Bills affecting Veteran / service member in Iowa — 2026 session

A bill for an act relating to driver's licenses marked to reflect veteran status.

A bill for an act providing a tax credit for car registration fees paid by a disabled veteran available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to persons eligible for special registration plates with a veteran processed emblem.(Formerly HF 292.)

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; community health centers reimbursement; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with substance abuse disorders or mental illness; behavioral health expenditure report; and opioid settlement fund; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 777.)

A bill for an act relating to qualifications to serve as a commissioner or an executive director for a county commission of veteran affairs. Effective date: 07/01/2026

A bill for an act allowing a county to certify taxes for a supplemental levy for general county services for the maintenance and operation of a county commission of veteran affairs.

A bill for an act relating to state services and benefits provided to veterans, including state grants, public assistance programs, business fee waivers, substance use disorder programs, mental health and disability services, undergraduate tuition and fees, disabled veteran tax credits, department of natural resources' licenses and fees, civil litigation priority, permit to carry weapons fees, vehicle registration fees, and driver's licenses, making penalties applicable, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 912.)

A bill for an act relating to unpaid leave for appointments with a county commission of veteran affairs.

A bill for an act modifying school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.(Formerly HSB 2.)

A bill for an act relating to state services and benefits provided to veterans, including state grants, public assistance programs, business fee waivers, substance use disorder programs, mental health and disability services, undergraduate tuition and fees, disabled veteran tax credits, department of natural resources' licenses and fees, permit to carry weapons fees, vehicle registration fees, and driver's licenses, making penalties applicable, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 469.)

A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle special registration plate decals created by a nonprofit veterans' organization or associated with military service, and providing fees.

A bill for an act relating to the design of special registration plates with a distinguishing processed emblem associated with military service, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 624.)

A bill for an act relating to property tax exemptions by changing the homestead tax exemption to a credit for owners attaining sixty-five years of age and increasing the military service tax exemption, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle special registration plate decals created by a nonprofit veterans' organization or associated with military service, and providing fees.(See SF 151, SF 637.)

A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle special registration plate decals created by a nonprofit veterans' organization or associated with military service, and providing fees.(Formerly SF 36; See SF 637.)

A bill for an act establishing the dependent of a disabled veteran tuition grant program within the college student aid commission and making appropriations.

A bill for an act relating to compulsory education, including by modifying provisions related to absenteeism and truancy policies adopted by school districts and school attendance requirements related to children who are undergoing military entrance processing or who are engaged in military service.

A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle special registration plate decals created by a nonprofit veterans' organization or associated with military service, and providing fees.(Formerly SF 151, SF 36.)

A bill for an act relating to the disabled veteran homestead tax credit and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; prior appropriations; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with mental illness or substance abuse disorders; child abuse prevention; creation of a comprehensive family support program; and repeal of expenditure projections for state child care assistance and adoption subsidy programs; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 3192.)