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Read. Follow. Verify.Iowa Senate File 2479 appropriates funds for state administration and reorganizes regulatory fee deposits
Last action · April 28, 2026: Withdrawn. S.J. 906 .
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate File 2479 makes 2026-2027 appropriations for state government administration and regulation, alters the deposit destinations of various regulatory fees, and eliminates specific specialty funds in favor of the licensing and regulation fund.
The measure establishes operating budgets for key state agencies and alters how regulatory revenue is allocated across state accounts, affecting state operations, licensing administration, and agency funding levels for 2026-2027.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State Administrative Departments and Agencies
Receive operating appropriations and must comply with purchasing preferences for Iowa products.
Local Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services
Eligible for grant programs funded through fee revenues redirected by the legislation.
Insurance Companies and Regulated Entities
Subject to revised revenue deposit rules where 100% of nonexamination revenues go to the commerce revolving fund.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
Procedural history
13 actions- Apr 28, 2026SenateWithdrawn. S.J. 906 .
- Apr 28, 2026SenateHF 2768 substituted. S.J. 905 .
- Apr 28, 2026SenateFloorAmendment S-5218 adopted. S.J. 905 .
- Apr 27, 2026SenateAmendment S-5218 filed. S.J. 897 .
- Apr 27, 2026SenateAttached to HF 2768 . S.J. 897 .
- Apr 3, 2026SenateNOBA: Senate Full Approps
Show 7 earlier actions
- Apr 2, 2026SenateCommittee report, approving bill. S.J. 713 .
- Apr 2, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. S.J. 712 .
- Apr 1, 2026Iowa LegislatureCommittee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2479 .
- Mar 31, 2026Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateSubcommittee Meeting: 03/31/2026 2:00PM Senate Lounge.
- Mar 17, 2026Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee: Guth, Blake, and Dawson.
- Mar 17, 2026Iowa LegislatureIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Appropriations.
Version history
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Consolidation of Regulatory Funds
The legislation systematically eliminates several narrow specialty funds (such as the consumer fireworks fee fund) and funnels their fees into the general licensing and regulation fund.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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