HF 1028: A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisions. - Iowa

Enrolled with Governor's Action → Reprinted · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reprinted to reflect its status as a successor to previous bills (HF 756 and HSB 72) and updated to align with the 2025 Code. The most significant change is the addition of a new requirement for the Department of Management to notify legislative committee chairpersons before making interdepartmental transfers, giving them time to review and potentially disapprove the transfer. Other changes include minor formatting updates, a correction to the fiscal year start date for technology funding, and the removal of several prohibited contract terms that were present in the original version.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on departmental management, interdepartmental transfers, technology funding, and IT staff background checks, but the applicability of transfer rules has been modified to include a legislative review process.

REQUIREMENT

Added a mandatory notification process requiring the Director of Management to inform legislative committee chairpersons before making interdepartmental transfers, allowing for a review period where the Legislative Council can vote to disapprove the transfer.

FISCAL

Corrected the fiscal year start date for the technology reinvestment fund appropriation from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2025, and updated the initial appropriation amount to $18.269 million from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund.

DEFINITION

Updated statutory references from the 2026 Code to the 2025 Code throughout the text to reflect current legal citations.

ENFORCEMENT

Removed several specific prohibited contract terms, including clauses requiring venue outside Iowa, mandatory arbitration, jury trial waivers, and provisions allowing the department to pay late payment charges or interest exceeding legal limits.

TECHNICAL

Added header information identifying the bill as a successor to HF 756 and HSB 72, and included committee and printing metadata.

TIMELINE

Adjusted the timeline for the technology reinvestment fund, changing the initial appropriation period to begin in fiscal year 2025 rather than 2026.

Enrolled → Enrolled with Governor's Action · 6 edits · May 13, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was reorganized from a line-by-line amendment format into a clean, numbered statutory text. Substantively, it establishes a new 'Technology Reinvestment Fund' to finance state IT projects, sets specific funding amounts from the General Fund and Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, and mandates that projects prioritize rural access and scalability. It also introduces stricter background check requirements for IT staff and prohibits specific unfair contract terms, such as mandatory arbitration and venue restrictions outside Iowa.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include the creation of a dedicated technology funding mechanism and new contract prohibitions, while the applicability of interdepartmental transfers remains unchanged.

FISCAL

Created a new 'Technology Reinvestment Fund' with specific appropriations of $17.5 million annually from the General Fund and a one-time transfer of $18.2 million from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund.

REQUIREMENT

Mandated that the Department of Management prioritize IT projects based on criteria including alignment with state strategy, scalability, and improved access for rural communities.

Established a requirement for annual reports to the Legislative Services Agency and the Department of Management detailing project status, costs, and completion dates.

Expanded background check requirements for IT staff to include a national criminal history check through the FBI every five years.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a new section prohibiting contracts from including terms that waive jury trials, mandate arbitration, or require litigation outside of Iowa state or federal courts.

TECHNICAL

Converted the bill text from a verbose line-by-line amendment style into a standard, numbered statutory format for clarity and readability.

Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) → Enrolled · 4 edits · May 13, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was finalized by removing the Governor's signature page and correcting formatting errors. Substantively, the text was cleaned up to fix typos, standardize capitalization, and correct punctuation in legal definitions and funding amounts.

TECHNICAL

Removed the Governor's signature page and corrected the date from 2026 to 2025 in the signature block.

Fixed formatting and numbering inconsistencies in the bill text, such as stray line breaks and misaligned section headers.

Corrected typos and punctuation errors, including fixing 'bincereiy' to 'Sincerely' and 'Kirh^eynold' to 'Kim Reynolds'.

Standardized capitalization and punctuation in legal definitions and funding descriptions, such as changing 'state's' to 'state's' and fixing hyphenation in dollar amounts.

Introduced → Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) · 5 edits · May 13, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was transformed from a draft legislative proposal into a signed executive message and final enrolled act. The final version corrects the effective dates to fiscal years 2025 and 2026, adjusts specific funding amounts for the technology reinvestment fund, and refines the list of prohibited contract terms to ensure state compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on technology infrastructure funding and contract prohibitions, but the applicability dates were shifted forward by one year in the final version compared to the draft.

TIMELINE

The effective dates for appropriations were updated from 2023-2024 in the draft to 2025-2026 in the final version, aligning with the current fiscal year cycle.

FISCAL

Specific dollar amounts appropriated to the technology reinvestment fund were adjusted; for example, the transfer from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for the 2025 fiscal year was changed from $18,390,290 to $18,269,217.

REQUIREMENT

The list of prohibited contract terms was refined to explicitly ban clauses that waive jury trials, impose late fees exceeding statutory limits, or require arbitration, ensuring vendors cannot force unfavorable dispute resolution on the state.

ENFORCEMENT

The final version includes a formal transmission letter from the Governor to the Secretary of State, officially approving the bill and establishing its legal status as an enrolled act.

TECHNICAL

Several text errors found in the draft, such as typos in the signature block and inconsistent formatting in the list of prohibited terms, were corrected in the final version.

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