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Read. Follow. Verify.Iowa Senate Passes FY 2025-2026 Administration and Regulation Appropriations Act
Last action · June 27, 2025: Explanations of votes. H.J. 1223 .
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What This Bill Does
Senate File 658 appropriates funding for 2025-2026 for various state administrative and regulatory agencies, establishes administrative fees and fund allocations, and directs the deposit of captive company premium tax revenue.
The measure establishes operating budgets, staffing caps, and fee structures for core state regulatory agencies and departments—including the Department of Administrative Services, Auditor of State, and Insurance Division—affecting state operations and administrative fees for the beginning July 1, 2025.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State departments and agencies
Receive operating appropriations, position limits, and spending instructions for fiscal year 2025-2026.
State employees
Subject to health insurance administrative charges and workers' compensation fund provisions managed by the Department of Administrative Services.
Captive insurance companies
Their premium tax receipts are redirected for deposit into the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund.
Local governments
Eligible to receive cybersecurity services supported by allocated funds from the Department of Management.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $3,713,718 from the general fund to the Department of Administrative Services for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes with a cap of 55.30 FTE positions.
- Sets the monthly per-contract administrative charge for state employee health insurance plans administered by the Department of Administrative Services at $2.00 per contract.
- Appropriates $1,002,686 to the Auditor of State, requiring funds to be allocated solely for the annual comprehensive financial report, federal audits, and embezzlement or financial irregularity investigations until the comprehensive report is complete.
- Requires the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing to submit a report by December 1, 2025, concerning public assistance fraud investigation activities.
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- Appropriates $7,448,600 from the gaming regulatory revolving fund to the racing and gaming commission for regulation, administration, and enforcement of pari-mutuel racetracks, excursion boat gambling, sports wagering, and fantasy sports contests.
- Appropriates $14,343,523 to the banking division, $2,875,989 to the credit union division, and $10,326,541 to the insurance division of the Department of Insurance and Financial Services.
- Allocates $325,000 from the Department of Management's information technology appropriation toward providing cybersecurity services to local governments.
- Directs that the first $750,000 collected from certified abstracts of vehicle operating records be transferred to the IowAccess revolving fund.
- Appropriates $23,955,503 to the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) and $60,000,000 for a pension administrative system.
- Requires any agency receiving an appropriation under the Act to give first preference when purchasing a product to an Iowa product or an Iowa-based business, and second preference to a United States product or business.
- Limits the standing appropriation for the enforcement of Code chapter 453D relating to tobacco product manufacturers to $17,525.
- Requires tax receipts and premium tax collections under Code section 432.1A to be deposited in the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund created in section 521J.12.
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
39 actions- Jun 27, 2025HouseExplanations of votes. H.J. 1223 .
- Jun 27, 2025HouseExplanation of vote. H.J. 1223 .
- Jun 11, 2025HouseEnrolledSigned by Governor . H.J. 1229 .
- May 27, 2025HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 1225 .
- May 14, 2025HouseMessage from Senate. H.J. 1199 .
- May 14, 2025SenateImmediate message. S.J. 1016 .
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- May 14, 2025SenateFloorPassed Senate , yeas 31, nays 15. S.J. 1014 .
- May 14, 2025SenateSubstituted for SF 658 . S.J. 1013 .
- May 14, 2025SenateWithdrawn. S.J. 1014 .
- May 14, 2025SenateHF 1044 substituted. S.J. 1013 .
- May 14, 2025SenateFloorAmendment S-3179 filed, adopted. S.J. 1013 .
- May 13, 2025SenateIntroducedRead first time, attached to SF 658 . S.J. 989 .
- May 13, 2025HouseMessage from House. S.J. 989 .
- May 13, 2025HouseImmediate message. H.J. 1164 .
- May 13, 2025HouseFloorPassed House , yeas 60, nays 31. H.J. 1161 .
- May 13, 2025HouseMotion to suspend rules failed. H.J. 1161 .
- May 13, 2025HouseMotion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1336 , yeas 29, nays 62. H.J. 1160 .
- May 13, 2025HousePoint of order raised on amendment H-1336 , ruled not germane. H.J. 1160 .
- May 13, 2025HouseAmendment H-1336 filed. H.J. 1160 .
- May 13, 2025HouseFloorAmendment H-1330 filed, adopted. H.J. 1160 .
- May 13, 2025Iowa LegislatureCommittee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 658 .
- May 13, 2025SenateNOBA: Senate Full Approps
- May 13, 2025SenateAttached to HF 1044 . S.J. 989 .
- May 13, 2025SenateCommittee report, approving bill. S.J. 1004 .
- May 13, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. S.J. 1003 .
- May 9, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. H.J. 1112 .
- May 9, 2025Iowa LegislatureCommittee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 1044 .
- May 8, 2025HouseCommittee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 5. Excused, 3. H.J. 1113 .
- May 8, 2025HouseCommittee report, recommending passage. H.J. 1113 .
- May 8, 2025HouseSubcommittee Meeting: 05/08/2025 1:00PM House Lounge.
- May 8, 2025HouseSubcommittee: Bergan, Gehlbach and Srinivas. H.J. 1110 .
- May 8, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 1110 .
- Apr 30, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 05/01/2025 1:00PM RM 102.
- Apr 30, 2025HouseSubcommittee: Bergan, Amos Jr., Cisneros, Gehlbach, Meyer, B., Sitzmann, Smith, Srinivas and Thomson, C.. H.J. 1082 .
- Apr 30, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 1081 .
- Apr 29, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- Apr 28, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 04/29/2025 8:30AM Room 315.
- Apr 28, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee: Guth, Blake, and Rowley.
- Apr 28, 2025Iowa LegislatureIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Appropriations.
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Consolidated Regulatory Funding Structure
The bill coordinates appropriations from diverse sources including the general fund, commerce revolving funds, road use tax funds, and gaming regulatory funds to support interconnected state administrative bodies.
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