Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2314: A BILL FOR An Act relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards, and including applicability provisions
Status: In committee, February 19, 2026
An Act relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards, and including applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards, and including applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, February 12, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards, and including applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5186XS (1) je/ko S.F. 2314 DIVISION I RATIFICATION OF MAJOR RULES Section 1. Section 17A.2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. "Major rule" means a rule that does any of the following: a. Requires annual expenditures of at least two hundred thousand dollars, or combined expenditures of at least one million dollars within five years, by all affected persons including the agency itself. An express appropriation of funds enacted by the general assembly shall not be considered an expenditure for purposes of this paragraph. b. Has significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, or innovation, including significant adverse effects on individual industries or regions. c. Amends the state implementation plan under section 110 of the federal Clean Air Act as amended through January 1, 1991. Sec. 2. Section 17A.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: a. Give notice of its the agency's intended action by submitting the notice to the …