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Read. Follow. Verify.Iowa Senate File 214 Updates Licensing, Investigation, and Inspection Rules for DIAL
Last action · May 19, 2025: Signed by Governor . H.J. 1227 .
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What This Bill Does
Senate File 214 authorizes the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL) to online, non-qualifying complaints, and oversee licensing board fees. The legislation also grants department investigators peace officer status for specific state and federal compliance investigations while eliminating the hourly fee for fire and accident inspections.
Licensed professionals, state agencies, and property owners face new procedures regarding administrative complaints, inspection fees, and data privacy protections overseen by DIAL.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Licensed professionals and applicants
Their private licensing information is subject to new statutory confidentiality protections, and their licensing boards are subject to updated fee and complaint procedures.
Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing
The department receives expanded authority to close complaints, adopt online reference standards, oversee board fees, conduct cross-agency investigations with peace officer powers, and govern disability parking rules.
Property owners requesting inspections
Inspection fee structures, such as the elimination of hourly fire and accident inspection fees, directly apply to inspections conducted on their properties.
Key Facts
- DIAL and its statutorily established boards may adopt standards by reference to another online publication without posting it directly to department websites, provided it is accessible at no cost.
- The department is authorized to administratively close complaints that do not allege a violation of Chapter 10A, an enabling statute, or a board rule.
- Boards under DIAL may establish or revise fees by rule following department approval or at the department's direction, if otherwise authorized by law.
- DIAL's director is authorized to coordinate investigations relating to state or federal law compliance when an executive branch entity enters into a written agreement with the department.
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- Department investigators are granted peace officer powers when conducting specified investigations, though they are prohibited from carrying weapons while performing these responsibilities.
- The department must keep private licensing information confidential unless ordered otherwise by a court, lawful custodian, or authorized person.
- The hourly fee for fire and accident inspections conducted by the department is eliminated.
- Rulemaking authority regarding parking spaces for persons with disabilities is transferred from the Department of Public Safety to DIAL.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can the department dismiss a complaint against a licensee?
What happens to the hourly fee for fire and accident inspections?
Who now adopts rules for persons with disabilities parking spaces?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
33 actions- May 19, 2025HouseEnrolledSigned by Governor . H.J. 1227 .
- May 19, 2025HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 1224 .
- Apr 17, 2025HouseMessage from Senate. H.J. 952 .
- Apr 16, 2025SenateImmediate message. S.J. 814 .
- Apr 16, 2025SenateFloorPassed Senate , yeas 47, nays 0. S.J. 812 .
- Apr 16, 2025SenateSubstituted for SF 214 . S.J. 811 .
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- Apr 16, 2025SenateWithdrawn. S.J. 812 .
- Apr 16, 2025SenateHF 776 substituted. S.J. 811 .
- Apr 3, 2025SenatePlaced on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 688 .
- Apr 3, 2025SenatePlaced on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 688 .
- Mar 17, 2025SenateIntroducedRead first time, attached to SF 214 . S.J. 541 .
- Mar 17, 2025HouseMessage from House. S.J. 541 .
- Mar 17, 2025HouseExplanation of vote. H.J. 676 .
- Mar 17, 2025SenateAttached to HF 776 . S.J. 541 .
- Mar 13, 2025HouseImmediate message. H.J. 656 .
- Mar 13, 2025HouseFloorPassed House , yeas 90, nays 6. H.J. 654 .
- Mar 13, 2025HouseAmendment H-1069 , yeas 31, nays 65, lost. H.J. 653 .
- Mar 12, 2025HouseAmendment H-1069 filed. H.J. 639 .
- Mar 5, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 517 .
- Mar 5, 2025Iowa LegislatureCommittee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 776 .
- Feb 26, 2025HouseCommittee vote: Yeas, 16. Nays, 7. H.J. 447 .
- Feb 26, 2025HouseCommittee report, recommending passage. H.J. 447 .
- Feb 18, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
- Feb 17, 2025HouseSubcommittee Meeting: 02/18/2025 8:30AM House Lounge 2.
- Feb 13, 2025HouseSubcommittee: Johnson, C., Bergan and Cooling. H.J. 332 .
- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 331 .
- Feb 5, 2025SenateCommittee report, approving bill. S.J. 204 .
- Feb 5, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 201 .
- Feb 4, 2025Iowa LegislatureCommittee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 214 .
- Jan 29, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
- Jan 23, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2025 12:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
- Jan 22, 2025Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee: Green, Reichman, and Winckler.
- Jan 22, 2025Iowa LegislatureIntroducedIntroduced, referred to State Government.
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- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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