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IA SF659

Bill

Status

Passed

6/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Appropriations

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Limits FY 2025-2026 appropriations for nonpublic school pupil transportation to $8,997,091 and sets instructional support state aid to zero, while reducing school district state aid by $25 million and $7.5 million respectively through formula adjustments

  • Creates new chapter 232E establishing Department of Health and Human Services investigations of student abuse by school employees, requiring mandatory administrative leave during investigations and termination if abuse is confirmed

  • Establishes Iowa horse racing fund to collect 2% tax on advance deposit wagering and simulcast horse race revenues for compliance with federal Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020

  • Requires automatic rescheduling of crystalline polymorph psilocybin (COMP 360) from Schedule I upon FDA approval, allowing prescription, distribution, and marketing in Iowa

  • Directs state fire marshal to conduct study on countywide fire protection services by June 30, 2026, and establishes legislative interim study committees on all-terrain vehicle highway operation and subacute mental health care services

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to state government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers; authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds; providing for properly related matters including crystalline polymorph psilocybin, medical residency and fellowship positions, state membership in the Iowa individual health benefit reinsurance association, student abuse by school employees, modified supplemental amounts for school budgets, wagering taxes, a state fire marshal study, certain legislative interim studies, and 911 emergency communications services; making corrections; and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1241.) Effective date: 06/11/2025, 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 01/01/2020, 04/30/2025, 07/01/2025.

Last Action

Signed by Governor. S.J. 1054.

6/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations5/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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