P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} *OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR*  
*Governor Kim Reynolds *★ *Lt. Governor Chris Cournoyer*     
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 6, 2025 
MEDIA CONTACT: Mason Mauro, (515) 745-2840, [email protected] 
   *Gov. Reynolds signs list of bills into law*  DES MOINES— Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed the following bills into law:   _HF 189 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in nonpublic schools to compete in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions provided by public schools, and including effective date provisions.    _HF 395 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to approved courses of instruction for school bus drivers, and including effective date provisions.     _HF 706 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.    _HF 711 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, including establishment training programs, schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, and course of study.   _HF 767 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act concerning private sector employee drug testing.    _HF 787 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil, teacher preparation requirements, out-of-state placement of certain specified students requiring special education, the duties of the Department of Education, and minimum teacher salaries, and including effective date provisions.  _HF 870 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to students who attend a course in religious instruction that is provided by a private organization, including by modifying provisions related to compulsory education and chronic absenteeism.    _HF 876 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act providing for the disclosure of lead service lines in real estate disclosures and including effective date provisions.    _HF 890 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to community college and Department of Education reporting requirements, the National Board Certification Pilot Project, employees of the Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Program or the Iowa School for the Deaf, and the employment contracts between community colleges and community college instructors, and including effective date provisions.    _HF 975 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the Economic Development Authority and the Iowa Finance Authority including the strategic infrastructure program, Brownfield, Grayfield, and redevelopment tax credits, community attraction and tourism, Vision Iowa, sports tourism marketing, the historic preservation tax credit, homelessness, the Title Guaranty Board, arts and culture, and the Iowa Reinvestment Act and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions.   _HF 976 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to the administration of the tax by the Department of Revenue by modifying provisions related to personal income, property, sales and use, motor fuel, and inheritance taxes, changing tax expenditure revies, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.    _HF 979 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to vehicles operating with a permit for excessive size or weight, and providing fees.     _HF 1038 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to the Opioid Settlement Fund, making appropriations and disbursements, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.  Gov. Reynolds released the following statement after signing HF 1038:   “The opioid crisis continues to impact Iowa families,” Gov. Reynolds said. “I’m thankful the legislature reached an opioid settlement fund agreement this session to immediately distribute $29 million to providers and appropriate ongoing available funds to support early intervention, prevention, treatment, and recovery.”  _SF 146 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to the use or creation of bots to purchase event tickets on the internet, and providing civil penalties.    _SF 175 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curricula provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades five through twelve.    _SF 253 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act creating a lifetime fur harvester license for disabled veterans.    _SF 288 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to students who are pregnant or who recently gave birth who attend state institutions of higher education governed by the Board of Regents and community colleges.     _SF 588 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act concerning local government notice requirements on certain actions.    _SF 593 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act providing for the preparation and filing of a district parcel record that identifies all parcels contained within a drainage or levee district that is part of a county.    _SF 612 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to state and local taxation and regulations by changing certain tax credits, cigarette and tobacco-related regulations, and certain city budget certification deadlines, providing for penalties, and including retroactive applicability and effective date provisions.    _SF 615 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to work requirements for the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan, public assistance programs, an Information Technology Fund, the Public Assistance Modernization Fund, and the Medicaid for Employed People with Disabilities Program, and including effective date provisions.  Gov. Reynolds released the following statement after signing SF 615:  “It is a priority of mine to ensure our government programs reflect a culture of work,” Gov. Reynolds said. “If you are an able-bodied adult who can work, you should work. We need to return Medicaid back to its intended purpose—to provide coverage to the people who truly need it.”    _SF 632 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act providing for programs and regulations related to agriculture, including crop production, animal health, and agricultural processing, providing for powers and duties for the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, providing fees, and providing penalties.    _SF 641 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the Department of Health and Human Services, including administrative services organizations, child foster care, child and dependent adult abuse, internal audit and examination information, and the Region Incentive Fund in the Mental Health and Disability Services Regional Service Fund, health maintenance organization’s premium tax, and making appropriations and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.    _SF 657 [ [link removed] ]_: A bill for an act related to state taxation and finance and other related matters, by creating, modifying, and elimination tax credits and tax incentive programs, providing for penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.       # # #  

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