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Read. Follow. Verify.Iowa Senate Bill 2209 cuts state legislator per diem payment duration
Last action · February 19, 2026: Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 338 .Sponsor: Mike Bousselot
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What This Bill Would Do
Iowa lawmakers reduce the number of calendar days state legislators can collect expense payments during both the first and second regular legislative sessions.
Alters the timeframe during which state legislators receive daily expense allowances while the general assembly is in session.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
members of the general assembly
State legislators experience a change in the maximum number of calendar days they are eligible to receive per diem expense payments during legislative sessions.
Key Facts
- Per diem payments for the first regular session are limited to 55 calendar days instead of the previous 110 calendar days.
- Per diem payments for the second regular session are limited to 50 calendar days instead of the previous 100 calendar days.
- Members of the general assembly receive an annual salary of twenty-five thousand dollars for the year 2007 and subsequent years.
- Members from Polk county receive an amount per day equal to three-fourths of the per diem of the non-Polk county members.
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- Each member receives a three hundred dollar per month allowance for legislative district constituency postage, travel, telephone costs, and other expenses.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many days of per diem payments can legislators receive for the first regular session under this bill?
Do Polk county members receive the same per diem amount as other members?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
7 actions- Feb 19, 2026SenateCommittee report, approving bill. S.J. 338 .
- Feb 19, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 326 .
- Feb 19, 2026SenateCommittee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2389 . S.J. 338 .
- Feb 17, 2026Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- Feb 16, 2026SenateSubcommittee Meeting: 02/17/2026 11:00AM Senate Lounge.
- Feb 12, 2026SenateSubcommittee: Rozenboom, Bisignano, and Bousselot. S.J. 277 .
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- Feb 5, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced, referred to State Government. S.J. 209 .
Version history
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Analysis Score
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- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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