Senate File 2463 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 2463 BY ADMINISTRATIVE RULES REVIEW COMMITTEE (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3166) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate April 8, 2026 ) A BILL FOR An Act concerning the executive branch rulemaking process, 1 including the uniform rules on agency procedure and review 2 and regulatory readoption of rules, and including effective 3 date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb

S.F. 2463 DIVISION I 1 UNIFORM RULES ON AGENCY PROCEDURE 2 Section 1. Section 2B.5A, subsection 5, paragraph b, 3 subparagraph (2), Code 2026, is amended by striking the 4 subparagraph. 5 Sec. 2. Section 17A.6, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2026, 6 is amended to read as follows: 7 b. “Publication” does not include the Iowa Code, Iowa Acts, 8 Iowa administrative code, or Iowa court rules , or uniform rules 9 on agency procedure . 10 Sec. 3. Section 17A.24, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended 11 to read as follows: 12 2. If an agency does not have rules in effect that address 13 concerning a subject provided matter relating to a subject 14 addressed in uniform rules on agency procedure adopted 15 pursuant to subsection 1 , and uniform rules on agency procedure 16 addressing the subject are in effect, such uniform rules 17 adopted pursuant to subsection 1 concerning the matter shall 18 apply to the agency as though the agency had adopted them. 19 Sec. 4. RESCISSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES —— ONGOING 20 APPLICABILITY. 21 1. The following Iowa administrative rules relating to 22 subjects addressed by uniform rules on agency procedure adopted 23 by the administrative rules coordinator pursuant to section 24 17A.24 are rescinded as of July 1, 2026: 25 a. 11 IAC chs. 5 through 9. 26 b. 11 IAC 4.2 through 4.13, 4.17, 4.18, and 117.20. 27 c. 21 IAC chs. 2 through 5 and 8. 28 d. 21 IAC 6.3 through 6.13 and 6.17. 29 e. 27 IAC chs. 3 through 5 and 8. 30 f. 61 IAC chs. 11 and 12. 31 g. 61 IAC 2.2 through 2.13, 2.17, and 10.2. 32 h. 81 IAC ch. 27. 33 i. 81 IAC 24.3 through 24.13, 24.17, and 25.10. 34 j. 101 IAC 2.3, 2.4, and 5.3 through 5.9. 35 -1- SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb 1/ 10

S.F. 2463 k. 1ll IAC chs. 3 through 5 and 12. 1 l. 1ll IAC 13.2 through 13.12 and 13.15. 2 m. 129 IAC chs. 6 and 11. 3 n. 161 IAC ch. 4. 4 o. 161 IAC 1.2 through 1.4, 11.2 through 11.12, 11.16, 5 11.17, and 15.3. 6 p. 181 IAC 1.8 through 1.12. 7 q. 187 IAC chs. 5, 6, 11, and 12. 8 r. 187 IAC 7.3 through 7.13 and 7.16. 9 s. 189 IAC chs. 4 and 20 through 23. 10 t. 189 IAC 25.3 through 25.13. 11 u. 191 IAC chs. 3 and 4. 12 v. 191 IAC 2.1, 2.3 through 2.10, and 2.12. 13 w. 193 chs. 3 and 7. 14 x. 193E IAC 1.4. 15 y. 193F IAC 1.6 and 1.7. 16 z. 199 IAC chs. 3 and 4. 17 aa. 199 IAC 1.3, 1.7(1), and 1.7(3) through 1.7(8). 18 ab. 201 IAC chs. 7 and 10 through 12. 19 ac. 201 IAC 5.2 through 5.13 and 5.16. 20 ad. 205 IAC chs. 2 through 4 and 15. 21 ae. 205 IAC 5.2 through 5.11, 5.14, and 6.3. 22 af. 261 IAC chs. 196 through 199. 23 ag. 261 IAC 195.2 through 195.8 and 195.11. 24 ah. 263 IAC chs. 2 through 6. 25 ai. 265 IAC chs. 7 and 16 through 18. 26 aj. 265 IAC 13.2 through 13.8, 13.11, and 15.9. 27 ak. 281 IAC chs. 2 through 4 and 6. 28 al. 281 IAC 5.1 through 5.3 and 5.6. 29 am. 282 IAC chs. 2, 3, and 6. 30 an. 282 IAC 5.1, 5.10, 5.11, 5.14, 5.15, 11.1, and 11.7 31 through 11.32. 32 ao. 283 IAC chs. 2 through 4 and 7. 33 ap. 283 IAC 6.1, 6.2, and 6.4. 34 aq. 284 IAC chs. 2 through 5. 35 -2- SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb 2/ 10

S.F. 2463 ar. 288 IAC chs. 11 through 13. 1 as. 288 IAC 3.3 through 3.13 and 3.17. 2 at. 289 IAC chs. 2 through 4 and 8. 3 au. 289 IAC 5.3 through 5.11 and 5.13. 4 av. 301 IAC 2.4, 2.5, and 5.3 through 5.9. 5 aw. 351 IAC chs. 11 through 15. 6 ax. 351 IAC 2.2 through 2.13, 2.17, and 2.18. 7 ay. 371 IAC 1.2(6) and 9.3 through 9.13. 8 az. 441 IAC chs. 3 through 7. 9 ba. 441 IAC 9.1, 9.3 through 9.11, 9.13, and 9.14. 10 bb. 481 IAC chs. 2 through 4, 6, 9, 366, 367, 381, 382, and 11 435. 12 bc. 481 IAC 5.3 through 5.14. 13 bd. 486 IAC 8.3 through 8.12. 14 be. 491 IAC ch. 2. 15 bf. 491 IAC 1.4, 1.8, 3.3 through 3.13, and 4.20 through 16 4.48. 17 bg. 493 IAC chs. 2, 3, 5, and 6. 18 bh. 493 IAC 4.3 through 4.13. 19 bi. 495 IAC chs. 19, 26, 30, 31, and 33. 20 bj. 495 IAC 17.2 through 17.13 and 17.17. 21 bk. 497 IAC chs. 3 through 6 and 9. 22 bl. 497 IAC 7.2 through 7.11 and 7.14. 23 bm. 501 IAC ch. 16. 24 bn. 501 IAC 1.11 and 7.2 through 7.12. 25 bo. 541 IAC chs. 5, 6, and 7. 26 bp. 541 IAC 1.3, 8.2 through 8.13, and 8.16. 27 bq. 543 IAC ch. 5. 28 br. 545 IAC chs. 5 through 7. 29 bs. 545 IAC 8.3 through 8.13 and 8.17. 30 bt. 547 IAC chs. 6 through 8. 31 bu. 547 IAC 2.5, 2.6, 9.3 through 9.13, and 9.17. 32 bv. 561 IAC chs. 4 through 7 and 10. 33 bw. 561 IAC 2.1 and 2.3 through 2.13. 34 bx. 567 IAC chs. 4 through 7 and 13. 35 -3- SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb 3/ 10

S.F. 2463 by. 571 IAC chs. 4 through 7 and 11. 1 bz. 575 IAC 1.5 and 1.8. 2 ca. 591 IAC chs. 2 through 4, 16, and 17. 3 cb. 601 IAC 2.3 through 2.13 and 2.18. 4 cc. 605 IAC 2.1 through 2.3, 2.4(1) through 2.4(9), and 2.5. 5 cd. 621 IAC chs. 2, 9, and 10. 6 ce. 621 IAC 1.5, 1.9, 12.2 through 12.11, and 12.15. 7 cf. 661 IAC ch. 10. 8 cg. 661 IAC 80.2 through 80.11, 80.13 through 80.15, 401.101 9 through 401.314, and 600.5. 10 ch. 681 IAC chs. 18 through 20. 11 ci. 681 IAC 17.3 through 17.13 and 17.16. 12 cj. 685 IAC chs. 2 through 4. 13 ck. 685 IAC 15.2 through 15.8. 14 cl. 701 IAC chs. 3 and 4. 15 cm. 701 IAC 5.2 through 5.9, 5.11, and 5.12. 16 cn. 721 IAC chs. 3 and 7 through 10. 17 co. 721 IAC 5.3 through 5.13. 18 cp. 741 IAC 2.4, 2.5, and 5.3 through 5.9. 19 cq. 751 IAC chs. 3, 4, 16, and 18. 20 cr. 751 IAC 2.1, 2.3 through 2.13, and 5.17 through 5.19. 21 cs. 761 IAC chs. 4 and 10 through 13. 22 ct. 761 IAC 20.4(6)“d” and 20.9(5). 23 cu. 781 IAC chs. 17 through 19. 24 cv. 781 IAC 2.3 through 2.13 and 2.17. 25 cw. 801 IAC chs. 2 through 4 and 8. 26 cx. 801 IAC 6.3 through 6.11 and 6.15. 27 cy. 811 IAC chs. 2 through 4, 14, and 16. 28 cz. 811 IAC 5.3 through 5.13 and 5.17. 29 da. 817 IAC chs. 2, 3, 5, and 6. 30 db. 821 IAC 1.5, 1.6, and 1.8. 31 dc. 871 IAC chs. 2, 4, and 5. 32 dd. 871 IAC 3.3 through 3.12 and 3.14. 33 de. 876 IAC chs. 4, 5, 7, and 12. 34 df. 876 IAC 9.3 through 9.12 and 9.14. 35 -4- SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb 4/ 10

S.F. 2463 dg. The preamble of any chapter and introductory paragraph 1 of any rule that adopts by reference uniform rules on agency 2 procedure, if the uniform rules on agency procedure adopted 3 were published before January 1, 2024. 4 2. The following Iowa administrative rules relating to 5 subjects addressed by uniform rules on agency procedure adopted 6 by the administrative rules coordinator pursuant to section 7 17A.24 are rescinded as of January 1, 2027: 8 701 IAC chs. 6, 7, and 115. 9 3. As soon as practicable after the dates specified in 10 subsections 1 and 2, the administrative code editor shall 11 remove the language of the Iowa administrative rules referenced 12 in subsections 1 and 2 from the Iowa administrative code. 13 4. Administrative rules rescinded pursuant to subsections 14 1 and 2 remain applicable to a request or petition for 15 rulemaking; for a waiver of rules; for a declaratory order; 16 for a contested case, including a request or petition that 17 will be treated as a request or petition for a contested 18 case; for informal settlement; for access to records; or for 19 judicial review filed before the respective dates specified in 20 subsections 1 and 2, for the pendency of the action. 21 Sec. 5. EMERGENCY RULES. 22 1. An agency may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, 23 subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph 24 “b”, providing for additions, exceptions, or amendments to 25 uniform rules on agency procedure adopted by the administrative 26 rules coordinator pursuant to section 17A.24. The rules 27 shall be effective immediately upon filing unless a later 28 date is specified in the rules, but no later than June 30, 29 2026. However, rules adopted by the department of revenue or 30 the property assessment appeal board relating to contested 31 cases shall be effective no later than December 31, 2026. Any 32 rules adopted in accordance with this subsection shall also be 33 published as a notice of intended action as provided in section 34 17A.4. 35 -5- SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb 5/ 10

S.F. 2463 2. An agency may only adopt emergency rules under subsection 1 1 if the agency determines one or more of the following 2 applies. The agency shall explain its determination in the 3 preamble of the rulemaking document filed pursuant to section 4 17A.4, subsection 3. 5 a. The rule is necessary to comply with a legal obligation 6 imposed on the agency. The agency shall include in the 7 explanation a specific citation of the source of the legal 8 obligation, a description of how the rule is necessary to 9 comply with the legal obligation, and an explanation of why 10 the existing language of the uniform rules on agency procedure 11 adopted pursuant to section 17A.24 is insufficient to comply 12 with the legal obligation. 13 b. The rule is otherwise determined to be necessary by 14 the agency. The agency shall include in the explanation the 15 reason the agency determined the rule to be necessary and an 16 explanation of why the existing language of the uniform rules 17 on agency procedure adopted pursuant to section 17A.24 is 18 insufficient to respond to the necessity. 19 3. Notwithstanding section 17A.4A, a regulatory analysis 20 shall not be required for rules adopted pursuant to subsection 21 1. 22 4. This section shall not be construed to prohibit an agency 23 from engaging in rulemaking pursuant to chapter 17A relating to 24 uniform rules on agency procedure adopted pursuant to section 25 17A.24 that is not subject to this section. 26 5. This section is repealed January 1, 2027. 27 6. The repeal of this section pursuant to subsection 5 shall 28 not be construed to affect the validity of rules adopted under 29 this section before the date of repeal. 30 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following, being deemed of 31 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment: 32 The section of this division of this Act providing for 33 emergency rulemaking and a repeal. 34 DIVISION II 35 -6- SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb 6/ 10

S.F. 2463 FIVE-YEAR REVIEW AND REGULATORY READOPTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE 1 RULES 2 Sec. 7. Section 17A.7, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2026, are 3 amended to read as follows: 4 2. a. Beginning January 1, 2027, each agency shall conduct 5 an ongoing and comprehensive review of all of the agency’s 6 rules. The goal of the review is the identification and 7 elimination of all rules of the agency that are outdated, 8 redundant, or inconsistent or incompatible with statute or its 9 own rules or those of other agencies. Over each five-year 10 period of time, an agency shall perform a retrospective 11 analysis that includes a comprehensive evaluation and rigorous 12 cost-benefit analysis of each existing chapter of rules to 13 determine whether the benefits the rules are intended to 14 achieve are being realized, whether those benefits justify 15 the costs imposed by the rules, and whether there are less 16 restrictive alternatives to accomplish those benefits. 17 b. The administrative rules coordinator may adopt a schedule 18 for agencies to conduct reviews under this subsection that 19 staggers the reviews evenly over each five-year period. If the 20 administrative rules coordinator does so, the administrative 21 rules coordinator shall publish the schedule on the internet 22 site established or designated under paragraph “c” . 23 c. When the agency completes the five-year review of the 24 agency’s rules, the agency shall provide a written summary of 25 the results to the administrative rules coordinator and the 26 administrative rules review committee. The administrative 27 rules coordinator shall publish each summary on an internet 28 site established or designated for purposes of this subsection. 29 The summary shall include all of the following for each chapter 30 of rules: 31 a. (1) The intended benefits of the rules and if the 32 benefits are being achieved. 33 b. (2) The costs imposed by the rules and if the costs 34 are justified by the benefits identified in paragraph “a” 35 -7- SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb 7/ 10

S.F. 2463 subparagraph (1) . 1 c. (3) Less restrictive alternatives to the rules and an 2 analysis of how other states regulate the activities addressed 3 by the chapter. 4 3. a. Each chapter of rules is rescinded five years after 5 the date on which the most recent regulatory readoption of 6 the chapter as a whole became effective. A chapter rescinded 7 in this manner ceases to be effective as of the date of 8 rescission. The date of rescission of a chapter under this 9 subsection shall not be altered if such date falls on a 10 Saturday, Sunday, or holiday. 11 b. Before or after such rescission under paragraph “a” 12 occurs, the agency that adopted the chapter may adopt complete 13 a regulatory readoption of the chapter anew after completing 14 a retrospective analysis as described in subsection 2 . Such 15 adoption A regulatory readoption shall be subject to the 16 rulemaking process under this chapter , including but not 17 limited to sections 17A.4, 17A.4A, and 17A.5 . An agency 18 adopting completing a regulatory readoption of a chapter 19 anew as described in this subsection shall do so from a zero 20 base. Adoption A regulatory readoption of a chapter anew as 21 described in this subsection shall not include notation in 22 a rulemaking document published in the Iowa administrative 23 bulletin all amendments to the chapter found necessary or 24 appropriate by the agency during the agency’s comprehensive 25 review and retroactive analysis of the chapter pursuant to 26 subsection 2 that have not yet been adopted by the agency. A 27 regulatory readoption of a chapter shall include notations 28 of additions to or deletions from the language of the prior 29 chapter in the item statements in any rulemaking document 30 published in the Iowa administrative bulletin . The agency 31 shall indicate in the preamble of the rulemaking document 32 that the document is part of the regulatory readoption of the 33 chapter. For purposes of this subsection , “zero base” means 34 adoption of a chapter anew without merely adopting the prior 35 -8- SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb 8/ 10

S.F. 2463 language of the chapter and without any presumption in favor 1 of utilizing retaining the prior language when the chapter is 2 adopted anew of the chapter . 3 b. The effective date of adoption, amendment, or rescission 4 of individual rules or portions of rules in a chapter, and 5 the date of any changes to the chapter or rules or portions 6 of rules in the chapter pursuant to section 2B.13 , shall not 7 be considered when determining the effective date of the 8 chapter as a whole for purposes of this subsection . The date 9 of rescission of a chapter under this subsection shall not be 10 altered if such date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday. 11 c. (1) If a chapter has been rescinded under this 12 subsection , the agency that adopted the chapter shall notify 13 the administrative code editor in writing of the rescission. 14 The administrative rules coordinator may notify the 15 administrative code editor in writing on behalf of the agency. 16 (2) As soon as practicable after receiving such 17 notification, the administrative code editor shall publish 18 notice of the rescission in the Iowa administrative bulletin 19 and, no sooner than two weeks after such publication, remove 20 the chapter from the Iowa administrative code. 21 d. When a regulatory readoption of a chapter of rules 22 becoming effective as a whole is published in the Iowa 23 administrative code, the administrative code editor shall 24 include the next rescission date of the chapter, as provided in 25 this subsection , with the chapter. 26 e. (1) For a chapter of rules that most recently became 27 effective as a whole prior to January 1, 2023, the effective 28 date of the chapter shall be deemed January 1, 2023, for 29 purposes of this subsection . For a chapter that most recently 30 became effective as a whole on or after January 1, 2023, the 31 date of rescission pursuant to this subsection shall be based 32 on the most recent effective date of the chapter as a whole. 33 Notwithstanding paragraph “a” : 34 (a) The date of rescission of a chapter that becomes 35 -9- SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb 9/ 10

S.F. 2463 effective as a whole from January 1, 2023, through January 1 1, 2028, both dates inclusive, shall be deemed to be five 2 years after the date on which the chapter most recently became 3 effective as a whole. 4 (b) The date of rescission of a chapter that was in effect 5 prior to January 1, 2023, and did not become effective as a 6 whole from January 1, 2023, through January 1, 2028, both dates 7 inclusive, shall be deemed to be January 1, 2028. 8 (2) The effective date of adoption, amendment, or 9 rescission of individual rules or portions of rules in a 10 chapter, and the date of any changes to the chapter or rules 11 or portions of rules in the chapter pursuant to section 2B.13, 12 shall not be considered when determining the effective date of 13 the chapter as a whole for purposes of this paragraph. 14 (3) The administrative code editor shall include the next 15 rescission date of a chapter under this paragraph with the 16 chapter in lieu of the date provided in paragraph “d” . 17 f. The administrative rules review committee may grant 18 a six-month an extension of up to one hundred eighty days 19 of the date of rescission of a chapter of rules provided 20 in this subsection upon written request by the agency that 21 adopted the chapter. The request shall be submitted to the 22 administrative rules review committee by the agency at least 23 thirty thirty-five days before the date of rescission with a 24 copy provided to the administrative code editor. The request 25 shall include an explanation of the agency’s reasoning for 26 seeking an extension and any other information the agency finds 27 appropriate. If the administrative rules review committee 28 approves the request, the administrative code editor shall 29 update the rescission date included with the chapter pursuant 30 to paragraph “d” or “e” . 31 -10- SF 2463 (2) 91 je/ko/mb 10/ 10