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Iowa Acts Chapters - 91 (2026 Regular GA)

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ENROLLED BILLS

Chapter	BillBook \| Details	Chapter Title
Chapter 1001	SF 2201	School finance — state percents of growth — replacement payments, transportation funding, budget adjustments, enrollments, and education support personnel
Chapter 1002	SF 579	Civil rights — local laws, local commissions, and local agencies
Chapter 1003	HF 2739	Health maintenance organizations — health care-related tax — insurance company premium tax — taxpayer relief fund transfers
Chapter 1004	SF 2096	Foster parent training requirements — individual licensees
Chapter 1005	SF 572	Hospitals and health care facilities — establishment or operation by certain foreign individuals, governments, or entities — prohibition
Chapter 1006	SF 2114	Intimidation with a dangerous weapon
Chapter 1007	SF 2137	Educational savings plan trust — qualified education expenses — Internal Revenue Code reference
Chapter 1008	SF 2190	Physician assistants — title changes and terminology — physician associates
Chapter 1009	SF 2198	Durable power of attorney for health care — authority of attorney in fact
Chapter 1010	SF 2214	Transmission lines on highway rights-of-way — coordination activities and installation
Chapter 1011	SF 2215	Standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities — applicability to contingent deferred annuities
Chapter 1012	SF 2340	Battery-charged security alarm systems — regulation by counties and cities
Chapter 1013	SF 2369	Accessory dwelling units — regulation by counties and cities
Chapter 1014	SF 2416	Child abuse reports — interviews, home entry, and observation
Chapter 1015	SF 2418	Levee and drainage districts — district parcel record preparation and filing deadline
Chapter 1016	HF 2215	Natural resources — state director office, state department and state commission powers and duties, and deer hunting age requirements
Chapter 1017	HF 2232	Life insurance — financial exploitation of eligible adults
Chapter 1018	HF 2349	Final disposition of human remains — forfeiture of authority to control
Chapter 1019	HF 2356	State public defender — project to preserve families
Chapter 1020	HF 2497	Peer-to-peer car sharing programs
Chapter 1021	HF 2506	Social and charitable gambling — notification of prize winners
Chapter 1022	HF 2514	State child care assistance program eligibility — children of child care workers
Chapter 1023	HF 2515	Sexual exploitation of a minor — ineligibility for deferred or suspended sentences
Chapter 1024	HF 2558	Public construction bidding — definition of public improvement
Chapter 1025	HF 2564	Legal capacity to consent to prenatal, intrapartum, or postnatal care — minor without available parent, guardian, or legal custodian
Chapter 1026	HF 2571	Supreme court — rules of criminal procedure revisions — commitment hearing following acquittal on ground of insanity
Chapter 1027	HF 2582	Insurance — fraud investigations related to adjusters, appraisers, and umpires — adjuster licensure and evidence of financial responsibility
Chapter 1028	HF 2671	Department of administrative services — capitol complex public outdoor events — state rental or lease of biodiesel-capable passenger vehicles
Chapter 1029	HF 2720	Dissolution of marriage or annulment — name change request — separate document from decree
Chapter 1030	SF 2411	Iowa-Ireland trade commission
Chapter 1031	SF 2463	Administrative rulemaking — uniform rules on agency procedure — required periodic review and readoption of administrative rules
Chapter 1032	HF 863	Operation of vessels — use of blue lights
Chapter 1033	HF 2202	Regulation of controlled substances — changes to substance schedules and precursor substances reporting
Chapter 1034	HF 2227	Electric transmission lines — initial construction — agricultural land restoration
Chapter 1035	HF 2253	Crimes involving pregnant females — terminology
Chapter 1036	HF 2296	Issuance of local forms of identification — limitations
Chapter 1037	HF 2303	Professional and amateur kickboxing regulation
Chapter 1038	HF 2337	Academic degrees or credentials and professional or occupational licenses — fraudulent practice
Chapter 1039	HF 2345	Public retirement systems — member and beneficiary information — member statements — form of payment
Chapter 1040	HF 2357	Code corrections
Chapter 1041	HF 2434	Health insurance coverage — covered benefits provided pursuant to out-of-network primary care provider referral
Chapter 1042	HF 2500	State agency goods and services procurement — prohibited and required contract provisions
Chapter 1043	HF 2522	Public officer insurance policy in lieu of bond — state as required beneficiary — elimination
Chapter 1044	HF 2534	Confinement feeding operations — shellfish — waste disposal permitting
Chapter 1045	HF 2583	Electric transmission line owners — emergency response plans — civil penalties
Chapter 1046	HF 2619	Uniform family law arbitration Act
Chapter 1047	HF 2643	Retail dealer fuel gallonage reporting — timely filing and tax credit eligibility
Chapter 1048	HF 2660	Decedent property — small estate affidavit requirements and disposition of deposit accounts and undistributed child support
Chapter 1049	HF 2680	Medication aides — certification — administrative rules rescission
Chapter 1050	HF 2697	Dismissal of offenses and violations — payment of damages and restitution — consent
Chapter 1051	SF 140	Satellite absentee voting stations — conditions for rejection — certain materials removed or obscured
Chapter 1052	SF 413	State banks — boards of directors and electronic activities
Chapter 1053	SF 490	Transportation — maximum power output of low-speed bicycles and pedestrian conveyances
Chapter 1054	SF 2184	Medical licensure — presentment to board by designee, license renewal, and final decision timelines
Chapter 1055	SF 2448	Residential property information — unit owner association records — home inspection reports
Chapter 1056	HF 704	Iowa propane education and research council
Chapter 1057	HF 2485	Motor vehicle dealers — acquisition and rights to vehicles of ownership or controlling entity, records storage, and remote sales
Chapter 1058	HF 2491	Board of regents — tuition and fee waiver for certain disabled veterans
Chapter 1059	HF 2502	Paid parental leave for state employees
Chapter 1060	HF 2523	Minor child medical services — parent or guardian consent over minor child’s objection
Chapter 1061	HF 2527	Civil or criminal actions — damage or injury from effect on climate caused by greenhouse gas emissions — limitation on liability
Chapter 1062	HF 2539	Higher education — duties and authority of college student aid commission and board of regents — laboratory schools — elimination of programs
Chapter 1063	HF 2706	Judicial officers, magistrates, and senior magistrates — appointing commissions, vacancies, areas of service, elections, and compensation
Chapter 1064	HF 2707	Health and human services — delivery of behavioral health services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services
Chapter 1065	SF 176	Participation in cocurricular and extracurricular activities by open enrollment students receiving instruction over the internet
Chapter 1066	SF 273	Definition of grooming behavior — mandatory reporting to board of educational examiners
Chapter 1067	SF 492	Licensed vehicle recyclers — vehicle acquisition — lienholder verification
Chapter 1068	SF 2417	Conversational artificial intelligence services — limitations, required disclosures, and civil penalties
Chapter 1069	SF 2426	Commercial motor vehicle drivers — English language proficiency requirements — penalties
Chapter 1070	SF 2496	Urban renewal tax increment financing — taxes for emergency medical services
Chapter 1071	HF 2305	Health care decision making and programs — palliative care, hospice programs, life-sustaining procedures, certain do-not-resuscitate orders, durable powers of attorney, and probate court guardianships
Chapter 1072	HF 2329	Regulated loan interest rates and charges — consumer credit transaction service charges
Chapter 1073	HF 2501	Elections — misconduct investigations, conditions for registration cancellation, public measure recounts, voting system standards, and local election filings — miscellaneous provisions
Chapter 1074	HF 2532	Damages for wrongful death and awarding of costs and fees in probate proceedings — nontestamentary transfer action statute of limitation — actions to set aside or contest trusts
Chapter 1075	HF 2543	Subacute mental health care facility initial treatment plans and insurance authorizations — psychiatric bed tracking for children — departmental rule and service capability reviews
Chapter 1076	HF 2655	Operation of authorized emergency vehicles and police bicycles
Chapter 1077	SF 2280	Safety of certain professions — professional permits to carry weapons — threats against public officials — malicious sharing of personal information
Chapter 1078	SF 2296	Digital financial asset transaction kiosks — licenses — operator duties — civil penalties
Chapter 1079	SF 2379	Criminal law — victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, sexual abuse evidence, victim rights, restoration of mental competency, and restitution
Chapter 1080	HF 523	Petition for domestic abuse emergency protective order — peace officer filing authority
Chapter 1081	HF 648	Dentists — licensed sedation provider host permit
Chapter 1082	HF 703	State and federal student loan programs — interest rate information and analysis — notification of institutions and prospective students
Chapter 1083	HF 2256	Definition of child abuse — inability to access behavioral or mental health treatment — departmental child abuse assessment policies
Chapter 1084	HF 2360	Child endangerment — definitions and terminology
Chapter 1085	HF 2348	Animal torture — penalties
Chapter 1086	HF 2754	Charter schools — innovation zone school elimination — area education agency services, education savings accounts, school accreditation, teacher training and licensure, statewide preschool program, and private instruction
Chapter 1087	HF 2635	Health carrier standards of conduct — utilization review organizations, use of artificial intelligence, and audits — prior authorizations and certificates of need
Chapter 1088	SF 93	County commissions of veteran affairs — qualifications of commissioners and executive directors
Chapter 1089	SF 542	Suspension of child support and medical support orders
Chapter 1090	SF 2139	Athletic trainer compact
Chapter 1091	SF 2187	Driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards — verification of citizenship and immigration status
Chapter 1092	SF 2289	Department of inspections, appeals, and licensing — powers and operations of state racing and gaming commission — state building code and fees — special classification residential care facilities
Chapter 1093	SF 2318	Nonresident deer hunting licenses — exception for required additional license purchase
Chapter 1094	SF 2365	Notice requirements for final acceptance of public improvements
Chapter 1095	SF 2430	Display of flags at half-staff at public buildings — proclamations issued by the governor — injunctive relief for violations
Chapter 1096	SF 2467	Second injury fund — reimbursement of attorney general for representation
Chapter 1097	SF 2468	Uniform partnership law — conversion of partnerships into other organizations
Chapter 1098	SF 2492	Corporate income tax deduction — foreign income terminology
Chapter 1099	HF 640	Self-service storage facilities — rental agreement defaults and acceptances
Chapter 1100	HF 766	Motor vehicle window tinting
Chapter 1101	HF 777	Motor vehicle salvage certificates of title applications — supporting documents
Chapter 1102	HF 907	Noncommercial fleet vehicles — registration and special plates
Chapter 1103	HF 1003	Child in need of assistance — court-ordered child placements
Chapter 1104	HF 1036	Human trafficking — legislative proposal development, investigation and prosecution, statutes of limitations, victim restoration services and facilities, and definitions
Chapter 1105	HF 2185	Insurance — cost sharing for qualified high-deductible health plans — eligibility for health savings accounts
Chapter 1106	HF 2490	Open meetings and open records — meeting notice requirements, examination and copying of records, and confidential records — vexatious record requesters
Chapter 1107	HF 2526	Foster parents — residential address confidentiality
Chapter 1108	HF 2562	Health care decision-making authority for persons unable to consent — duties of facilities providing health-related and personal care services
Chapter 1109	HF 2598	Commercial driver’s licenses — human trafficking prevention training
Chapter 1110	HF 2633	Insurance policies for living organ donors — nondiscrimination
Chapter 1111	HF 2634	Cemeteries and funerals — preneed sellers and sales agents
Chapter 1112	HF 2749	Real estate transfer tax — declaration of value exceptions
Chapter 1113	HF 2766	Captive insurance companies and life captive reinsurance companies
Chapter 1114	HF 2780	Alcoholic beverage control — permits and licenses — authority to designate city social districts
Chapter 1115	SF 2472	Property taxation — local and state government taxes, financial authority, and budgets — first-time homebuyers programs — urban renewal
Chapter 1116	SF 304	Vaccinations for minors for sexually transmitted diseases or infections — parental consent required
Chapter 1117	SF 472	Retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units — election notices, employee lists, objection procedures, and writs to compel employee lists
Chapter 1118	SF 2088	Transportation — administration and regulation of permits, accident reports, license and identification card applications, and certificates of title — Mississippi river parkway commission
Chapter 1119	SF 2219	Student absences for school-sponsored activities, programs, competitions, and projects — exemptions and school policies
Chapter 1120	SF 2231	Education and local governments — protected speech and expression of rights policies, statewide voluntary preschool program, postsecondary programs, textbooks, and county officer use of funds — child and education tax credits
Chapter 1121	HF 571	Medical practitioners and health care institutions — exercise of conscience, whistleblower activities, and free speech protections
Chapter 1122	HF 917	Motocross facilities — liability limitations — required notices
Chapter 1123	HF 960	Sales tax exemption for central office equipment or transmission equipment — telecommunications and internet access services
Chapter 1124	HF 2297	Radon mitigation requirements for new single-family and two-family residential construction — state building code
Chapter 1125	HF 2585	Accessible prescription labels and related materials — blindness, visual impairments, and print disabilities
Chapter 1126	HF 2615	Thoroughbred and quarter horse racing seasons
Chapter 1127	HF 2788	Abortion — definitions, informed consent, reporting, and abortion-inducing drugs
Chapter 1128	HF 2794	Sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund
Chapter 1129	HF 2676	Health-related profession education, licensure, and compacts — summer nutrition assistance program — epinephrine delivery systems and ivermectin availability — school food and beverage standards, electronic instruction standards, fitness testing, and physical activity requirements
Chapter 1130	SF 2480	Taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products — health care trust fund allocations
Chapter 1131	SF 274	Extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions — forms of payment for entry
Chapter 1132	SF 378	Speed limits and violations
Chapter 1133	SF 639	Business court — establishment, jurisdiction, and procedure
Chapter 1134	SF 2086	Schools — elective junior fire fighter program
Chapter 1135	SF 2189	Nonresident vehicle registration applications and certificates of title
Chapter 1136	SF 2304	Public utilities — system enhancement improvements and charges — utilities commission approval — acquisition cost considerations
Chapter 1137	SF 2428	Appropriations — education
Chapter 1138	SF 2429	Fluid milk products — transportation permits
Chapter 1139	SF 2465	Agriculture — infrastructure, product, innovation, and revitalization programs — weights and measuring standards, animal health regulation, grain sales and operations, and agricultural tourism — miscellaneous tax provisions
Chapter 1140	SF 2474	Education — dyslexia board extension and report on school cardiac emergency response plans and automated external defibrillators
Chapter 1141	SF 2490	Oil, gas, and mineral production — filing requirements, confidential information, pooling orders, permission for entry, surface damage, severance taxes, and water quality project funding
Chapter 1142	SF 2493	Fuel excise tax exemption — ethanol blended gasoline purchased for use in an implement of husbandry used in agricultural production
Chapter 1143	HF 864	Age verification for certain internet sites containing content pornographic for minors — enforcement and civil penalties
Chapter 1144	HF 2231	Seal of civics excellence — high school graduates
Chapter 1145	HF 2678	Fraudulent business entity filings with secretary of state — removal and interrogatories — foreign, nonresident alien, and out-of-state agricultural landholding annual summary
Chapter 1146	HF 2757	Nuclear electric generation facilities — sales and use tax exemptions and refunds — board of regents nuclear energy workforce fund
Chapter 1147	HF 2771	Appropriations — agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection
Chapter 1148	SF 469	Emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery
Chapter 1149	SF 473	Child foster care provider and adoptive parent criteria — religious or moral beliefs
Chapter 1150	SF 512	Civil actions — law governing determination of accrual — amendments to limitations only by general assembly
Chapter 1151	SF 563	Cremation establishments and crematory operators — licensure
Chapter 1152	SF 629	Secretary of state expedited filing service — surcharge
Chapter 1153	SF 654	Wildlife and hunting — tree stands placed on public land, beaver dams, traps, snares, and fur dealer licenses — economic loss due to wild animals
Chapter 1154	SF 2039	Intervention by certain members of the general assembly in proceedings for judicial review of agency action
Chapter 1155	SF 2168	Workforce development — apprenticeship and intern programs, career training physical expansion program, high-demand job programs, unemployment insurance, and reemployment case management program — career and technical secondary authorizations
Chapter 1156	SF 2218	Verification of identity, citizenship, immigration status, and employment and licensure eligibility — voter registration and pretrial detention — civil penalties for employment of persons providing false information
Chapter 1157	SF 2220	Education — statewide assessments, gifted and talented student identification, advanced mathematics pathway, course acceleration, and advanced course automatic enrollment
Chapter 1158	SF 2378	City zoning — district regulation, variance review, and conditions and standards for approval
Chapter 1159	SF 2399	Bail and bond amounts and conditions
Chapter 1160	SF 2422	Public health and assistance programs — eligibility verification, reporting, waivers, expenditure neutrality, and exceptions to policy — Medicaid, supplemental nutrition assistance program, and Iowa health and wellness plan
Chapter 1161	SF 2471	Lifetime fur harvester licenses — fees
Chapter 1162	SF 2478	Appropriations — transportation
Chapter 1163	SF 2484	Appropriations — infrastructure and capital projects
Chapter 1164	SF 2488	Early childhood and family services system and fund — advisory councils and program transitions — decategorization funding and initiatives — child abuse prevention programs
Chapter 1165	SF 2497	Uniform assignment for benefit of creditors Act
Chapter 1166	HF 990	Medical cannabidiol — registration cards and dispensary licensure
Chapter 1167	HF 992	Interstate fuel use tax permits or licenses — fee for duplicates or other evidence of permit or license
Chapter 1168	HF 1023	Iowa public employees’ retirement system — protection occupations
Chapter 1169	HF 1028	Department of management — interdepartmental transfers, information technology projects, employee background checks, and permissible contract terms — cybersecurity and threat information confidentiality — criminal information and record sharing
Chapter 1170	HF 2199	Law enforcement academy training programs
Chapter 1171	HF 2200	Administration of alcoholic beverage control — alcoholic beverages commission and director of revenue prohibited activities and interests — restrictions on activities of noninstitutional investors
Chapter 1172	HF 2230	Teacher education and licensing — required clinical experiences and preparation relating to disabled students and English learners — practitioner preparation summative assessments
Chapter 1173	HF 2254	Noncompete clause prohibition — certain medical professions of university of Iowa hospitals and clinics
Chapter 1174	HF 2493	Statewide voluntary preschool program eligibility and funding
Chapter 1175	HF 2498	Podiatric medical licensure compact
Chapter 1176	HF 2531	Mineral rights and interests
Chapter 1177	HF 2542	Habitual offender minimum sentences
Chapter 1178	HF 2591	Interscholastic athletic eligibility — eighth grade, transfer, and open enrollment students
Chapter 1179	HF 2601	Elections and campaign finance — prohibition on direct or indirect participation and influence by foreign nationals in ballot issues — investigations
Chapter 1180	HF 2602	Massage therapy — establishment licensure — sole practitioners — penalties
Chapter 1181	HF 2610	Education — career and technical education, statewide lower division general education framework, common course numbering, and statewide corequisite model
Chapter 1182	HF 2617	Abandoned vehicles — form of payment for towing fees, notice deadlines, lienholder requests for information or inspection, display of charges, and local preemption
Chapter 1183	HF 2670	Elementary and secondary school educational programs, curriculum, reporting, and testing
Chapter 1184	HF 2694	Limitations on gubernatorial authority — closure or regulation of places of worship — state of disaster emergency proclamations
Chapter 1185	HF 2695	Prohibition on transfer of civil actions to other courts or forums — application of foreign laws
Chapter 1186	HF 2711	Elimination of state and local policies and programs with affirmative action, race, minority, or gender requirements
Chapter 1187	HF 2724	Educator endorsements and authorizations — fine arts, mathematics, science, instructional strategist, and activities administration
Chapter 1188	HF 2756	Licensing and operations of residential service contract companies and motor vehicle service contract companies
Chapter 1189	HF 2765	Regulation of mining — subsidence
Chapter 1190	HF 2768	Appropriations — administration and regulation
Chapter 1191	HF 2769	Appropriations — judicial branch
Chapter 1192	HF 2770	Appropriations — justice system
Chapter 1193	HF 2772	Appropriations — economic development
Chapter 1194	HF 2781	Juvenile detention home fund — distribution of moneys
Chapter 1195	HF 2782	Appropriations — health and human services — veterans affairs
Chapter 1196	HF 2783	Appropriations — education
Chapter 1197	HF 2787	Warrant resolution clinics — prohibition
Chapter 1198	HF 2797	Brady-Giglio lists — retroactive application of rights — equitable relief, attorney fees, expenses, and costs
Chapter 1199	HF 2799	Economic development — programs for corporate headquarters expansion and development, major economic growth attraction, business incentives for growth, and industrial new jobs training — repeal of new jobs tax credit — electricity use analysis and forecasting
Chapter 1200	HF 2800	State and local government and regulatory matters — appropriations and miscellaneous changes
Chapter 1201	SJR 11	Proposed constitutional amendment — certain tax law changes — two-thirds majority vote required