House File 969 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 969 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 266) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 26, 2025 ) A BILL FOR An Act concerning retirement contributions of and benefits 1 associated with cancer diagnoses of members of certain 2 public retirement systems, and including effective date 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 HF 969 (3) 91 sc/ns/md
H.F. 969 Section 1. Section 97A.1, subsection 6, Code 2025, is 1 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu 2 thereof the following: 3 6. Cancer means a group of diseases involving abnormal 4 cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other 5 parts of the body. 6 Sec. 2. Section 97B.11, subsection 3, paragraphs b and c, 7 Code 2025, are amended to read as follows: 8 b. For members in special service in a protection occupation 9 as described in section 97B.49B : 10 (1) Applicable employee percentage means the percentage 11 rate equal to forty percent of the required contribution rate 12 for members described in section 97B.49B . For the fiscal year 13 beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter, 14 the system shall increase the applicable employee percentage 15 calculated under this subparagraph for that fiscal year by one 16 hundred twenty-five thousandths of one percent. 17 (2) Applicable employer percentage means the percentage 18 rate equal to sixty percent of the required contribution rate 19 for members described in section 97B.49B . For the fiscal year 20 beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter, 21 the system shall decrease the applicable employer percentage 22 calculated under this subparagraph for that fiscal year by one 23 hundred twenty-five thousandths of one percent. 24 c. For members in special service as a county sheriff or 25 deputy sheriff as described in section 97B.49C : 26 (1) Applicable employee percentage means the percentage 27 rate equal to fifty percent of the required contribution rate 28 for members described in section 97B.49C . For the fiscal year 29 beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter, 30 the system shall increase the applicable employee percentage 31 calculated under this subparagraph for that fiscal year by one 32 hundred twenty-five thousandths of one percent. 33 (2) Applicable employer percentage means the percentage 34 rate equal to fifty percent of the required contribution rate 35 -1- HF 969 (3) 91 sc/ns/md 1/ 3
H.F. 969 for members described in section 97B.49C . For the fiscal year 1 beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter, 2 the system shall decrease the applicable employer percentage 3 calculated under this subparagraph for that fiscal year by one 4 hundred twenty-five thousandths of one percent. 5 Sec. 3. Section 411.1, subsection 6, Code 2025, is amended 6 by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the 7 following: 8 6. Cancer means a group of diseases involving abnormal 9 cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other 10 parts of the body. 11 Sec. 4. Section 411.8, subsection 1, paragraph f, 12 subparagraph (8), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 13 (8) Beginning July 1, 1996, and each fiscal year thereafter, 14 an amount equal to the members contribution rate times each 15 members compensation shall be paid to the fund from the 16 earnable compensation of the member. For the purposes of this 17 subparagraph, the members contribution rate shall be nine and 18 thirty-five hundredths percent until June 30, 2009, nine and 19 four-tenths percent until June 30, 2024, and, beginning July 20 1, 2024, nine and fifty-five hundredths percent until June 21 30, 2025, and, beginning July 1, 2025, nine and six hundred 22 seventy-five thousandths percent . However, the system shall 23 increase the members contribution rate as necessary to cover 24 any increase in cost to the system resulting from statutory 25 changes which are enacted by any session of the general 26 assembly meeting after January 1, 1991, if the increase cannot 27 be absorbed within the contribution rates otherwise established 28 pursuant to this paragraph, but subject to a maximum employee 29 contribution rate of eleven and three-tenths percent or, 30 beginning July 1, until June 30, 2009, eleven and thirty-five 31 hundredths percent until June 30, 2025, and, beginning July 32 1, 2025, eleven and four hundred seventy-five thousandths 33 percent . The contribution rate increases specified in 1994 34 Iowa Acts, ch. 1183 , pursuant to this chapter and chapter 35 -2- HF 969 (3) 91 sc/ns/md 2/ 3
H.F. 969 97A shall be the only member contribution rate increases for 1 these systems resulting from the statutory changes enacted in 2 1994 Iowa Acts, ch. 1183 , and shall apply only to the fiscal 3 periods specified in 1994 Iowa Acts, ch. 1183 . After the 4 employee contribution reaches eleven and three-tenths percent 5 or eleven and thirty-five hundredths percent, as applicable, 6 the applicable maximum employee contribution rate, sixty 7 percent of the additional cost of such statutory changes shall 8 be paid by employers under paragraph c and forty percent 9 of the additional cost shall be paid by employees under this 10 paragraph. 11 Sec. 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 12 3, shall not apply to this Act. 13 Sec. 6. EMERGENCY RULES. The Iowa public employees 14 retirement system may adopt emergency rules under section 15 17A.4, subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph 16 b, to implement section 97B.11, subsection 3, paragraphs 17 b and c, as amended by this Act, and the rules shall be 18 effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is 19 specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with 20 this section shall also be published as a notice of intended 21 action as provided in section 17A.4. 22 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following, being deemed of 23 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment: 24 The section of this Act authorizing the Iowa public 25 employees retirement system to adopt emergency rules. 26 -3- HF 969 (3) 91 sc/ns/md 3/ 3