SF 2463 Iowa Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act concerning the executive branch rulemaking process, including the uniform rules on agency procedure and review and regulatory readoption of rules, and including effective date provisions.

This bill updates Iowa's administrative rules by removing outdated provisions related to agency procedures and replacing them with new uniform rules that will take effect on July 1, 2026. It directly affects state agencies by rescinding over 100 existing administrative rules that previously covered topics like rulemaking processes, petitions, and contested cases, while ensuring those old rules remain in effect for any legal proceedings started before the new date. The legislation also allows agencies to create emergency rules if they need to comply with legal obligations or determine a rule is necessary, without requiring a regulatory analysis, though this emergency rule authority ends on July 1, 2026.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Mar 3, 2026 Signed Apr 16, 2026
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MINOR
The document was converted from a Governor's signature page into a clean reprint of the legislative bill text. The substantive policy content, including the list of administrative rules being rescinded and the amendments to agency procedure, remains unchanged. The only modifications are the removal of the Governor's signature block and the addition of standard reprint headers and page numbers.
TECHNICAL

Removed the Governor's signature page, including the date, recipient address, and official signature block.

Added reprint headers, committee information, and page numbering to the top of the document.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2026

How they voted

3113
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 49
Apr 8, 2026
D Democratic15
13 Nay 2
86% Nay
R Republican34
31 Yea 3
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Apr 16, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Apr 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 93, nays 0.
lower
Apr 8, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 30, nays 15.
upper
Apr 8, 2026
Introduced
Amendment S-5171 filed, adopted.
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.