

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
Childcare/Child Welfare

Makes the children of parents/guardians who work in a child care facility or home that accepts state child care assistance program funding eligible for the program as well.

Signed
Energy/Utility

Makes provisions relating to matters under the purview of Economic Development Authority, Utilities Commission, and Department of Education.

Signed
Local Government

Mandates that all counties and cities in Iowa must divest themselves of any mineral rights they own.

Signed

Requires counties and cities to permit at least one accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on the same lot as a single-family residence in zoning districts where such residences are principal uses.

Signed
Other

Establishes a Statewide Urban Design and Specifications Board.

Vetoed

Expands the regulation of mining activities by addressing subsidence — the collapse, settling, or sinking of land — that occurs at or above underground mines located on public land or within public rights-of-way.

Signed

Eliminates the statutory mechanism that allowed property owners to file written protests against proposed changes in city zoning districts.

Signed
Public Health

Requires radon mitigation for certain new family homes.

Signed
Taxes

Makes provisions relating to matters under the purview of Economic Development Authority, Utilities Commission, and Department of Education.

Signed

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

Signed

Exempts property taxes levied for emergency medical services from being diverted into urban renewal (TIF) special funds.

Signed
Workforce

Makes provisions relating to matters under the purview of Economic Development Authority, Utilities Commission, and Department of Education.

Signed

Establishes a reemployment case management program for unemployment claimants.

Signed
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