Iowa Senate Bill SSB3189

Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 3/17/26
• Refer: 3/17/26

Caption

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, including the department of administrative services, auditor of state, ethics and campaign disclosure board, offices of governor and lieutenant governor, department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, department of insurance and financial services, department of management, Iowa public employees' retirement system, public information board, department of revenue, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and utilities commission.(See SF 2479.)

Summary

SSB3189 is the governor’s proposed budget bill for FY 2026-2027 covering state government administration and regulation. It appropriates funds to a wide range of agencies and offices, including the Department of Administrative Services, Auditor of State, Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing, Department of Insurance and Financial Services, Department of Management, IPERS, Iowa Public Information Board, Department of Revenue, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, and the Iowa Utilities Commission. The bill sets operating budgets, authorizes certain revolving and internal fund expenditures, and includes specific directives on how some appropriations may be used, carried forward, or reallocated. The bill also makes several policy and fund-structure changes. It amends provisions governing fee deposits and transfers, including moving certain consumer fireworks, amusement device, and professional boxing-related revenues into the licensing and regulation fund; requiring all nonexamination revenues related to insurance regulation to be deposited in the commerce revolving fund; and limiting a standing appropriation for tobacco product manufacturer enforcement. It also modifies how some agencies may use or retain fees, and it creates or continues special funding arrangements for items such as IowAccess, the Iowa ABLE savings plan, and the captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund.

Impact

The bill primarily affects state budget law and several code sections governing agency funding, fee disposition, and fund transfers. It appropriates general fund, special fund, and revolving fund moneys for FY 2026-2027, authorizes carryforward of certain unspent balances, and directs agencies on reporting, reimbursement, and spending authority. It also amends statutes in chapters 10A, 90A, 99B, and 505, among others, to redirect fee revenue and revise fund destinations, which changes how regulatory programs are financed and administered.

Sentiment

Because no committee transcript or vote record is provided, the available context shows only the bill’s introduced status and the governor-budget framing. The bill’s structure suggests a routine appropriations measure with broad administrative support, and it includes several operational directives that appear intended to maintain agency functions and regulatory programs. Overall sentiment cannot be measured from votes or debate, but the bill reads as a standard executive budget proposal rather than a controversial policy overhaul.

Contention

The most notable potential points of contention are the fund and fee changes. Redirecting consumer fireworks, amusement device, and professional boxing revenues into the licensing and regulation fund may draw attention from affected industries or local grant recipients who previously benefited from those dedicated revenues. Likewise, requiring all nonexamination insurance-related revenues to go to the commerce revolving fund instead of partly to the general fund could be debated as a budgetary shift. The bill also gives agencies flexibility to reallocate funds and retain unspent balances, which may interest fiscal oversight advocates, while reporting requirements on fraud investigations and health-facility regulation suggest legislative concern about accountability and transparency.