Bill
SF 628
Provides FY2026 DOT funding from Road Use Tax and Primary Road funds, and authorizes paying driver's license/nonoperator ID production costs from related fee revenues.
Note on bill identity
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Summary — Senate File 628 (Iowa) — Transportation and infrastructure appropriations (FY 2025–2026)
Purpose and intent
- SF 628 provides appropriations from three road‑related funds to the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) for the fiscal year July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, and makes a targeted statutory change to allow appropriations for the production/distribution costs of driver’s licenses and nonoperator identification cards.
Key provisions and changes
- Appropriations from the Road Use Tax Fund (RUTF) to the DOT for FY2026, including line items for transportation operations, motor vehicle services, system modernization, and county driver’s license/registration automation.
- Appropriations from the Primary Road Fund (PRF) to the DOT for FY2026, including large allocations for transportation operations, inventory/equipment replacement, facility maintenance and a Waterloo maintenance garage renovation.
- Amendment to Iowa Code §321.145(2)(a): adds a new subparagraph authorizing an appropriation (not to exceed revenues from fees charged for driver’s licenses and nonoperator IDs) to pay the costs of producing and distributing those credentials.
- Reversion/availability rule: specified appropriations for certain multi‑year projects (listed in the bill) do not revert at year end but remain available until the close of the fiscal year three years after the appropriation’s fiscal year—unless the project completes earlier, in which case remaining funds revert at that earlier year end.
Major funding amounts (FY2025–2026)
- Road Use Tax Fund:
- Transportation operations: $17,611,473
- Motor vehicles: $32,710,876 (294.00 FTEs)
- County DL/vehicle registration automation: $1,406,000
- Motor vehicle division systems modernization: $20,000,000
- Other items (utilities, workers’ comp, software, maintenance, etc.) totaling several smaller appropriations
- Primary Road Fund:
- Transportation operations: $346,489,821 (2,363.00 FTEs)
- Inventory and equipment replacement: $40,818,240
- Waterloo maintenance garage renovation: $18,897,387
- Facility maintenance/resurfacing and interoperability network: several million combined
- Utilities, unemployment, workers’ comp, indirect costs, and audit reimbursements included
Who is affected / impacts
- Iowa Department of Transportation: major operational and capital funding for FY2026, staffing levels supported as noted.
- County auditor/treasurers and local offices that issue driver’s licenses/registrations: funding for modernization/automation and explicit statutory authority for DOT to receive appropriations to cover DL/ID production/distribution costs (limited to fee revenue).
- Contractors, vendors, and local communities involved in DOT maintenance, garage renovation, and systems modernization projects.
- State budget/fiscal management: use and multi‑year availability of specified appropriations (reversion language).
Procedural / timeline
- Introduced (Iowa Legislature): Jan 27, 2025.
- Committee action: Appropriations committee recommended passage (committee vote 25–0).
- Senate passage: April 23, 2025 (yeas 48, nays 0).
- House passage: May 13, 2025 (yeas 87, nays 4).
- Enrolled and sent to Governor; signed by Governor Kim Reynolds: June 11, 2025.
- Companion bill: HF 1808.
Additional notes
- The bill’s reversion language allows multi‑year spending flexibility for certain projects (systems modernization, facility projects), while protecting against indefinite availability if projects complete sooner.
- The statutory change tying DL/ID production appropriations to fee revenues ensures the costs are paid from related fees rather than the general fund.
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