House File 2458 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2458 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2020) A BILL FOR An Act providing for standing appropriations for the annual 1 operations of state government, and including effective date 2 and applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5219HV (2) 90 ns/jh

H.F. 2458 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 8.37 Annual appropriations for 1 operations of state government. 2 1. If, during a regular session of the general assembly, the 3 general assembly has not, on or before May 15, passed any Act 4 containing annual appropriations for the operations of state 5 government for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of the calendar 6 year in which the regular session occurs, all of the following 7 apply: 8 a. (1) For all line item appropriations, standing limited 9 appropriations, and standing unlimited appropriations otherwise 10 limited by law, including appropriations from federal and 11 nonstate funds, made for the prior fiscal year, the department 12 of management, in consultation with the legislative services 13 agency, shall determine the amount of the appropriations by 14 taking into consideration all of the following: 15 (a) All Iowa Acts appropriating moneys for the prior fiscal 16 year. 17 (b) All interdepartmental and intradepartmental transfers 18 made pursuant to section 8.39 and other provisions of law for 19 the prior fiscal year. 20 (c) Any other provisions of law affecting appropriations 21 for the prior fiscal year. 22 (2) The department of management, in consultation with the 23 legislative services agency, shall also identify the entities 24 to which such appropriations were made, or the entities’ 25 successors. 26 b. There is appropriated from the appropriate state fund or 27 account to the entities identified pursuant to paragraph “a” , 28 subparagraph (2), for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of the 29 calendar year in which the regular session occurs, amounts, or 30 so much thereof as is necessary, equal to the amounts of the 31 appropriations made for the prior fiscal year, as determined 32 pursuant to paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1), each reduced by 33 one-half of one percent. 34 2. Appropriations made pursuant to subsection 1 shall not 35 -1- LSB 5219HV (2) 90 ns/jh 1/ 3

H.F. 2458 include any of the following from the prior fiscal year, as 1 determined by the department of management, in consultation 2 with the legislative services agency: 3 a. Transfers of moneys. 4 b. Appropriations for capital or infrastructure projects 5 that do not require another appropriation. 6 c. Appropriations for pilot projects or other temporary 7 measures that do not require another appropriation. 8 3. If appropriations made from the general fund of the state 9 pursuant to subsection 1 would not comply with the general 10 fund expenditure limitation under section 8.54, the department 11 of management, in consultation with the legislative services 12 agency, shall further reduce appropriations made from the 13 general fund of the state pursuant to subsection 1, each by the 14 same percentage, such that appropriations made from the general 15 fund of the state pursuant to subsection 1 comply with the 16 general fund expenditure limitation under section 8.54. 17 4. For purposes of this section, “passed” means passed 18 in identical form by both houses of the general assembly, 19 regardless of whether the Act has yet been signed by the 20 speaker and president of their respective houses or presented 21 to the governor, as provided in Article III, sections 15 and 22 16, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa. 23 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 24 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 25 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to fiscal years 26 beginning on or after July 1, 2024. 27 EXPLANATION 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 30 If the general assembly has not, on or before May 15, passed 31 any Act containing annual appropriations for the operations 32 of state government for the upcoming fiscal year, this bill 33 appropriates moneys for the operations of state government for 34 that fiscal year based on the appropriations for the prior 35 -2- LSB 5219HV (2) 90 ns/jh 2/ 3

H.F. 2458 fiscal year, reduced by 0.5 percent. 1 In order to accurately make the appropriations under the 2 bill, the bill requires the department of management, in 3 consultation with the legislative services agency, to identify 4 for the prior fiscal year (1) the amounts appropriated, (2) 5 the entities that received the appropriations, and (3) any 6 appropriations, such as those for infrastructure projects or 7 pilot projects, which would not require another appropriation. 8 If necessary, any general fund appropriations are further 9 reduced by an equal percentage in order to comply with the 10 state general fund expenditure limitation (Code section 8.54). 11 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to fiscal 12 years beginning on or after July 1, 2024. 13 -3- LSB 5219HV (2) 90 ns/jh 3/ 3