New Iowa laws taking effect July 1, 2027
2 laws take effect July 1, 2027.
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.
Crime (1)
SF 2379 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
A bill for an act relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, rights of sexual abuse victims, mental competency and civil commitment, restitution, and victim rights, and including effective date provisions.
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (This division of this Act).
This division of this Act: This division of this Act takes effect July 1, 2027.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Education (1)
HF 2493 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and including applicability provisions.
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (act).
This Act applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2027.
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 July 1, 2027 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