Departments and Agencies


This listing is not intended to be a comprehensive list of state departments and agencies, and is limited to state entities that Legislative Council has authorized to prefile bill requests. If interested in a comprehensive list, please refer to the following publications:
Roster of State Officials- The State Roster, as it is commonly known, is published annually and contains the names and offices of the statewide elected officials, members of the General Assembly, justices, judges, and magistrates of the judicial branch, state officers and deputies in all three branches, and members of active boards and commissions and some advisory councils.
Iowa Official Register - The Redbook, as it is commonly known, published biennially and containing historical and current biographical information about Iowa's governmental institutions and leaders, as well as other governmental information and statistics of general value but not of a partisan nature.
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Department Code Citation
Administrative Rules Review Committee §17A.8
Administrative Services, Department of Ch 8A
Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Department of Ch 159
Attorney General (Department of Justice) Ch 13
Auditor of State, Office of the Ch 11
Blind, Department for the Ch 216B
Civil Rights, Office of Ch 216
Corrections, Department of Ch 904
Economic Development Authority Ch 15
Education, Department of Ch 256
Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board §68B.32
Finance Authority, Iowa Ch 16
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Office of the Ch 7
Health and Human Services, Department of Ch 217
Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Department of Ch 29C
Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing, Department of Ch 10A
Insurance and Financial Services, Department of Ch 546
Judicial Branch Ch 602
Law Enforcement Academy Ch 80B
Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Office of the State §231.42
Management, Department of Ch 8
Natural Resources, Department of Ch 455A
Ombudsman, Office of Ch 2C
Public Defender, State §13B.2
Public Defense, Department of Ch 29 §29A.11
Public Employees’ Retirement System, Iowa Ch 97B
Public Information Board, Iowa Ch 23
Public Safety, Department of Ch 80
Regents, Board of Ch 262
Revenue, Department of Ch 421
Secretary of State, Office of the Ch 9
Transportation, Department of Ch 307
Treasurer of State, Office of the Ch 12
Utilities Commission Ch 474
Veterans Affairs, Department of Ch 35A
Workforce Development, Department of Ch 84A