Bill Text: IA HSB115 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and provide for Code editor directives.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-05 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HSB115 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2025-HSB115-Introduced.html

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House Study Bill 115 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE _____
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE
ON JUDICIARY BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON HOLT)
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust
language to reflect current practices, insert earlier
omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve
inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and
provide for Code editor directives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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Section 1. Section 8.76, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2025,
is amended to read as follows:
As used in this chapter subchapter , unless the context
otherwise requires:
Sec. 2. Section 8.85, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code 2025,
is amended to read as follows:
c. For purposes of this subsection , “cloud computing
solutions” means the same as described in section 8.2,
subsection 20 section 8.76, subsection 12 , paragraph “l” .
Sec. 3. Section 8E.208, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Each agency shall identify, collect, and maintain data
for metrics and measures critical to monitoring and assessing
the performance of their the agency’s operations.
Sec. 4. Section 8E.209, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
8E.209 Records and data.
Each agency is responsible for classifying records and data
to facilitate safeguarding its own information and making
that information available to appropriate audiences. The
department may review any records and data an agency collects,
creates, and maintains for purposes of monitoring their the
agency’s operations and assessing performance. Upon the
department’s request, an agency shall provide the department
with and routinely update such records and data that support
enterprise-wide initiatives, planning or policy development,
cross-agency collaboration, or performance or risk assessments.
Data must be as granular as possible and include key dates
and characteristics critical to monitoring and assessing
performance and facilitating insights. Each agency shall
provide data in a format required by the department and update
the data on a schedule appropriate for the data.
Sec. 5. Section 10A.506, subsection 10, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
10. Notwithstanding section 17A.6, subsection 3 , the
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licensing boards included within the department pursuant to
subsection 1 may adopt standards by reference to another
publication without posting the publication to on the boards’
internet sites if the publication containing the standards is
readily accessible on the internet at no cost and the internet
site at which the publication may be found is included in the
administrative rules that adopt the standard.
Sec. 6. Section 10A.511, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2025,
is amended to read as follows:
The duties of the director as it relates relating to fire
control shall be as follows:
Sec. 7. Section 15.412, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
a. An innovation and commercialization development fund
is created in the state treasury under the control of the
authority. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to
the authority and any other moneys available to , or obtained ,
or accepted by the authority for placement in the fund.
Sec. 8. Section 25.8, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
25.8 Limitation on claims to be considered.
No A claim against the state shall not be considered or
allowed by the general assembly except it be unless the claim
has been presented before the state appeal board as provided in
this chapter .
Sec. 9. Section 28E.7, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
28E.7 Obligations not excused.
No An agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall not
relieve any public agency of any obligation or responsibility
imposed upon it by law except that to the extent of actual and
timely performance thereof of the obligation or responsibility
by a joint board or other legal or administrative entity
created by an agreement made hereunder under this chapter , said
the performance may be offered in satisfaction of the public
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agency’s obligation or responsibility.
Sec. 10. Section 28E.9, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
28E.9 Status of interstate agreement.
1. If an agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter
is between or among one or more public agencies of this state
and one or more public agencies of another state or of the
United States said , the agreement shall have the status of an
interstate compact. Such agreements shall, before entry into
force, be approved by the attorney general who shall determine
whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the
laws of this state.
2. In any case or controversy involving performance or
interpretation thereof of, or liability thereunder under, the
agreement , the public agencies party thereto to the agreement
shall be real parties in interest, and the state may maintain
an action to recoup or otherwise make itself whole for any
damages or liability which it may incur by reason of being
joined as a party therein. Such action shall be maintainable
against any public agency or agencies whose default, failure
of performance, or other conduct caused or contributed to the
incurring of damage or liability by the state.
Sec. 11. Section 68B.2, subsections 17 and 25, Code 2025,
are amended to read as follows:
17. “Official” means all statewide elected officials,
the executive or administrative head or heads of an agency
of state government, the deputy executive or administrative
head or heads of an agency of state government, members of
boards or commissions as defined under section 7E.4 , and heads
of the major subunits of departments or independent state
agencies whose positions involve a substantial exercise of
administrative discretion or the expenditure of public funds
as defined under rules of the board adopted in consultation
with the department or agency and pursuant to chapter 17A .
“Official” does not include officers or employees of political
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subdivisions of the state, members of the general assembly,
legislative employees, officers or employees of the judicial
branch of government who are not members or employees of
the office of attorney general, members of state government
entities which are or exercise the same type of authority that
is exercised by councils or committees as defined under section
7E.4 , or members of any agricultural commodity promotional
board, if the such board is subject to a producer referendum.
25. “State employee” means a person who is not an official
and is a paid employee of the state of Iowa and does not include
an independent contractor, an employee of the judicial branch
who is not an employee of the office of attorney general, an
employee of the general assembly, an employee of a political
subdivision of the state, or an employee of any agricultural
commodity promotional board, if the such board is subject to
a producer referendum.
Sec. 12. Section 68B.22A, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
68B.22A Reporting of gifts and bequests received.
All gifts and bequests with a value of fifty dollars or
more received by a department or accepted by the governor on
behalf of the state shall be reported within twenty days of
receiving the gift or bequest to the Iowa ethics and campaign
disclosure board, using the board’s internet reporting system.
The Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board shall, by January
31 of each year, submit to the fiscal services division of
the legislative services agency a written report listing all
gifts and bequests received during the previous calendar year
with a value over one thousand dollars and the purpose for
each such gift or bequest. The submission shall also include
a listing of all gifts and bequests received by a department
from a person if the cumulative value of all gifts and bequests
received by the department from the person during the previous
calendar year exceeds one thousand dollars, and the Iowa ethics
and campaign disclosure board shall include, if available, the
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purpose for each such gift or bequest. However, the reports on
gifts or bequests filed by the state board of regents and the
Iowa state fair board pursuant to section 8.44 shall be deemed
sufficient to comply with the requirements of this section .
Sec. 13. Section 68B.35, subsection 5, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
5. a. A candidate for statewide office shall file
a financial statement with the Iowa ethics and campaign
disclosure board, a candidate for the office of state
representative shall file a financial statement with the chief
clerk of the house of representatives, and a candidate for
the office of state senator shall file a financial statement
with the secretary of the senate. Statements shall contain
information concerning the year preceding the year in which the
election is to be held.
b. The Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board shall
adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A providing for the filing of
the financial statements with the board and for the deposit,
retention, and availability of the financial statements. The
ethics committees of the house of representatives and the
senate shall recommend rules for adoption by the respective
houses providing for the filing of the financial statements
with the chief clerk of the house or the secretary of the
senate and for the deposit, retention, and availability of
the financial statements. Rules adopted shall also include a
procedure for notification of candidates of the duty to file
disclosure statements under this section .
Sec. 14. Section 84A.21, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
a. An Iowa student internship fund is created in the state
treasury under the control of the department of workforce
development. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to
the department of workforce development and any other moneys
available to , or obtained , or accepted by the department of
workforce development for placement in the fund.
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Sec. 15. Section 96.7, subsection 2, paragraph a,
subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (b), Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An employer’s account shall not be charged with The
benefits paid to an individual who left the work of the
employer voluntarily without good cause attributable to the
employer or to an individual who was discharged for misconduct
in connection with the individual’s employment, or to an
individual who failed without good cause, either to apply for
available, suitable work or to accept suitable work with that
employer, shall not be charged to the employer’s account, but
shall be charged to the unemployment compensation fund. This
paragraph subparagraph division applies to both contributory
and reimbursable employers, notwithstanding section 96.8,
subsection 5 .
Sec. 16. Section 99G.11, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2025, are
amended to read as follows:
1. A member of the commission or employee of the division
shall not directly or indirectly, individually, as a member
of a partnership or other association, or as a shareholder,
director, or officer of a corporation , have an interest in a
business that contracts for the operation or marketing of the
lottery as authorized by this chapter , unless the business is
controlled or operated by a consortium of lotteries in which
the division has an interest.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 68B , a person
contracting or seeking to contract with the state to supply
gaming equipment or materials for use in the operation of the
lottery, an applicant for a license to sell tickets or shares
in the lottery, or a retailer shall not offer a member of the
commission or employee of the division, or a member of their
immediate family , a gift, gratuity, or other thing having a
value of more than the limits established in chapter 68B , other
than food and beverage consumed at a meal. For purposes of
this subsection , “member of their immediate family” means a
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spouse, child, stepchild, brother, brother-in-law, stepbrother,
sister, sister-in-law, stepsister, parent, parent-in-law, or
step-parent of the commission member or employee who resides
in the same household in the same principal residence of the
commission member or employee.
Sec. 17. Section 123.30, subsection 3, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The holder of a class “B” retail alcohol license may
sell beer to class “C”, special class “C”, special class
“C” retail native license, class “D”, and class “F” retail
alcohol licensees , and to special class “C” retail native wine
licensees, for resale for consumption on the premises. Such
beer sales shall be in quantities of not more than five cases
of beer, high alcoholic content beer, and canned cocktails,
but not more than one such sale shall be made to the same
retail alcohol licensee in a twenty-four-hour period. A class
“A” beer permittee shall be held harmless concerning any beer
resold as authorized by this subparagraph division.
Sec. 18. Section 123.30, subsection 3, paragraph d,
subparagraph (4), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
(4) The holder of a class “E” retail alcohol license may
sell beer to class “C”, special class “C”, special class
“C” retail native license, class “D”, and class “F” retail
alcohol licensees , and to special class “C” retail native wine
licensees, for resale for consumption on the premises. Such
beer sales shall be in quantities of not more than five cases
of beer, high alcoholic content beer, and canned cocktails,
but not more than one such sale shall be made to the same
retail alcohol licensee in a twenty-four-hour period. A class
“A” beer permittee shall be held harmless concerning any beer
resold as authorized by this subparagraph.
Sec. 19. Section 123.44, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
123.44 Gifts prohibited.
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A manufacturer or broker shall not give away alcoholic
liquor at any time in connection with the manufacturer’s or
broker’s business except for testing or sampling purposes only.
A manufacturer, distiller, vintner, brewer, broker, wholesaler,
or importer, organized as a corporation pursuant to the laws of
this state or any other state, who deals in alcoholic beverages
subject to regulation under this chapter shall not offer or
give anything of value to a commission member , or official or
employee of the department under this chapter , or directly
or indirectly contribute in any manner any money or thing of
value to a person seeking a public or appointive office or a
recognized political party or a group of persons seeking to
become a recognized political party.
Sec. 20. Section 135.22B, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
c. The department shall consult with the council on health
and human services regarding the program and shall report to
the council on health and human services concerning the program
at least quarterly. The council on health and human services
shall make recommendations to the department concerning the
program’s operation.
Sec. 21. Section 135B.1, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
3. “Hospital” means a place which is devoted primarily to
the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis,
treatment , or care over a period exceeding twenty-four hours
of two or more nonrelated individuals suffering from illness,
injury, or deformity, or a place which is devoted primarily
to the rendering over a period exceeding twenty-four hours of
obstetrical or other medical or nursing care for two or more
nonrelated individuals, or any institution, place, building ,
or agency in which any accommodation is primarily maintained,
furnished , or offered for the care over a period exceeding
twenty-four hours of two or more nonrelated aged or infirm
persons requiring or receiving chronic or convalescent care;
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and shall include sanatoriums or other related institutions
within the meaning of this chapter . Provided, however, nothing
in this chapter shall apply to hotels or other similar places
that furnish only food and lodging, or either, to their guests
or to a freestanding hospice facility which operates a hospice
program in accordance with 42 C.F.R. §418 . “Hospital” shall
include, in any event, any facilities wholly or partially
constructed or to be constructed with federal financial
assistance, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 79-725, 60 Stat. 1040,
approved August 13, 1946.
Sec. 22. Section 135B.14, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
135B.14 Judicial review.
Judicial review of the action of the department may be sought
in accordance with chapter 17A . Notwithstanding the terms of
chapter 17A , the Iowa administrative procedure Act, petitions
for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the
county in which the hospital or rural emergency hospital is
located or to be located, and the status quo of the petitioner
or licensee shall be preserved pending final disposition of the
matter in the courts.
Sec. 23. Section 135B.16, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
135B.16 Injunction.
Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other
remedy, the department may, in the manner provided by law,
maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction
or other process against any person or governmental unit to
restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, or
operation of a hospital or rural emergency hospital without a
license.
Sec. 24. Section 144.5, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Direct, supervise, and control the activities of clerks
of the district court and county recorders related to the
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operation of the vital statistics system and provide county
registrars with necessary postage.
Sec. 25. Section 144.20, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
144.20 Information.
Information in the possession of the petitioner necessary
to prepare the adoption report shall be furnished with the
petition for adoption by each petitioner for adoption or the
petitioner’s attorney. The adoption services service provider
or other person concerned shall supply the court with such
additional information in their possession as necessary to
complete the certificate. The provision of such information
shall be submitted to the court prior to the issuance of a
final decree in the matter by the court, unless found by the
court to be unavailable after diligent inquiry.
Sec. 26. Section 147.80, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
Each board, following approval by the department, may, or at
the direction of the department, shall , by rule establish or
revise fees for the following:
Sec. 27. Section 147.87, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
147.87 Enforcement.
1. A board shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and
the board’s enabling statute and for that purpose may request
the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to make
necessary investigations. Every licensee and member of a board
shall furnish the board or the department of inspections,
appeals, and licensing such evidence as the member or licensee
may have relative to any alleged violation which is being
investigated.
2. The department of inspections, appeals, and licensing
may administratively close a complaint that does not allege a
violation of this chapter , the board’s enabling statute, or a
rule of the board.
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Sec. 28. Section 147.88, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
147.88 Inspections and investigations.
The department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may
perform inspections and investigations as required by this
subtitle .
Sec. 29. Section 154E.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2025,
is amended to read as follows:
On or after July 1, 2005, every Every person providing
interpreting or transliterating services in this state shall be
licensed pursuant to this chapter . The board shall adopt rules
pursuant to chapters 17A , 147 , and 272C establishing procedures
for the licensing of new and existing interpreters. Prior to
obtaining licensure, an applicant shall successfully pass an
examination prescribed and approved by the board, demonstrating
the following:
Sec. 30. Section 154E.3A, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
154E.3A Temporary license.
Beginning July 1, 2007, an An individual who does not meet
the requirements for licensure by examination pursuant to
section 154E.3 may apply for or renew a temporary license. The
temporary license shall authorize the licensee to practice as a
sign language interpreter or transliterator under the direct
supervision of a sign language interpreter or transliterator
licensed pursuant to section 154E.3 . The temporary license
shall be valid for two years and may only be renewed one time in
accordance with standards established by rule. An individual
shall not practice for more than a total of four years
under a temporary license. The board may revoke a temporary
license if it determines that the temporary licensee has
violated standards established by rule. The board may adopt
requirements for temporary licensure to implement this section .
Sec. 31. Section 155A.18, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
2025, is amended by striking the paragraph.
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Sec. 32. Section 155A.18, Code 2025, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 3. The assessment and payment of a penalty
imposed pursuant to subsection 2 shall not be considered a
disciplinary action or reported as discipline and shall be
confidential.
Sec. 33. Section 186.4, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
186.4 Annual report.
The secretary of the society shall make an annual report
to the department of agriculture and land stewardship at such
time as the department may require. Such report shall contain
the proceedings of the society, an account of the exposition,
a summarized statement of the expenditures for the year, the
general condition of horticultural, honey bee, and forestry
interests throughout the state, together with such additional
information as the department may require.
Sec. 34. Section 204.14E, subsection 5, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
5. A person does not violate subsection 1 by possessing
a consumable hemp product if the person is employed by a
registrant and the person is possessing the consumable hemp
product as part of their the person’s employment.
Sec. 35. Section 216.3, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
3. The governor subject to confirmation by the senate
shall appoint a director who shall serve as the head of the
agency. The governor shall set the salary of the director
within the applicable salary range established by the general
assembly section 8A.461 . The director shall adopt rules
pursuant to chapter 17A consistent with and necessary for the
enforcement of this chapter . The director shall advise and
support the commission in fulfilling the commission’s duties
and responsibilities under section 216.5A .
Sec. 36. Section 216.8B, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
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2025, is amended to read as follows:
a. Shall not request information under this section that
discloses a diagnosis or severity of a person’s disability or
any medical records relating to the disability, but a person
with a disability or legal guardian may voluntarily disclose
such information or medical records to the landlord at the
discretion of the person with the disability or such person’s
legal guardian’s discretion guardian .
Sec. 37. Section 216.8C, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
d. Certification whether the provider-patient relationship
has existed, in person or via telehealth, for at least thirty
days between the licensee and the patient or client.
Sec. 38. Section 216.8C, subsections 4 and 5, Code 2025, are
amended to read as follows:
4. The commission agency shall create a form in compliance
with this section and provide the form to the public on the
commission’s agency’s website.
5. The commission agency shall offer training and
consultation to the governing boards under chapter 148 , 148C ,
152 , 154B , 154C , or 154D .
Sec. 39. Section 216.15, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by a discriminatory
or unfair practice may, in person or by an attorney, make,
sign, and file with the agency a verified, written complaint ,
which shall state the name and address of the person, employer,
employment agency, or labor organization alleged to have
committed the discriminatory or unfair practice of which
complained, shall set forth the particulars thereof, and shall
contain such other information as may be required by the
agency. Agency staff, a commissioner, or the attorney general
may in like manner make, sign, and file such complaint.
Sec. 40. Section 216.15, subsection 9, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
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If upon taking into consideration all of the evidence at a
hearing , the agency determines that the respondent has engaged
in a discriminatory or unfair practice, the agency shall state
its findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall issue an
order requiring the respondent to cease and desist from the
discriminatory or unfair practice and to take the necessary
remedial action as in the judgment of the agency will carry out
the purposes of this chapter . A copy of the order shall be
delivered to the respondent, the complainant, and to any other
public officers and persons as the agency deems proper.
Sec. 41. Section 216.15, subsection 9, paragraph a,
subparagraph (8), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
(8) Payment to the complainant of damages for an injury
caused by the discriminatory or unfair practice , which damages
shall include but are not limited to actual damages, court
costs , and reasonable attorney fees.
Sec. 42. Section 216.15, subsection 9, paragraph a,
subparagraph (9), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
For an unfair or discriminatory practice relating to
wage discrimination pursuant to section 216.6A , payment
to the complainant of damages for an injury caused by the
discriminatory or unfair practice , which damages shall include
but are not limited to court costs, reasonable attorney fees,
and either of the following:
Sec. 43. Section 217.30, subsection 5, paragraph b,
subparagraph (1), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
(1) Upon written application to and with the approval of the
director or the director’s designee, confidential information
described in subsection 2 , paragraphs “a” , “b” , and “c” , is
required to be disclosed within the department and to a public
official for use in connection with the department department’s
or public official’s duties relating to law enforcement,
audits, the support and protection of children and families,
and other purposes directly connected with the administration
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of the programs of services and assistance referred to in this
section .
Sec. 44. Section 231.14, subsection 5, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
5. Recommend policies and measures to ensure that
preference will be given to providing services to older
individuals and individuals with disabilities with the greatest
economic need or greatest social needs need , with particular
attention to low-income minority individuals, individuals with
limited English proficiency, and individuals residing in rural
areas.
Sec. 45. Section 231.23, subsection 9, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
9. Adopt policies and measures to ensure that preference
will be given to providing services to older individuals and
individuals with disabilities with the greatest economic need
or greatest social needs need , with particular attention to
low-income minority individuals, individuals with limited
English proficiency, and individuals residing in rural areas.
Sec. 46. Section 231.33, subsections 7 and 11, Code 2025,
are amended to read as follows:
7. Give preference in the delivery of services under the
area plan to older individuals with the greatest economic need
or greatest social need need , with particular attention to
low-income minority older individuals, older individuals with
limited English proficiency, and older individuals residing in
rural areas.
11. Conduct outreach efforts to identify older individuals
with the greatest economic need or greatest social needs
need , with particular attention to low-income minority
older individuals, older individuals with limited English
proficiency, and older individuals residing in rural areas,
and inform them of the availability of services under the area
plan.
Sec. 47. Section 232.3A, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
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to read as follows:
1. During an action under subchapter III , child in need
of assistance proceedings, or subchapter IV , termination
of parent-child relationship proceedings, the court may ,
on its own motion or that of any party, require the child
and established father of the child to submit to blood or
genetic testing in accordance with the procedures and method
prescribed under section 600B.41 to overcome the paternity of
the established father.
Sec. 48. Section 232.10, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Venue for delinquency proceedings shall be in the
judicial district where the child is found, where the child
resides , or where the alleged delinquent act occurred.
Sec. 49. Section 232.44, subsection 10, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
10. Based upon the facts stated in the request for release ,
the court may grant or deny the request without a hearing , or
may order that a hearing be held at a date, time and place
determined by the court. Notice of the hearing shall be given
to the child and the child’s custodian or counsel. Upon
receiving evidence at the hearing, the court may release the
child to the child’s custodian or other suitable person, or
may deny the request and remand the child to the detention or
shelter care facility.
Sec. 50. Section 232.49, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2025, are
amended to read as follows:
1. Following the entry of an order of adjudication under
section 232.47 the court may, after a hearing which may be
simultaneous with the adjudicatory hearing, order a physical
or mental examination of the child if it finds that an
examination is necessary to determine the child’s physical or
mental condition. The court may consider chemical dependency
as either a physical or mental condition and may consider a
chemical dependency evaluation as either a physical or mental
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examination. If the examination indicates the child has
behaved in a manner that threatened the safety of another
person, has committed a violent act causing bodily injury to
another person, or has been a victim or perpetrator of sexual
abuse, unless otherwise ordered by the court, the child’s
parent, guardian, or foster parent , or other person with
custody of the child shall be provided with that information.
2. When possible an examination shall be conducted on an
outpatient basis, but the court may, if it deems necessary,
commit the child to a suitable hospital, facility , or
institution for the purpose of examination. Commitment
for examination shall not exceed thirty days and the civil
commitment provisions of chapter 229 shall not apply.
Sec. 51. Section 252D.16, subsection 4, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
4. “Payor of income” or “payor” means and includes but is
not limited to an obligor’s employer, trustee, the state of
Iowa and all governmental subdivisions and agencies , and any
other person from whom an obligor receives income.
Sec. 52. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph k,
subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
One-half unit of personal finance literacy, which may be
offered and taught through dedicated units of coursework or
through units of coursework that also meet the requirements of
the coursework required under paragraph “a” , “b” , “c” , “d” , “e” ,
or “h” . The personal financial finance literacy curriculum
shall, at a minimum, address all of the following:
Sec. 53. Section 262.9, subsection 34, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
34. Implement continuous improvement in undergraduate
programs offered by an institution of higher education
governed by the board. A continuous improvement plan shall be
developed and implemented and shall be built upon the results
of the institution’s student outcomes assessment program for
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courses with typical annual enrollments of one hundred or more
students, whether in one or multiple sections. In developing
and implementing the continuous improvement plan for each
course, the instructor or instructors for such a course shall
each year evaluate the results of the instructors’ students’
performances in comparison with established course goals and
shall formulate recommendations for future goals and methods to
achieve improved student performance. The board shall annually
evaluate the effectiveness of the plans and shall submit an
executive summary of its findings and recommendations in its
annual strategic plan progress report, a copy of which shall be
submitted to the general assembly.
Sec. 54. Section 262.9, subsection 36, paragraph a, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
a. Beginning December 15, 2015, annually Annually file a
report with the governor and the general assembly providing
information and statistics for the previous five academic
years on the number of students per year who are veterans per
year who received education credit for military education,
training, and service, that number as a percentage of veterans
known to be enrolled at the institution, the average number
of credits received by students, and the average number of
credits applied towards the award or completion of a course of
instruction, postsecondary diploma, degree, or other evidences
of distinction.
Sec. 55. Section 277.31, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
277.31 Surrendering office.
Each school officer or member of the board upon the
termination of the officer officer’s or member’s term of office
shall immediately surrender to the successor all books, papers,
and moneys pertaining or belonging to the office, taking a
receipt therefor.
Sec. 56. Section 321.37, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2025, are
amended to read as follows:
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1. Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other
than an autocycle, motorcycle, motorized bicycle, or truck
tractor shall be attached to the motor vehicle, one in the
front and the other in the rear. The registration plate issued
for an autocycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle required to
be registered hereunder under this chapter shall be attached
to the rear of the vehicle. The registration plate issued
for a truck tractor shall be attached to the front of the
truck tractor. The special plate issued to a dealer shall
be attached on the rear of the vehicle when operated on the
highways of this state.
2. Registration plates issued for a A motor vehicle ,
other than a truck registered for more than five tons,
autocycle, motorcycle, or truck tractor, which is model year
1948 or older, and a reconstructed or specially constructed
vehicles vehicle built to resemble a model year 1948 vehicle
or older, other than a truck registered for more than five
tons, autocycle, motorcycle, or truck tractor, may display one
registration plate on the rear of the vehicle if the other
registration plate issued to the vehicle is carried in the
vehicle at all times when the vehicle is operated on a public
highway.
Sec. 57. Section 327D.16, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
327D.16 Violations —— treble damages.
In case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this
chapter shall do, cause, or permit to be done anything herein
prohibited or declared to be unlawful under this chapter , or
shall willfully fail to do anything in this chapter required
to be done, it shall be liable to the person injured thereby
for three times the amount of damages sustained in consequence,
together with costs of suit, and a reasonable attorney fee to
be fixed by the court, on appeal or otherwise, which shall be
taxed and collected as part of the costs in the case; but in all
cases demand in writing shall be made of the carrier for the
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money damages sustained before action is brought for a recovery
under this section , and no action shall be brought until the
expiration of fifteen days after such demand.
Sec. 58. Section 327D.17, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
327D.17 Criminal liability.
Except as otherwise specially provided for in this chapter ,
and unless relieved from the consequences of a violation of
the law as provided herein in this chapter , any common carrier
subject to the provisions hereof of this chapter , or, when
such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer
thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person
acting for or employed by such corporation, who, alone or
with any other corporation, company, person, or party shall
willfully do or cause to be done, or shall willfully suffer or
permit to be done any act, matter, or thing in this chapter
prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who shall aid or
abet therein, or shall willfully omit or fail to do any act,
matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, or shall
cause or willingly suffer or permit any act, matter, or thing,
so directed or required by the provisions of this chapter
to be done, not to be so done; or shall aid or abet any such
omission or failure, or shall be guilty of any infraction of
the provisions of this chapter , or shall aid or abet therein,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction
thereof , be subject to a schedule “four” penalty.
Sec. 59. Section 357A.6, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
2. If the supervisors find that required notice of the
hearing has been given and that the proposed district is
reasonably necessary for the public health, convenience, and
comfort of the residents, or may be of benefit in providing
fire protection, they shall make an order establishing the
district as a political subdivision, designating its the
district’s boundary, and identifying it the district by name
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or number. The order shall be published in the same newspaper
which published the notice of hearing. The supervisors shall
prepare and preserve a complete record of the hearing on the
petition and their findings and action.
Sec. 60. Section 358C.12, subsection 4, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
4. A district may acquire , by purchase, condemnation, or
gift, real or personal property, right-of-way, and easement
within or without its corporate limits necessary for its
corporate purposes specified in section 358C.4 .
Sec. 61. Section 358C.20, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
358C.20 Effective date of merger.
The A merger shall be effective thirty days after the
effective date of the ordinance annexing the territory within
the district. However, if the validity of the ordinance
annexing the territory is challenged by a court proceeding,
the effective date of the merger shall be thirty days after
the final determination of the validity of the ordinance.
The trustees of a district shall continue in possession and
conduct the affairs of the district until the effective date of
the merger, but shall not during the period levy any special
assessments after the effective date of annexation.
Sec. 62. Section 362.1, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
362.1 Citation.
This chapter and chapters 364 , 368 , 372 , 376 , 380 , 384 , 388 ,
and 392 may be cited as the “City Code of Iowa” .
Sec. 63. Section 362.9, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
362.9 Application of city code.
The provisions of this chapter and chapters 364 , 368 , 372 ,
376 , 380 , 384 , 388 , and 392 are applicable to all cities.
Sec. 64. Section 364.2, subsection 4, paragraph h,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (d), Code 2025, is
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amended to read as follows:
(d) This subsection paragraph applies to eligible merchant
lines for which a franchise has been granted pursuant to
chapter 478 prior to the effective date of this subsection July
1, 2024 .
Sec. 65. Section 403.6, subsection 6, paragraphs a, b, c, d,
and e, Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:
a. A general plan for the locality as a whole ; .
b. Urban renewal plans ; .
c. Preliminary plans outlining urban renewal activities for
neighborhoods to embrace two or more urban renewal areas ; .
d. Planning for carrying out a program of voluntary
or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and
improvements ; .
e. Planning for the enforcement of state and local laws,
codes and regulations relating to the use of land and the
use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the
compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of
buildings and improvements ; .
Sec. 66. Section 403.12, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
d, e, f, g, and h, Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:
a. Dedicate, sell, convey , or lease any of its interest in
any property, or grant easements, licenses , or other rights or
privileges therein to a municipality ; .
b. Incur the entire expense of any public improvements made
by such public body in exercising the powers granted in this
section ; .
c. Do any and all things necessary to aid or cooperate in
the planning or carrying out of an urban renewal project ; .
d. Lend, grant , or contribute funds to a municipality ; .
e. Enter into agreements, which may extend over any period,
notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary,
with a municipality or other public body respecting action
to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this
chapter , including the furnishing of funds or other assistance
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in connection with an urban renewal project ; .
f. Cause public buildings and public facilities, including
parks, playgrounds, and recreational, community, educational,
water, sewer , or drainage facilities, or any other works which
it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished ; .
g. Furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade,
regrade, plan , or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways , or
other places ; .
h. Plan or replan, or zone or rezone any part of the public
body or make exceptions from building regulations ; .
Sec. 67. Section 403.13, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
403.13 Presumption of title.
Any instrument executed by a municipality and purporting to
convey any right, title , or interest in any property under this
chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed
in compliance with the provisions of this chapter insofar as
title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees ,
or transferees of such property is concerned.
Sec. 68. Section 403.14, subsection 2, paragraphs a, b, c,
d, e, and f, Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:
a. The power to determine an area to be a slum or blighted
area or combination thereof and to designate such area as
appropriate for an urban renewal project and to hold any public
hearings required with respect thereto ; .
b. The power to approve urban renewal plans and
modifications thereof ; .
c. The power to establish a general plan for the locality
as a whole ; .
d. The power to formulate a workable program under section
403.3 ; .
e. The power to make the determinations and findings
provided for in section 403.4 , and section 403.5, subsection
4 ; .
f. The power to issue general obligation bonds ; .
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Sec. 69. Section 411.6, subsection 5, paragraph d, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
d. To establish that a mental incapacity occurred as the
natural and proximate result of an injury or disease incurred
in or aggravated by the actual performance of duty or arising
out of and in the course of the employment, or while acting,
pursuant to order, outside of the city by which the member is
regularly employed, the member must demonstrate that the mental
incapacity is traceable to a readily identifiable work event
constituting a manifest happening of a sudden traumatic nature
from an unexpected cause or unusual strain in the workplace.
Whether an incident is traumatic, unexpected, or unusual is
determined by comparing the incident, and not the effect on the
member, to the experiences of other police officers or fire
fighters in Iowa. A member must be able to trace their the
member’s mental injury to a specific event or events in the
workplace to be eligible for accidental disability benefits.
Sec. 70. Section 414.22, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
2. For purposes of this section:
a. “Brain injury” means brain injury as defined in section
135.22 .
b. “Developmental disability” means a disability of a person
which has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely
and which is one of the following:
(1) Attributable to an intellectual disability, cerebral
palsy, epilepsy, or autism.
(2) Attributable to any other condition found to be closely
related to an intellectual disability because the condition
results in impairment of general intellectual functioning
or adaptive behavior similar to that of persons with an
intellectual disability or requires treatment and services
similar to those required for the persons.
(3) Attributable to dyslexia resulting from a disability
described in either subparagraph (1) or (2).
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(4) Attributable to a mental or nervous disorder.
c. “Family home” means a community-based residential home
which is licensed as a residential care facility under chapter
135C or as a child foster care facility under chapter 237 to
provide room and board, personal care, habilitation services,
and supervision in a family environment exclusively for not
more than eight persons with a developmental disability or
brain injury and any necessary support personnel. However,
family home does not mean an individual foster care family home
licensed under chapter 237 .
d. “Permitted use” means a use by right which is authorized
in all residential zoning districts.
e. “Residential” means regularly used by its occupants as a
permanent place of abode, which is made one’s home as opposed
to one’s place of business and which has housekeeping and
cooking facilities for its occupants only.
Sec. 71. Section 414.27, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
2. For purposes of this section:
a. “Maternity group home” means a community-based
residential home that provides room and board, personal care,
supervision, training, support, and education in a family
environment for women who are either pregnant or who have given
birth within the preceding twenty-four months and live with
their children, and includes overnight room accommodations and
administrative and office space for those persons who provide
such services.
b. “Permitted use” means the same as defined in section
414.22 .
c. “Residential” means the same as defined in section
414.22 .
Sec. 72. Section 455B.133, subsection 1, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Develop comprehensive plans and programs for the
abatement, control, and prevention of air pollution in this
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state, recognizing varying requirements for different areas
in the state. The plans may include emission limitations,
schedules and timetables for compliance with the limitations,
measures to prevent the significant deterioration of air
quality , and other measures as necessary to assure attainment
and maintenance of ambient air quality standards. The
commission is not required to use air dispersion modeling as
a basis for making its findings under this subsection for a
minor source or minor modification of a major stationary source
unless modeling is specifically provided for under the federal
Clean Air Act as amended through January 1, 1991, rules adopted
under this chapter , or a federal or state agreement.
Sec. 73. Section 455B.266, subsection 2, paragraphs c and d,
Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:
c. Uses of water for the irrigation of hay, corn, soybeans,
oats, grain sorghum , or wheat.
d. Uses of water for the irrigation of crops other than hay,
corn, soybeans, oats, grain sorghum , or wheat.
Sec. 74. Section 476.9, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2025, are
amended to read as follows:
2. Every public utility engaged directly or indirectly in
any other business than that of the production, transmission,
or furnishing of heat, light, water, power, or the collection
and treatment of sanitary sewage or storm water for the
public shall, if required by the commission, keep and render
separately to the commission in like manner and form the
accounts of all such other business, in which case all the
provisions of this chapter shall apply to the books, accounts,
papers , and records of such other business and all profits and
losses may be taken into consideration by the commission if
deemed relevant to the general fiscal condition of the public
utility.
3. Every public utility, except telecommunications service
providers registered pursuant to section 476.95A , is required
to keep and render its books, accounts, papers , and records
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accurately and faithfully in the manner and form prescribed
by the commission, and to comply with all directions of the
commission relating to such books, accounts, papers , and
records.
Sec. 75. Section 477C.2, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 76. Section 477C.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2025,
is amended to read as follows:
With the advice of the commission on deaf services created
in section 216A.113 , the utilities commission shall plan,
establish, administer, and promote a statewide program to
provide dual party relay service as follows:
Sec. 77. Section 477C.4, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
477C.4 Telecommunications devices for the deaf and hard of
hearing.
With the advice of the commission on deaf services created in
section 216A.113 , the utilities commission may plan, establish,
administer, and promote a program to secure, finance, and
distribute telecommunications devices for the deaf and hard of
hearing. The utilities commission may establish eligibility
criteria for persons to receive telecommunications devices
for the deaf and hard of hearing, including but not limited
to requiring certification that the recipient cannot use the
telephone for communication without a telecommunications device
for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Sec. 78. Section 478.4, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
478.4 Franchise —— hearing.
The utilities commission shall consider the petition and any
objections filed to it the petition in the manner provided. It
The commission shall examine the proposed route or cause any
engineer selected by it the commission to do so. If a hearing
is held on the petition, it the commission may hear testimony
as may aid it the commission in determining the propriety
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of granting the franchise. It The commission may grant the
franchise in whole or in part upon the terms, conditions, and
restrictions, and with the modifications as to location and
route as may seem to it the commission just and proper. Before
granting the franchise, the utilities commission shall make
a finding that the proposed line or lines are necessary to
serve a public use and represents a reasonable relationship
to an overall plan of transmitting electricity in the public
interest. A franchise shall not become effective until
the petitioners shall pay, or file an agreement to pay, all
costs and expenses of the franchise proceeding, whether or
not objections are filed, including costs of inspections or
examinations of the route, hearing, salaries, publishing of
notice, and any other expenses reasonably attributable to it
the franchise proceeding . The funds received for the costs and
the expenses of the franchise proceeding shall be remitted to
the treasurer of state for deposit in the commerce revolving
fund created in section 546.12 as provided in section 476.10 .
Sec. 79. Section 479.46, subsection 7, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
7. As used in this section , “damages” :
a. “Commissioner” means a member of the compensation
commission appointed under subsection 2.
b. “Damages” means compensation for damages to the land,
crops, and other personal property caused by the construction
activity of installing a pipeline and its attendant structures
but does not include compensation for a property interest , and
“landowner” .
c. “Landowner” includes a farm tenant.
Sec. 80. Section 479B.30, subsection 7, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
7. As used in this section , “damages” :
a. “Commissioner” means a member of the compensation
commission appointed under subsection 2.
b. “Damages” means compensation for damages to the land,
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crops, and other personal property caused by the construction
of a pipeline and its attendant structures or underground
storage facility but does not include compensation for a
property interest , and “landowner” .
c. “Landowner” includes a farm tenant.
Sec. 81. Section 481A.6, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
481A.6 Game management area.
The commission may establish a game management area upon
any public lands or waters, or with the consent of the owner
upon any private lands or waters, when necessary to maintain a
biological balance as provided in section 481A.39 or to provide
for public hunting, fishing, or trapping in conformity with
sound wildlife management ; and when . When a game management
area is established, the commission shall with the consent of
the owner, if any, have the right to post and prohibit, and
to regulate or limit the lands or waters against trespassing,
hunting, fishing, or trapping , and any . Any violation of the
regulations is unlawful.
Sec. 82. Section 481A.31, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
481A.31 Game brought into the state.
It shall be lawful for any person, firm, or corporation to
have in possession possess any fish or game lawfully taken
outside the state and lawfully brought into the state, but the
burden of proof shall be upon the person in such possession of
the fish or game to show that such the fish or game was lawfully
killed and lawfully brought into the state.
Sec. 83. Section 481A.34, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
481A.34 Violations by common carrier.
A common carrier , and any agent, employee, or servant of a
common carrier, which violates any of the provisions of this
chapter relating to receiving, having in possession, shipping,
or delivering any fish, fowl, birds, birds’ nests, eggs, or
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plumage, fur, raw pelts, game, or animals, in violation of
the provisions of the Code or contrary to the regulations and
restrictions provided in this chapter , and any agent, employee,
or servant of a common carrier violating such provisions, is
guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
Sec. 84. Section 489.102, subsection 13, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
13. “Limited liability company” , except in the phrase
“foreign limited liability company” , and in subchapter X , means
an entity formed under this chapter or which becomes subject to
this chapter under subchapter X or section 489.1207 .
Sec. 85. Section 489.102, subsection 16, paragraph a, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
a. The person has become a member of a limited liability
company under section 489.401 or was a member in a limited
liability company when the company became subject to this
chapter under section 489.110 489.1207 .
Sec. 86. Section 489.103, subsection 4, paragraph b,
subparagraph (3), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
(3) The limited liability company’s participation in a
merger, interest exchange, conversion, or domestication,
ninety days after the statement of merger, interest exchange,
conversion, or domestication under subchapter X become becomes
effective.
Sec. 87. Section 509A.1, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
509A.1 Authority of governing body —— definitions .
1. The governing body of the state, school district, or
any institution supported in whole or in part by public funds
may establish plans for and procure group insurance, health
or medical service, or health flexible spending accounts as
described in section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 for the employees of the state, school district, or
tax-supported institution.
2. For purposes of this chapter:
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a. “Governing body” means the director of the department
of administrative services, the school boards of school
districts, and the superintendent or other person in charge of
an institution supported in whole or in part by public funds.
b. “Public body” means the state, a school district, or an
institution supported in whole or in part by public funds.
Sec. 88. Section 514C.12A, subsection 1, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding section 514C.6 , a person who provides
an individual or group policy of accident or health insurance
or individual or group hospital or health care service
contract issued pursuant to chapter 509 , 509A , 514 , or 514A
or an individual or group health maintenance organization
contract issued and regulated under chapter 514B , which is
delivered, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 1996 2023 ,
and which provides maternity benefits, which are not limited
to complications of pregnancy, or newborn care benefits, shall
provide coverage for maternity services rendered by a midwife
licensed pursuant to chapter 148I , regardless of the site of
services, in accordance with guidelines adopted by rule by the
commissioner.
Sec. 89. Section 514I.10, subsection 2, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Cost sharing for eligible children whose family income
equals or exceeds one hundred fifty percent but does not exceed
two hundred percent of the federal poverty level may include a
premium or copayment amount which does not exceed five percent
of the annual family income. The amount of any premium or the
copayment amount shall be based on family income and size.
Sec. 90. Section 515.12, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
b. However, the surplus requirements do not apply to a
company which establishes and maintains a guaranty fund capital
as provided by section 515.20 .
Sec. 91. Section 527.3, subsection 4, Code 2025, is amended
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to read as follows:
4. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed
to prohibit or to authorize the administrator to prohibit an
operator of a multiple use terminal, other than a financial
institution, or an operator of any other device or facility
with which such terminal is interconnected, other than a
central routing unit or data processing center (as defined in
section 527.2 ) from using those facilities to perform internal
proprietary functions, including the extension of credit
pursuant to an open-end credit arrangement.
Sec. 92. Section 537.2510, subsection 10, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
10. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to
the contrary or an agreement between a motor vehicle dealer
licensed pursuant to section 322.4 under chapter 322 and the
consumer, if the creditor is a financial institution as defined
in the Iowa consumer credit code, chapter 537 , or the federal
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, 15 U.S.C. §6801 et seq., who
has purchased a retail installment contract as defined in
section 322.2, subsection 23 , with voluntary debt cancellation
coverage, the only obligation of the creditor upon prepayment
in full shall be to notify the motor vehicle dealer within
thirty days of the prepayment. The motor vehicle dealer shall
promptly determine whether the consumer is eligible for a
refund of any voluntary debt cancellation coverage and shall
issue any refund required directly to the consumer within sixty
days of the dealer’s receipt of notice of the prepayment from
the creditor.
Sec. 93. Section 543B.62, subsection 4, paragraphs a and b,
Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:
a. A licensee providing brokerage services to a client shall
not be in possession of the client’s real estate. A licensee
may enter upon the premises of a client’s real estate to
fulfill the licensee’s obligations pursuant to section 543B.3 ,
section or 543B.6, or pursuant to a written agreement between
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the licensee and the client.
b. A licensee has no duty of care with regard to a client’s
real estate or with regard to a person entering, viewing, or
traversing upon the premises of a client’s real estate other
than to fulfill the licensee’s obligations pursuant to section
543B.3 , section or 543B.6, or pursuant to a written agreement
between the licensee and the client.
Sec. 94. Section 549.3, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
1. A performing rights society shall not enter onto
the business premises of a proprietor for the purpose of
discussing a contract for the payment of royalties for the
public performance of copyrighted musical works by the
proprietor unless the performing rights society first uses
its best efforts to make an appointment to meet with the
proprietor at the business premises during normal business
hours, or if the proprietor or the proprietor’s agent agree
agrees , at a location other than the business premises or
at the business premises when the business premises are not
open to the public. Upon entering onto the business premises
for the purpose of discussing a contract for the payment of
royalties for the public performance of copyrighted musical
works by the proprietor, the performing rights society shall
clearly identify itself to the proprietor and describe to the
proprietor the purpose for entering onto the business premises.
Sec. 95. Section 592.9, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
592.9 City utilities and utility boards.
All proceedings taken prior to July 1, 2023, purporting
to provide for the establishment, organization, formation,
operation, or maintenance of a city utility or utility
board and not previously declared invalid by any court, are
legalized, validated , and confirmed. All such proceedings are
declared to be legally sufficient to create, establish , and
authorize the maintenance and operation of a city utility, as
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defined in section 362.2, subsection 6 .
Sec. 96. Section 613.20, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Except as provided in subsection 2 , in an action to
recover damages arising out of the operation or use of a
motor vehicle, a person shall not recover noneconomic losses
including , but not limited to , pain and suffering if the
injured person was the operator of a motor vehicle, a passenger
in a motor vehicle, or a pedestrian and the person’s injuries
were proximately caused by the person’s commission of any
felony, or immediate flight therefrom, and the injured person
was duly convicted of that felony.
Sec. 97. Section 625A.3, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
625A.3 Time for appealing in re constitutional test.
If the action challenges the legality, validity , or
constitutionality of a proposed constitutional amendment,
notice of appeal may be taken within three days from and after
the entry of the decree in district court, and not afterwards.
Sec. 98. Section 625A.6, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
625A.6 Filing in re action to test constitutionality.
If the action challenges the legality, validity , or
constitutionality of a proposed constitutional amendment, an
abstract of record shall be filed within five days after the
service of notice of appeal, unless additional time, not to
exceed three days, be granted by the chief justice.
Sec. 99. Section 708.1, subsection 2, paragraph d,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
For purposes of this subparagraph (1) paragraph “d” :
Sec. 100. Section 714.19, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
The provisions of sections 714.17 , and 714.18 , this
section, and sections 714.20 , and 714.21 shall not apply to the
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following:
Sec. 101. Section 717C.1, subsection 1, paragraph b,
subparagraph (6), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
(6) Knowingly permits permitting conduct described in
subparagraph (1), (2), or (3) to occur in any premises under
the person’s ownership or control.
Sec. 102. Section 904.301B, subsection 5, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
5. Act as secretary to the district advisory board, prepare
its agenda , and record its proceedings. The district shall
provide a copy of minutes from each meeting of the district
advisory board to the legislative services agency.
Sec. 103. Section 915.37, subsection 1, paragraphs b and c,
Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:
b. For purposes of this subsection , “child” :
(1) “Child” means a person under eighteen years of age.
(2) “Mental disability” means one or more intellectual,
developmental, or psychiatric disabilities that result in
significant impairment to a person’s ability to comprehend,
communicate, or learn.
c. For purposes of this subsection , “mental disability”
means one or more intellectual, developmental, or psychiatric
disabilities that result in significant impairment to a
person’s ability to comprehend, communicate, or learn.
Sec. 104. REPEAL. Section 509A.11, Code 2025, is repealed.
Sec. 105. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE. The Code editor is
directed to change all references to the “federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act” or the “Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act” to the
“Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act”, in but not limited to
sections 124.204, 124.208, 126.2, 155A.13A, 155A.13C, 189A.2,
189A.12, 198.7, 198.10, 204.14A, 453A.1, and 514C.26.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
This bill relates to statutory corrections which may
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adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier
omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve
inconsistencies and conflicts, or remove ambiguities. The Code
sections amended include the following:
Section 8.76: Changes a reference from “chapter” to
“subchapter” to reflect the 2024 transfer of Code sections in
Code chapter 8B to Code chapter 8, subchapter XI.
Section 8.85: Corrects a Code citation to the meaning of
“cloud computing solutions”.
Sections 8E.208 and 8E.209: Changes uses of the word “their”
to “the agency’s” to clarify the identified party.
Section 10A.506: Modifies language regarding posting
certain publications to a board’s internet site to align with
similar language that is referenced in the provision.
Section 10A.511: Corrects grammar relating to duties of the
director of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
Section 15.412: Revises language relating to the innovation
and commercialization development fund to correct grammar and
enhance readability.
Section 25.8: Revises language relating to claims against
the state to enhance readability.
Sections 28E.7 and 28E.9: Revises language relating
to public agency obligations and agreements to enhance
readability.
Section 68B.2: Changes references from “the board” to “such
board” in provisions relating to employees of an agricultural
commodity promotional board to eliminate confusion with the
defined term “board” in Code chapter 68B.
Sections 68B.22A and 68B.35: Eliminates full references to
the “Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board” because “board”
is defined in Code chapter 68B to mean the Iowa ethics and
campaign disclosure board.
Section 84A.21: Revises language relating to the Iowa
student internship fund to correct grammar and enhance
readability.
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Section 96.7: Revises a provision relating to unemployment
compensation to enhance readability and amends an internal
reference to the Code subunit.
Section 99G.11: Adds commas to enhance readability of
sentence clauses within lists.
Section 123.30: Corrects two references to a special class
“C” retail native wine license that omitted the word “wine”.
Section 123.44: Revises language to enhance readability of
a list of individuals within the department of revenue.
Section 135.22B: Clarifies references to “council” to mean
the council on health and human services, following elimination
of the advisory council on brain injuries in 2024 Iowa Acts,
chapter 1170.
Section 135B.1: Adds serial commas to several portions of
the definition of “hospital”.
Section 135B.14: Eliminates an unnecessary portion of a
reference to the Iowa administrative procedure Act.
Section 135B.16: Revises a provision relating to licensure
and regulation of hospitals to correct grammar.
Section 144.5: Modifies a reference to “registrars” to
clarify that the reference is to “county registrars”.
Section 144.20: Changes a reference from “adoption services
provider” to “adoption service provider” to align with the
proper term used in the Code.
Section 147.80: Adjusts commas in a provision relating to
licensure of health-related professions to enhance readability.
Sections 147.87 and 147.88: Eliminates unnecessary portions
of references to the department of inspections, appeals, and
licensing.
Sections 154E.3 and 154E.3A: Eliminates outdated clauses
specifying applicability relating to licensure for interpreting
or transliterating services.
Section 155A.18: Relocates language in subsection 2,
paragraph “e”, that relates to the assessment and payment of
penalties because the language did not accurately fit within
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the scope of the list actions under subsection 2.
Section 186.4: Amends a reference to “secretary” to specify
that the reference is to the secretary of the Iowa state
horticulture society and not the secretary of agriculture.
Section 204.14E: Amends language by eliminating the use of
“their” and inserting “the person’s” when describing a person’s
employment with a registrant under that Code chapter.
Section 216.3: Modifies the phrase “salary range
established by the general assembly” to include a specific Code
section reference based on changes to salaries of appointed
state officers in 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1182, including the
director of the Iowa office of civil rights.
Section 216.8B: Amends language in a provision relating to
assistance animals and service animals to enhance readability.
Section 216.8C: Adds “via” in subsection 1, paragraph “d”,
preceding “telehealth” to conform with similar instances of
that terminology. Changes references in subsections 4 and
5 from “commission” to “agency” to reflect changes to the
Iowa office of civil rights in 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1170,
that were not codified in Code 2025 due to harmonization of
conflicting enactments.
Section 216.15: Modifies comma placement in several
provisions to enhance readability.
Section 217.30: Modifies a possessive reference to the
department of health and human services’ duties to correct
grammar.
Sections 231.14, 231.23, and 231.33: Modifies references in
several provisions to align with the defined terms “greatest
economic need” and “greatest social need”.
Sections 232.3A, 232.10, 232.44, 232.49, and 252D.16:
Primarily modifies the use and placement of commas to enhance
readability.
Section 256.11: Changes the term “financial literacy” to
“finance literacy” to align with similar uses of the term.
Section 262.9: Amends provisions specifying duties of the
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board of regents to improve grammar, update obsolete language,
and enhance readability.
Section 277.31: Modifies possessive reference to a school
officer’s duties to correct grammar.
Section 321.37: Replaces a reference to “hereunder”
in subsection 1 with “under this chapter” to provide
specificity to the reference and amends subsection 2 to enhance
readability.
Sections 327D.16 and 327D.17: Replaces references to
“herein” and “hereof” with language specifying “this chapter”
and eliminates an unnecessary use of “thereof”.
Section 357A.6: Replaces instances of “its” with “the
district’s” in a provision governing rural water districts.
Section 358C.12: Adds a comma to enhance readability of a
provision governing real estate improvement districts.
Section 358C.20: Strikes “the” and inserts the indefinite
article “a” in a provision relating to the effective date of
a merger relating to annexing property within a real estate
improvement district.
Sections 362.1 and 362.9: Adds a comma to lists of Code
chapters specified as comprising the “City Code of Iowa” and
identifying the City Code of Iowa’s applicability.
Section 364.2: Replaces an incorrect reference to
“subsection” with “paragraph” and inserts the correct date for
a reference to an “effective date”.
Sections 403.6, 403.12, 403.13, and 403.14: Replaces
semicolons with periods at the end of certain paragraphs to
conform with preferred Code style and makes other changes to
enhance readability.
Section 411.6: Replaces “their” with “member’s” in a
provision governing the retirement system for police officers
and fire fighters.
Sections 414.22 and 414.27: Specifies that the definitions
provided in each Code section are for the purposes of that Code
section.
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Section 455B.133: Adds a comma to correct punctuation in a
provision relating to duties of the environmental protection
commission.
Section 455B.266: Adds serial commas to two lists of crops
to clarify the crops identified.
Section 476.9: Adds serial commas in two provisions
identifying items to be kept by a public utility.
Section 477C.2: Strikes a definition of “commission”,
meaning the commission of deaf services, due to the
applicability of a different similar definition.
Sections 477C.3 and 477C.4: Provides full references to
the “commission on deaf services” to avoid confusion with
references to the “utilities commission” in the same Code
sections.
Section 478.4: Replaces several instances of “it” with
proper identification of “the petition”, “the commission”, or
“the franchise proceeding”, as applicable.
Sections 479.46 and 479B.30: Establishes a definition of
“commissioner” to mean a member of a compensation commission
established under the Code section to avoid ambiguity with
members of the Iowa utilities commission.
Section 481A.6: Eliminates a semicolon in a provision
relating to the natural resource commission and separates the
provision into several sentences to enhance readability.
Sections 481A.31 and 481A.34: Amends provisions to conform
to preferred Code style and enhance readability.
Sections 489.102 and 489.103: Adjusts punctuation to
enhance readability, corrects an incorrect cross reference, and
corrects grammar.
Sections 509A.1 and 509A.11: Moves definitions contained in
Code section 509A.11 to the beginning of the Code chapter.
Section 514C.12A: Corrects a date reference of “July 1,
1996” to “July 1, 2023” to align with the effective date of the
Code section in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 127.
Section 514I.10: Adjusts language from “equals” to “equals
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or exceeds” to clarify income ranges for certain eligibility.
Section 515.12: Revises an applicability provision to
correctly describe a mutual insurance company’s authority to
maintain guaranty capital under Code section 515.20.
Section 527.3: Strikes an unnecessary reference to the
location where the terms “central routing unit” and “data
processing center” are defined.
Section 537.2510: Revises a cross reference to the Code
chapter under which motor vehicle dealers are licensed to align
with similar references throughout the Code.
Section 543B.62: Revises two cross references that include
multiple Code sections to conform to the preferred style of
such references.
Section 549.3: Replaces “agree” with “agrees” to correct
grammar.
Sections 592.9, 613.20, 625A.3, and 625A.6: Adjusts use of
commas in lists and other provisions to enhance readability.
Section 708.1: Changes an internal reference from
subparagraph (1) to paragraph “d” to align the applicable
definitions with their scope of use in the Code section.
Section 714.19: Strikes an internal reference to the same
Code section that was inadvertently included following a change
in the 2018 substantive Code editor’s bill.
Section 717C.1: Strikes “permits” and inserts “permitting”
to correct grammar and conform language within a list of
criminal acts.
Section 904.301B: Adds serial comma to a list in a Code
section governing the duties of a director of a judicial
district department of correctional services.
Section 915.37: Combines applicable definitions into a list
within a single paragraph.
The bill directs the Code editor to change all references to
the “federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act” or the “Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act” to the “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act”, in but not limited to Code sections 124.204, 124.208,
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126.2, 155A.13A, 155A.13C, 189A.2, 189A.12, 198.7, 198.10,
204.14A, 453A.1, and 514C.26.
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