HSB 59 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act providing for public availability of certain financial information of regents institutions and including effective date provisions.

This bill requires Iowa's public universities (controlled by the state board of regents) to publicly post detailed financial data online, including budgets, expenditures, vendors, and contracts exceeding $1,000. Institutions must make this information searchable on their homepage with no more than three clicks, updated regularly, and retained for ten years without requiring login. Required data includes department-level budgets, salary reports, spending on diversity/inclusion initiatives, and a full transaction log of all expenditures over $1,000. The law takes effect December 1, 2025.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Feb 10, 2025
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Total actions
8
Key actions
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Committee
7
Feb 10, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 296.
legislature
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 7. Nays, 3. Excused, 1.
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Jan 28, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2025 3:00PM House Lounge 2.
legislature
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee reassigned: Shipley, Collins and Kurth.
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Shipley, Collins and Jacoby.
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Higher Education.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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