Iowa prices and inflation

Beginning fiscal 2026–27, $1 million annually from sports-wagering receipts is appropriated for a Healthy State Initiative grant supporting Double Up Food Bucks, which makes fresh fruits and vegetables accessible to Iowa SNAP recipients. The recipient must provide at least a dollar-for-dollar match. This addresses access to food and household purchasing resources; it does not increase every SNAP benefit or establish lower grocery prices. Section 25 would correct a design-and-specification cost-reporting provision only if HF 2667 were enacted. Reynolds vetoed HF 2667 on June 2, 2026; the original veto and current official history and register identify the bill as vetoed. That enactment condition is not satisfied in the reviewed sources, so this correction does not create an operative statewide board or cost-reporting rule. HF 2800’s approval does not enact the rejected bill, appropriate new road funding or demonstrate a consumer-price change. Later replacement laws and current codification require separate review. Effective June 2, the law adopts the 2023 National Electrical Code with specified Iowa changes to dwelling outlets, fault protection, service surge protection and installation details, and limits more restrictive local requirements. Before adopting future changes, including the 2026 edition, the board must conduct a consumer cost analysis of significant changes and submit it for publication with the rulemaking notice. The specified 2023 provisions repeal only when the board adopts the 2026 edition, rather than automatically during calendar 2026. These are building, electrical-installation and consumer-cost policies; they do not establish lower housing prices, utility bills or inflation. These are the reviewed provisions of HF 2800, approved June 2, 2026 with six item vetoes. Approval, statutory effectiveness, retroactive applicability and actual implementation are separate. The law does not establish a measured change in Iowa statistics. Current rules, spending, implementation and later amendments require separate evidence.

Retained Iowa evidence context: income-taxes · reviewed Iowa policy context · deficit-debt-interest · reviewed Iowa policy context · housing-borrowing · reviewed Iowa policy context · education · reviewed Iowa policy context · energy · reviewed Iowa policy context · unemployment-rate · reviewed Iowa policy context · real-gdp · reviewed Iowa policy context · crime · reviewed Iowa policy context · health coverage, healthcare costs, access to care and public health · reviewed Iowa policy context · inflation, consumer prices and the cost of living · reviewed Iowa policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

at least a dollar-for-dollar match · cost variations that are likely to be incurred · analysis of the cost to consumers

Beginning fiscal 2026–27, $1 million annually from sports-wagering receipts is appropriated for a Healthy State Initiative grant supporting Double Up Food Bucks, which makes fresh fruits and vegetables accessible to Iowa SNAP recipients. The recipient must provide at least a dollar-for-dollar match. This addresses access to food and household purchasing resources; it does not increase every SNAP benefit or establish lower grocery prices. Section 25 would correct a design-and-specification cost-reporting provision only if HF 2667 were enacted. Reynolds vetoed HF 2667 on June 2, 2026; the original veto and current official history and register identify the bill as vetoed. That enactment condition is not satisfied in the reviewed sources, so this correction does not create an operative statewide board or cost-reporting rule. HF 2800’s approval does not enact the rejected bill, appropriate new road funding or demonstrate a consumer-price change. Later replacement laws and current codification require separate review. Effective June 2, the law adopts the 2023 National Electrical Code with specified Iowa changes to dwelling outlets, fault protection, service surge protection and installation details, and limits more restrictive local requirements. Before adopting future changes, including the 2026 edition, the board must conduct a consumer cost analysis of significant changes and submit it for publication with the rulemaking notice. The specified 2023 provisions repeal only when the board adopts the 2026 edition, rather than automatically during calendar 2026. These are building, electrical-installation and consumer-cost policies; they do not establish lower housing prices, utility bills or inflation. These are the reviewed provisions of HF 2800, approved June 2, 2026 with six item vetoes. Approval, statutory effectiveness, retroactive applicability and actual implementation are separate. The law does not establish a measured change in Iowa statistics. Current rules, spending, implementation and later amendments require separate evidence.

Retained Iowa evidence context: income-taxes · reviewed Iowa policy context · deficit-debt-interest · reviewed Iowa policy context · housing-borrowing · reviewed Iowa policy context · education · reviewed Iowa policy context · energy · reviewed Iowa policy context · unemployment-rate · reviewed Iowa policy context · real-gdp · reviewed Iowa policy context · crime · reviewed Iowa policy context · health coverage, healthcare costs, access to care and public health · reviewed Iowa policy context · inflation, consumer prices and the cost of living · reviewed Iowa policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

at least a dollar-for-dollar match · cost variations that are likely to be incurred · analysis of the cost to consumers

The fact is the EIA Midwest regional regular-gasoline price, including taxes, covering fifteen states including Iowa. Iowa policy concerns only one state in that regional measure; this is not an Iowa statewide average. Exempt off-road fuels and high-ethanol blends are distinct from regular gasoline. Fuel taxes, fees, supply and retail pricing rules concern components of pump prices; they do not determine the regional average. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Iowa evidence context: Midwest regular gasoline price. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Sec. 5. Section 452A.33, subsection 1 , paragraph c, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: c. (1) (a) The retail dealer shall prepare and annually file the report with the department by February 10 in a manner and according to procedures required by the department in compliance with section 452A.61 . […] The department may require that the retail dealer file the report with the department by electronic transmission. The department may require that retail dealers report to the department on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis. The department, upon application by a retail dealer, […] shall grant any reasonable request to extend the February 10 deadline to an extended deadline of February 28, and may further extend the February 28 deadline as specified in subparagraph division (b) . (b) At the discretion of the department, the February 28 extended deadline in subparagraph division (a) may be further extended or a report that has been timely filed may be amended, upon application, if the department determines that the further extension to the filing of or any proposed amendment to the report occurs in good faith, and the retail dealer was impacted by unforeseen emergency circumstances, as long as the further extension of time or amendment does not preclude the department from delivering the report and meeting other obligations required by law. Thu Jun 11 11:17:56 2026, v B7 | A4 1/2 1 CH. 1047 (2) (a) If a retail dealer fails to file […] a timely report as required by this […] subsection or fails to maintain records required to file the report the department may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per occurrence in addition to any other penalty provided by law. The penalty amount shall be deposited into the general fund of the state. (b) A retail dealer who fails to timely file a report as required by this subsection for the latest determination period ending on or before the last day of the retail dealer’s tax year is also ineligible to claim any tax credit available under section 422.11O, 422.11P, or 422.11Y for the tax year. (3) For purposes of this paragraph, “timely filed” means a report filed before the extended deadline of February 28, unless the extended deadline has been further extended pursuant to this paragraph and in such case before that deadline. Sec. 6. Section 452A.33, subsection 1 , Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH. e. For a retail dealer that has not filed a report by the February 10 deadline, the department shall mail written and electronic notification to such retail dealer explaining the retailer’s potential inability to claim certain tax credits for failing to file the report unless the retail dealer files an application to extend the February 10 deadline to the extended deadline of February 28. The mailing shall also provide information and procedures for receiving further extensions to file the report.

The fact is the EIA Midwest regional regular-gasoline price, including taxes, covering fifteen states including Iowa. Iowa policy concerns only one state in that regional measure; this is not an Iowa statewide average. Exempt off-road fuels and high-ethanol blends are distinct from regular gasoline. Fuel taxes, fees, supply and retail pricing rules concern components of pump prices; they do not determine the regional average. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Iowa evidence context: Midwest regular gasoline price. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Sec. 5. Section 452A.33, subsection 1 , paragraph c, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: c. (1) (a) The retail dealer shall prepare and annually file the report with the department by February 10 in a manner and according to procedures required by the department in compliance with section 452A.61 . […] The department may require that the retail dealer file the report with the department by electronic transmission. The department may require that retail dealers report to the department on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis. The department, upon application by a retail dealer, […] shall grant any reasonable request to extend the February 10 deadline to an extended deadline of February 28, and may further extend the February 28 deadline as specified in subparagraph division (b) . (b) At the discretion of the department, the February 28 extended deadline in subparagraph division (a) may be further extended or a report that has been timely filed may be amended, upon application, if the department determines that the further extension to the filing of or any proposed amendment to the report occurs in good faith, and the retail dealer was impacted by unforeseen emergency circumstances, as long as the further extension of time or amendment does not preclude the department from delivering the report and meeting other obligations required by law. Thu Jun 11 11:17:56 2026, v B7 | A4 1/2 1 CH. 1047 (2) (a) If a retail dealer fails to file […] a timely report as required by this […] subsection or fails to maintain records required to file the report the department may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per occurrence in addition to any other penalty provided by law. The penalty amount shall be deposited into the general fund of the state. (b) A retail dealer who fails to timely file a report as required by this subsection for the latest determination period ending on or before the last day of the retail dealer’s tax year is also ineligible to claim any tax credit available under section 422.11O, 422.11P, or 422.11Y for the tax year. (3) For purposes of this paragraph, “timely filed” means a report filed before the extended deadline of February 28, unless the extended deadline has been further extended pursuant to this paragraph and in such case before that deadline. Sec. 6. Section 452A.33, subsection 1 , Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH. e. For a retail dealer that has not filed a report by the February 10 deadline, the department shall mail written and electronic notification to such retail dealer explaining the retailer’s potential inability to claim certain tax credits for failing to file the report unless the retail dealer files an application to extend the February 10 deadline to the extended deadline of February 28. The mailing shall also provide information and procedures for receiving further extensions to file the report.

The fact is the EIA Midwest regional regular-gasoline price, including taxes, covering fifteen states including Iowa. Iowa policy concerns only one state in that regional measure; this is not an Iowa statewide average. Exempt off-road fuels and high-ethanol blends are distinct from regular gasoline. Fuel taxes, fees, supply and retail pricing rules concern components of pump prices; they do not determine the regional average. This connection does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain the earlier observed value.

Retained Iowa evidence context: Midwest regular gasoline price. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

2.Finalization of proposed rule required(a)DefinitionsIn this section:(1)AdministratorThe term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.(2)Proposed ruleThe term proposed rule means the proposed rule of the Administrator entitled E15 Fuel Dispenser Labeling and Compatibility with Underground Storage Tanks (86 Fed. Reg. 5094 (January 19, 2021)).(b)Finalization requiredNot later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall finalize the proposed rule in accordance with this section.(c)E15 labeling requirementsIn finalizing the proposed rule pursuant to subsection (b) with respect to E15 labeling, the Administrator shall finalize the first co-proposal described in the proposed rule.(d)E15 compatibility with underground storage tanks(1)E15 compatibilityIn finalizing the proposed rule pursuant to subsection (b) with respect to the compatibility of underground storage tanks with fuel blends with up to 15 percent ethanol, the Administrator shall ensure that—(A)existing underground storage tank systems are deemed to be compliant with fuel blends with up to 15 percent ethanol, regardless of whether the owners or operators of those systems are able to locate installation or compatibility documentation for those systems;(B)steel and fiberglass underground storage tanks manufactured after July 2005 and all fiberglass reinforced plastic piping are considered compatible with fuel blends of up to 15 percent ethanol; and(C)if owners or operators of underground storage tank systems can demonstrate the compatibility of certain components of those systems (such as gaskets or seals) with fuel blends with up to 15 percent ethanol, those owners or operators are not required to replace other equipment to achieve full system compatibility.(2)Future storage flexibilityFor purposes of ensuring that gasoline and diesel underground storage tank systems have future flexibility in fuel storage, the Administrator, in finalizing the proposed rule pursuant to subsection (b), shall require owners and operators of underground storage tank systems that store motor fuel for on-road vehicles to ensure that those systems and the components of those systems, including components such as pipe dopes and sealants, that are installed or replaced after the effective date of the proposed rule are compatible with fuel blends with up to 100 percent ethanol, regardless of the types of fuel blends currently being stored in those systems.

The fact counts Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability beneficiaries in current-payment status. Benefit administration concerns a component of that population; SSI, Medicare, and state pensions are separate programs. The proposal requires a study and recommendations concerning OASDI and Medicare. Only its OASDI portion relates to this beneficiary count; it does not change payments, eligibility or the number of beneficiaries. This connection does not establish causation or a change in the earlier measured value.

Retained Iowa evidence context: Iowa residents receiving Social Security benefits. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

3.Study on social security and medicareNot later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct a study and submit a report to Congress on the following: (1)The effect of inflation and cost of living increases on Medicare and the Old-Age Survivor and Disability Insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). (2)Recommendations on any legislative actions necessary to improve the ability to provide full benefits under such programs.