Iowa Education Legislative Watch
State

Appropriations Committee

Monday, March 16, 2026, 4:15 pm · RM 103

Met

Agenda

  1. Call to Order

    Call to Order Roll Call Assignment of Bills: HF 882 – Bossman (chair), Blom, Zabner HF 1047 – Lohse (chair), R Johnson, Stone HF 2466 – Collins (chair), Cooling, Gehlbach, Mohr, Nielsen HF 2468 – A Meyer (chair), Matson, Wilz HF 2537 – A Meyer (chair), R Johnson, Lawler HF 2559 - Latham (chair), Weldon, Wilburn HF 2661 – Sorensen (chair), Latham, Nielsen HF 2699 – Gehlbach (chair), Matson, Stone HF 2739 – A Meyer (chair) Mohr, Srinivas HSB 759 – A Meyer, chair, R Johnson, Weldon Consideration of Bills, if ready: HF 2739 – A Meyer Other ready bills, at the chair’s discretion Other Business Adjourn

    HF 1047: A bill for an act relating to prison infrastructure.(Formerly HSB 333; See HF 2753.)HF 2466: Expands apprenticeships, career training, and school apprenticeship access in IowaHF 2468: A bill for an act creating the Iowa rural health transformation fund and making appropriations.(Formerly HSB 619; See HF 2743.)HF 2537: A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund.(Formerly HF 2315; See HF 2781.)HF 2559: A bill for an act relating to the housing renewal pilot program, including repayments of interest and income, and recaptures or returns of financial assistance awards.HF 2661: A bill for an act relating to the establishment of programs administered by the economic development authority, including the interactive digital entertainment program, game studio investment matching program, game industry fellowship program, and game studio grant program, and making appropriations.(Formerly HSB 728.)HF 2699: Overhauls charter school rules and ends innovation zone schoolsHF 2739: A bill for an act relating to state finances by modifying the taxes imposed on health maintenance organizations, making transfers from the taxpayer relief fund, making and supplementing appropriations to the department of health and human services, and including effective date, contingent effective date, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 762.) Contingent effective date, effective 03/25/2026. Applicability date: 01/01/2026.HF 882: A bill for an act relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations.(Formerly HF 729; See HF 2793.)HSB 759: A bill for an act establishing a pilot program in the department of health and human services to refurbish and recondition durable medical equipment purchased under the medical assistance program.