New Iowa laws taking effect January 1, 2026
5 laws take effect January 1, 2026.
Of the 370 bills enacted since 2025, 363 have an effective date and 7 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Nov 1, 2026 at 5:10 p.m. EST.
Taxes (2)
HF 994 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
A bill for an act concerning quarterly reports on and payments of beer barrel and wine gallonage taxes, and including effective date provisions.
How we got this date
This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.
SF 605 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
A bill for an act relating to state income tax withholdings on winnings from sports wagering, and including effective date provisions.
How we got this date
This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.
Education (1)
HF 395 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
A bill for an act relating to approved courses of instruction for school bus drivers, and including effective date provisions.
How we got this date
This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.
Elections (1)
HF 954 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Division containing Section 21).
Division containing Section 21: This division of this Act takes effect January 1, 2026.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Housing (1)
HF 876 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
A bill for an act providing for the disclosure of lead service lines in real estate disclosures and including effective date provisions.
How we got this date
This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.
Enacted, but not yet dated (7)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HF 2498UnresolvedA bill for an act enacting the interstate podiatric medical licensure compact.two clauses set different dates for the same provision
- HF 2771ContingentA bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection, and including contingent effective date provisions.2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2748 becoming law
- HF 300ContingentA bill for an act enacting the physician assistant licensure compact.Compact comes into effect on the date it is enacted into law in the seventh participating state
- HF 532ContingentA bill for an act enacting the dietitian licensure compact.Compact statute enacted into law in the seventh member state
- HF 547ContingentA bill for an act enacting the respiratory care interstate compact.Compact takes effect when enacted into law in the seventh member state
- HF 645ContingentA bill for an act relating to nuisance actions against racing facilities and racetracks.Applies to claims against racing facilities and racetracks located in the state prior to the date the surrounding real property owner acquired or improved the real property.
- SF 2139ContingentA bill for an act enacting the athletic trainer compact.Compact statute enacted into law in the seventh member state