HF 2800 (LSB 6973HV (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2800

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 784)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to state government and finances, including by making corrections, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

DIVISION I
CORRECTIVE PROVISIONS

    Section 1.  Section 135.61, subsection 16, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), subparagraph divisions (a) and (b), if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2635, section 14, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before December 31, 2031, January 1, 2032, four million dollars.
   (b)  Beginning on or after January 1, 2032, and before December 31, 2036, January 1, 2037, four million five hundred thousand dollars.
    Sec. 2.  Section 135.61, subsection 16, paragraph c, subparagraphs (1) and (2), if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2635, section 14, are amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before December 31, 2031, January 1, 2032, four million dollars.
   (2)  Beginning on or after January 1, 2032, and before December 31, 2036, January 1, 2037, four million five hundred thousand dollars.
    Sec. 3.  Section 135.61, subsection 16, paragraph e, subparagraph (1), subparagraph divisions (a) and (b), if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2635, section 14, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before December 31, 2031, January 1, 2032, four million dollars.
   (b)  Beginning on or after January 1, 2032, and before December 31, 2036, January 1, 2037, four million five hundred thousand dollars.
    Sec. 4.  Section 135.61, subsection 16, paragraph f, subparagraph (1), subparagraph divisions (a) and (b), if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2635, section 14, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before December 31, 2031, January 1, 2032, four million dollars.
   (b)  Beginning on or after January 1, 2032, and before December 31, 2036, January 1, 2037, four million five hundred thousand dollars.
    Sec. 5.  Section 135C.6, subsection 1, paragraph b, as enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 572, section 2, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  A supported community living service, as defined in section 225C.21 249A.38B, is not required to be licensed under this chapter, but is subject to approval under section 225C.21 249A.38B in order to receive public funding.
    Sec. 6.  Section 135S.1, subsection 2, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 571, section 2, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  “Discrimination” means an adverse action, including but not limited to any penalty, disciplinary, or retaliatory action taken against, or a threat of adverse action communicated to, a medical practitioner or health care institution as a result of the refusal of the medical practitioner or health care institution to participate in a health care service on the basis of conscience. “Discrimination” not does not include the negotiation or purchase of insurance or a health care service by a nongovernmental entity or individual, the refusal to use or purchase insurance or a health care service by a nongovernmental entity or individual, or a health care institution’s good-faith effort to accommodate a medical practitioner’s or health care institution’s exercise of conscience.
    Sec. 7.  Section 135S.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 571, section 3, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  A medical practitioner or health care institution has the right not to participate in or pay for a health care service that violates the medical practitioner’s or health care institution’s conscience. A medical practitioner shall inform the medical practitioner’s employer of the nature of the medical’s medical practitioner’s objection based on the practitioner’s conscience. This paragraph shall not be construed to waive or modify a duty a medical practitioner or health care institution may have to participate in a health care service that does not violate the medical practitioner’s conscience.
    Sec. 8.  2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2562, section 10, if enacted, is amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   SEC. 10.  Section 144H.1, subsection 6, as enacted in section 1 of this Act, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   6.  “Person authorized to consent” means an individual, in the same order of priority prescribed in section 144A.7, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, who shall be guided by the express or implied intentions of the patient and who is reasonably available, willing, and competent to consent, refuse to consent, or withdraw consent on a patient’s behalf.
    Sec. 9.  Section 148.11A, subsection 2, paragraph b, as enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2184, section 3, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to set the term of an administrative medicine license, but shall not require an administrative medicine license to be renewed more often than once every three years. An administrative medicine license shall expire on the licensee’s birthday.
    Sec. 10.  Section 256C.4, subsection 1A, paragraph b, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2754, section 87, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 2026, and each succeeding fiscal year, of the amount of state preschool funding received by a community-based provider approved to directly participate in the preschool program for a fiscal year, not more than five percent may be used by the community-based provider for administering the approved local program. Outreach activities and rent for facilities not owned by the community-based provider are permissive uses of the administrative funds.
    Sec. 11.  Section 280.37, subsection 3, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2086, section 4, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  If the board of directors of a school district or the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school offer the elective junior fire fighter program, then the board of directors of the school district or the authorities in charge of the accredited nonpublic school shall coordinate with a local fire department to ensure students are provided with the appropriate materials and training to successfully complete all components necessary for fire fighter firefighter I certification, including the written certification examination and the practical certification examination.
    Sec. 12.  Section 280.37, subsection 4, paragraph a, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2086, section 4, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Be designed to prepare students to sit for certification testing from the fire service training bureau for fire fighter firefighter I certification.
    Sec. 13.  Section 307.22A, subsection 6, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2667, section 2, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  The statewide urban design and specifications board shall publish on the Iowa state university of science and technology’s internet site an analysis of any changes made to the statewide urban design and specifications manuals and provide an estimate of expected cost variations that are likely to be incurred, if any, by implementing the changes.
    Sec. 14.  Section 452A.33, subsection 1, paragraph c, subparagraph (2), Code 2026, as amended by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2643, section 5, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  (a)  If a retail dealer fails to file a timely filed report as required by this subsection or fails to maintain records required to file the report, the department may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per occurrence in addition to any other penalty provided by law. The penalty amount shall be deposited into the general fund of the state.
   (b)  A retail dealer who fails to timely file a timely filed report as required by this subsection for the latest determination period ending on or before the last day of the retail dealer’s tax year is also ineligible to claim any tax credit available under section 422.11O, 422.11P, or 422.11Y for the tax year.
    Sec. 15.  Section 514F.8D, subsection 5, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2635, section 4, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  The commissioner of insurance may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer and enforce this section.
    Sec. 16.  Section 537C.9, as enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2497, section 9, is amended to read as follows:
   537C.9  Program agreement —— approved parties. 
   1.  A program shall only enter into a program agreement with the following persons:
   1.  a.  A resident of this state who holds a driver’s license issued in this state that authorizes the person to operate a vehicle of the class of the shared vehicle that is the subject of the program agreement.
   2.  b.  A nonresident of this state who holds a driver’s license issued by the state or country of the person’s residence that authorizes the person to operate a vehicle of the class of the shared vehicle that is the subject of the program agreement, and is at least the minimum age required by this state to operate a vehicle of that class.
   3.  c.  A person who is specifically authorized by this state to operate a vehicle of the class of the shared vehicle that is the subject of the program agreement.
   4.  2.  A program shall keep permanent records of all of the following:
   a.  The names and address of each shared vehicle driver.
   b.  The driver’s license number and place of issuance of each shared vehicle driver, and any other person who may operate a shared vehicle under a program agreement.
    Sec. 17.  Section 910.2, subsection 3, as enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2697, section 1, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Notwithstanding any other statute or rule of law, with the consent of the defendant and the prosecuting attorney, the court may order as part of the dismissal of a public offense or violation of an ordinance that the defendant pay pecuniary damages to the victim, and category “B” restitution, which shall include court costs.
    Sec. 18.  2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2739, section 13, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 13.  TEMPORARY PROVISIONS FOR THE HEALTH CARE-RELATED TAX AND PREPAYMENTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026.  Notwithstanding section 432B.2, subsection 1, if enacted by this division of this Act, each health care maintenance organization transacting business in this state shall be subject to a health care-related tax payable to the director of revenue in an amount equal to three and one-half percent of the applicable percentage of taxable funds as defined in section 432B.1, if enacted by this division of this Act, for the period in calendar year beginning January 1, 2026, and ending September 30, 2026. The difference between the amount of taxes collected pursuant to this section and the amount of tax that would be collected by imposing the rate under section 432B.2, subsection 1, if enacted by this division of this Act, shall not be subject to prepayment under section 432B.3, subsection 1 2, if enacted by this division of this Act.
    Sec. 19.  2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2757, sections 5 and 6, if enacted, are amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 5.  APPLICABILITY.  Except as otherwise provided, this Act applies to tangible personal property or specified digital projects products sold to or of services furnished to a nuclear electric generation facility when permissible under section 423.3, subsection 111, paragraph “c”, if enacted by this Act.
   SEC. 6.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies retroactively to January 1, 2026, for tangible personal property or specified digital projects products sold to or of services furnished to a nuclear electric generation facility that is undertaking an activity described in section 423.3, subsection 111, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), subparagraph subdivision (i), if enacted by this Act.
    Sec. 20.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The following, being deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon enactment:
   1.  The section of this division of this Act amending section 256C.4, subsection 1A, paragraph “b”.
   2.  The section of this division of this Act amending 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2739, section 13.
    Sec. 21.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  The following applies retroactively to the effective date of 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2754, if enacted:
   The section of this division of this Act amending section 256C.4, subsection 1A, paragraph “b”.
    Sec. 22.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  The following applies retroactively to January 1, 2026, for tax years beginning on or after that date:
   The section of this division of this Act amending 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2739, section 13.
DIVISION II
LIFE INSURANCE —— CODE ORGANIZATION

    Sec. 23.  Section 508.101, unnumbered paragraph 1, as enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2232, section 4, is amended to read as follows:
   As used in this chapter subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
    Sec. 24.  Section 508.102, subsection 2, as enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2232, section 5, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  An insurer or qualified individual who, acting reasonably and in good faith, makes a disclosure of information to the commissioner pursuant to this chapter subchapter or under chapter 507E shall be immune from administrative or civil liability that might otherwise arise from such disclosure or from a failure to notify the eligible adult of the disclosure. This section shall not abrogate or modify any existing statutory or common law privileges or immunities.
    Sec. 25.  2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2232, section 10, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 10.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.  The Code editor is directed to shall designate sections 508.1 through 508.39, as amended by this Act, as subchapter I of chapter 508 entitled “General Provisions”, and to designate sections 508.101 through 508.106, as enacted by this Act, as subchapter II of chapter 508 entitled “Financial Exploitation of Eligible Adults”, and replace references to “this chapter” with “this subchapter” within sections 508.1 through 508.39.  The Code editor shall replace references to chapter 508 with references to chapter 508, subchapter I, in sections 235F.1, 423.3, 506.14, 507.1, 507.12, 507B.4C, 508A.1, 508A.5, 508B.1, 509.5, 510.11, 511.8, 511.26, 514A.1, 514G.103, 515.1, 515B.2, 515B.9, 518C.10, 521.1, 521A.1, 521A.14, 521E.1, 521F.2, 521I.1, 522B.1, 522F.1, 533C.103, and 535.8, and any other section of the Code or enacted legislation if there appears to be no doubt as to the intent to refer to chapter 508, subchapter I, and the change would not be contrary to or inconsistent with the purposes of this Act or other provision of law.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   CORRECTIVE PROVISIONS. This bill makes technical corrections to, or as the result of, legislation enacted or considered during the 2026 legislative session. Certain provisions take effect or apply retroactively based on the underlying 2026 legislation.
   LIFE INSURANCE —— CODE ORGANIZATION. The bill further provides for the organization of Code chapter 508 into Code subchapters as provided in 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2232.