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KimReynolds O F F I C E O F T H E G O V E R N O R ChrisCournoyer G O V E R N O R LT G O V E R N O R June02,2026 The Honorable Paul Pate SecretaiyofStateofIowa StateCapitol Des Moines,Iowa50319 DearMr.Secretary, Iherebytransmit:
House File 2769 H-8454 Amend the amendment, H-8449, to House File 2769, as follows:
HouseFile2769,anActrelatingtoand makingappropriationstothejudicialbranch.
The aboveHouseFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.
Sincerely, Kim Reynolds Govemor ofIowa cc:
SecretaryoftheSenate Clerk of the House STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES,IOWA 50319 515.281.5211 WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV WILL MAINTAI iriiiii»iiiiiiiji!iiiniiiiriii[iiinnnT;.-.'"'.
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A S S E M B E Y H o u s e P 2 7 6 9 A NA C T R E L A T I N G TM A K I N G A P P R O P R I A J U D I C I A L BRANCH- BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
S e c t i o nJ U D I CB R A N C H .
There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the judicial branch for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026r and ending June 30r 2027, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
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<<DIVISION ___ FY 2026-2027 APPROPRIATIONS> 2.
For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court judges, district court judges, district associate judges, associate juvenile judges, associate probate judges, judicial magistrates and staff, state court administrator, clerk of the supreme court, district court administrators, clerks of the district court, juvenile court officers, board of law examiners, board of examiners of shorthand reporters, and commission on judicial qualifications;
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receipt and disbursement of child support payments;
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reimbursement of the auditor of state for expenses incurred in completing audits of the offices of the clerks of the district court during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026;
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and maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous purposes:
<DIVISION ___ JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM> 5.
$202,691,378 b.
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For deposit in the revolving fund created pursuant to section 602.1302, subsection 3, for jury and witness fees.
<DIVISION ___ JUDICIAL BRANCH SALARIES Sec.
House Pile 2769, p.
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2 mileage, costs related to summoning jurors, costs and fees for interpreters and translators, and reimbursement of attorney fees paid by the state public defender:
Section 602.1401, subsections 1 and 5, Code 2026, are amended to read as follows:
$ 3,600,000 c.
1.
For payment of expenses for court-ordered services provided to juveniles who are under the supervision of juvenile court services, which expenses are a charge upon the state pursuant to section 232.141, subsection 4:
The supreme court shall establish, and may amend, a personnel system and a pay and benefits plan for judicial officers, the state court administrator, and court employees.
$ 3,290,000 (1) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, no more than $1,556,000 is allocated to provide school-based supervision of children under chapter 232, of which no more than $25,000 may be used for purposes of training.
The personnel system shall include a designation by position title, classification, and function of each position or class of positions within the judicial branch.
(2) Notwithstanding section 232,141 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be distributed to the judicial districts as determined by the state court administrator.
Reasonable efforts shall be made to accommodate the individual staffing and management practices of the respective clerks of the district court.
The state court administrator shall make the determination of the distribution amounts within thirty days of the date on which t h a n n u c e n sd a ti sr e l e a s e d .
The personnel system, in the employment of court employees, shall not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, national origin, religion, physical disability, or political party preference.
(3) Notwithstanding chapter 232 or any other provision of law to the contrary, a district or juvenile court shall not order any service which is a charge upon the state pursuant to section 232.141 if there are insufficient court-ordered services moneys available in the district court distribution amounts to pay for the service.
The supreme court, in establishing the personnel system, shall implement the comparable worth directives issued by the state court administrator under section 602.1204, subsection 2.
The chief juvenile court officer shall encourage use of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph such that there are sufficient moneys to pay for all court-ordered services during the entire fiscal year.
The personnel system shall include the prohibitions against sexual harassment of full-time, part-time, and temporary employees set out in section 19B.12, and shall include a grievance procedure for H 8449.4427 (1) 91 -1- lh/ns 1/3 discriminatory harassment.
The chief juvenile court officer shall attempt to anticipate potential surpluses and shortfalls in the distribution amounts and shall cooperatively request the state court administrator to transfer moneys between the judicial districts' distribution amounts as prudent.
The personnel system shall develop and distribute at the time of hiring or orientation, a guide that describes for employees the applicable sexual harassment prohibitions and grievance, violation, and disposition procedures.
(4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a district or juvenile court shall not order a county to pay for any service provided to a juvenile pursuant to an order entered under chapter 232 which is a charge upon the state under section 232.141, subsection 4.
This subsection does not supersede the remedies provided under chapter 216.
House File 2769, p.
3 (5) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, no more than $83,000 may be used by the judicial branch for administration of the requirements under this lettered paragraph.
(6) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, an amount not t o exceed the actual cost o f the annual membership fee is allocated to the judicial branch to support the interstate commission for juveniles in accordance with the interstate compact for juveniles as provided in section 3 2 .
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(7) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2029.
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For juvenile delinquent graduated sanctions services pursuant to section 232.192:
$ 12,253,000 (1) Any state moneys saved as a result of efforts by juvenile court services to earn a federal fund match pursuant to Tit.
IV-E of the federal Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018, Pub.
L.
No.
115-123, for juvenile court services administration is appropriated to the judicial branch for purposes of this lettered paragraph.
(2) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2029.
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e.
For salaries of business court judges and the establishment and operation of a specialty business court pursuant to 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 639, if enacted:
$ 500,000 2.
The judicial branch, except for purposes of internal processing, shall use the current state budget system, the state payroll system, and the Iowa finance and accounting system in administration of programs and payments for services, and shall not duplicate the state payroll, accounting, and budgeting systems.
House File 2769, p.
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The judicial branch shall submit monthly financial statements to the legislative services agency and the department of management containing all appropriated accounts in the same manner as provided in the monthly financial status reports and personal services usage reports of the department of administrative services.
The monthly financial statements must include a comparison of the dollars and percentage spent of budgeted versus actual revenues and expenditures on a cumulative basis for full-time equivalent positions and d o l l a r s .
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The judicial branch shall focus efforts upon the collection of delinquent fines, penalties, court costs, fees, surcharges, or similar amounts.
It is the intent of the general assembly that the offices of the clerks of the district court operate in all 99 counties and be accessible to the public as much as is reasonably possible in order to address the relative needs of the citizens of each county.
The pay and benefits plan shall set the compensation and benefits of judicial officers, the state court administrator, and court employees within the funds appropriated by the general assembly.
An office of the clerk of the district court shall be open regular courthouse hours.
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In addition to the requirements for transfers under section 8.39, the judicial branch shall not change the appropriations from the amounts appropriated to the judicial branch in this Act unless notice of the revisions is given to the legislative services agency prior to the effective date.
The notice must include information on the judicial branch's rationale for making the changes and details concerning the workload and performance measures upon which the changes are b a s e d .
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The judicial branch shall submit a semiannual update to the legislative services agency and department of management specifying the amounts of fines, surcharges, and court costs collected using the Iowa court information system since the last report.
The judicial branch shall continue to facilitate the sharing of vital sentencing and other information with other state departments and governmental agencies involved in the criminal justice system through the Iowa court information system.
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The judicial branch shall provide a report to the general assembly and department of management by January 1, 2027, House Pile 2769, p.
5 concerning the amounts received and expended from the court technology and modernization fund created in section 602.8108, subsection 7, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, and the plans for expenditures from the fund during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027.
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CIVIL TRIALS — LOCATION.
Section 602.1502, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended by striking the subsection.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, if all parties in a case agree, a civil trial including a jury trial may take place in a county contiguous to the county with proper jurisdiction, even if the contiguous county is located in an adjacent judicial district or judicial election district.
If the trial is moved pursuant to this section, court personnel shall treat the case as if a change of venue occurred.
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TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT.
Section 602.6808, subsection 1, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, Senate File 639, section 8, is amended to read as follows:
Notwithstanding section 602.1509, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, a judicial officer may waive travel reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer's county of residence to conduct official judicial business.
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JUDICIAL OFFICER — UNPAID LEAVE.
Notwithstanding the annual salary rates for judicial officers established by Iowa Acts, chapter 158, section 6, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the supreme court may by order place all judicial officers on unpaid leave status on any day employees of the judicial branch are placed on temporary layoff status.
The biweekly pay of the judicial officers shall be reduced accordingly for the pay period in which the unpaid leave date occurred in the same manner as for noncontract employees of the judicial branch.
Through the course of the fiscal year, the judicial branch may use an amount equal to the aggregate amount of salary reductions due to the judicial officer unpaid leave days for any purpose other than for judicial salaries.
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5 I O W A C O M M U N I C A T I OI t i s t h e i n t e n t of the general assembly that the judicial branch utilize the Iowa communications network or other secure electronic communications in lieu of traveling for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027.
House File 2769, p.
6 Sec.
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Section 602,1202, Code 2026, is amended to read as f o l l o w s :
602.1202 Judicial council.
A judicial council is established, consisting of the chief judges of the judicial districts, the chief judge of the court of appeals, and the chief justice who shall be the chairperson.
A judge of the business court shall receive the annual salary set for a district judge under section 602.1501 602.1401.
The council shall convene not less than twice each year at times and places as ordered by the chief justice.
The council shall advise the supreme court with respect to the supervision and administration of the judicial branch.
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A meeting of the judicial council in which the judicial retirement system is discussed shall not be held as a closed s e s s iunder s e c t 2 1 .
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Section 602.9102, Code 2026, is amended to read as f o l l o w s :
Section 602.9104, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
602.9102 Administered by court administrator.
a.
A judge to whom this article applies shall be paid an amount equal to the basic salary of the judge as set by the general assembly pursuant to section 602.1401 reduced by an amount designated as the judge’s required contribution to the judicial retirement fund.
The amount designated as the judge’s required contribution shall be paid by the state in the manner provided in subsection 2.
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Section 602.9204, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
a.
A judge who retires on or after July 1, 1994, and who is appointed a senior judge under section 602.9203 shall be paid a salary as determined by the general assembly pursuant to section 602.1401.
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Section 602.9303, subsection 1, if enacted by 2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2706, section 30, is amended to read as H 8449.4427 (1) 91 -2- lh/ns 2/3 follows:
The court administrator shall be vested v/ith authority is authorized to administer the system and related reports and may promulgate rules therefor not inconsistent with the provisions © #t h ia r t i c l e .
A magistrate who retires on or after the effective date of this division of this Act, and who is appointed a senior magistrate under section 602.9302, shall be paid a salary as determined by the general assembly pursuant to section 602.1401 .
T h e s t a t e c o u r t a d m s h a l l a d t h e e judicial council on all determinations made by the state court administrator concerning the judicial retirement system.
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Ml PAT GRASSLEj^ AMY SINOBAIR Speaker of the House President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2769, Ninety-first General Assembly.
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N E L S O N Chief cfcerk of^Bie House Approved W , 2026 K I M R E Y N O L D S G o v e r n o r
REPEAL.
2026 Iowa Acts, House File 2706, sections 35, 36, and 37, if enacted, are repealed.
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REPEAL.
Section 602.1501, Code 2026, is repealed.
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JUDICIAL OFFICERS —— CURRENT SALARY RATES SUPERSEDED.
For purposes of 2025 Iowa Acts, chapter 158, section 6, subsection 1, this division of this Act shall be deemed as the provision of salary rates for judicial officers by the general assembly for fiscal years subsequent to the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.
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JUDICIAL OFFICER SALARY INCREASE.
It is the intent of the general assembly that the judicial branch increase the salaries for judicial officers by four and three-tenths percent for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027.
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EFFECTIVE DATE.
This division of this Act takes effect June 19, 2026.> ___.
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By renumbering as necessary.
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