Iowa real gross domestic product

EO 19 establishes an Office of Outdoor Recreation within the Tourism Office at the Economic Development Authority. Its manager coordinates infrastructure, marketing, private partners, financing strategies, community planning, public health and research. An unpaid task force of no more than ten members must submit recommendations within 120 days and expires on report submission unless extended in writing. The office’s explicit charge concerns tourism and recreation businesses, infrastructure and economic research. These are program duties rather than measured additional production. The office takes effect immediately. The task force’s expiration clause applies to that task force, not to the office. Funding strategies, preamble economic estimates and research duties do not establish investment paid, projects completed or observed health or job gains. This is verified policy context. Creating a board, requiring a review or accepting a report does not establish completed implementation, spending, benefits, jobs, lower prices or changes in the chart. Later laws, rules, extensions and actual results need their own evidence.

Retained Iowa evidence context: deficit-debt-interest · reviewed Iowa policy context · unemployment-rate · reviewed Iowa policy context · real-gdp · reviewed Iowa policy context · health coverage, healthcare costs, access to care and public health · reviewed Iowa policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

outdoor recreation economy

Unused appropriations under the two specified apprenticeship programs remain available to operate the Iowa Office of Apprenticeship or for other apprenticeship activities the department deems appropriate, without the former paragraph-a limitation. This changes permitted use of existing balances, rather than providing a new fixed appropriation or proving additional trainees, jobs or production. The approved HF 2757 amendment replaces digital projects with digital products twice in nuclear-facility purchase provisions. It takes effect July 1 under the general regular-session rule; section 32’s immediate exceptions do not include section 31. Nuclear incentive eligibility, university workforce funding and conditional repayment are reviewed under HF 2757 separately. This wording correction does not prove a reactor restart, tax claim or workforce contribution. Adds Japanese knotweed to the statutory noxious-weed list. This is a component of land and agricultural-production regulation; it does not establish eradication, crop output or GDP growth. 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.

operate and manage the Iowa office of apprenticeship · House File 2757 · Japanese knotweed

Unused appropriations under the two specified apprenticeship programs remain available to operate the Iowa Office of Apprenticeship or for other apprenticeship activities the department deems appropriate, without the former paragraph-a limitation. This changes permitted use of existing balances, rather than providing a new fixed appropriation or proving additional trainees, jobs or production. The approved HF 2757 amendment replaces digital projects with digital products twice in nuclear-facility purchase provisions. It takes effect July 1 under the general regular-session rule; section 32’s immediate exceptions do not include section 31. Nuclear incentive eligibility, university workforce funding and conditional repayment are reviewed under HF 2757 separately. This wording correction does not prove a reactor restart, tax claim or workforce contribution. Adds Japanese knotweed to the statutory noxious-weed list. This is a component of land and agricultural-production regulation; it does not establish eradication, crop output or GDP growth. 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.

operate and manage the Iowa office of apprenticeship · House File 2757 · Japanese knotweed

HF 2757 creates conditional sales and use tax exemptions and refunds for purchases directly and primarily used to develop, expand or restart an eligible Iowa nuclear electricity facility. The activity must produce a new facility, increased nameplate capacity or a restart. At least one unit must begin or restart commercial operation on or after January 1, 2028, and federal nuclear licensing is required. That date is a qualification threshold, not a promised reactor restart. Governor Kim Reynolds approved the law June 1, 2026; the exemption took effect July 1, 2026. Eligible restart purchases reach back to January 1, 2026; other eligible activities start when permitted in the Iowa Economic Development Authority agreement. Exemptions end at commercial operation, defined by notice to the regional transmission operator. Contractor materials and services must be completely consumed in the eligible activities before the applicable unit’s exemption ends. The tax exemption and refund provisions repeal July 1, 2051. During the exemption period, for no more than four years of that period, the facility must contribute $2,200 annually per megawatt of nameplate capacity approved by the Iowa Utilities Commission to the Nuclear Energy Workforce Fund. This uses approved capacity, not electricity actually generated. Missing a required contribution requires repayment of that calendar year’s exemptions and refunds. The law establishes a separate Nuclear Energy Workforce Fund controlled by the Board of Regents. Its contributions and any other appropriations fund programs and equipment at one or more Regents institutions. The board must consider the nuclear task force’s recommendations. Fund money and interest remain dedicated to these purposes and do not revert to the General Fund. No fixed General Fund dollar appropriation or actual program enrollment is established by this law. Failure to commence or restart commercial operation within 12.5 years of the later of the applicable unit’s certificate of public convenience, use and necessity or first safety-related concrete triggers repayment of the facility’s exemptions and refunds and construction contractors’ exemptions, reduced by workforce-fund contributions. These are conditional tax-repayment rules, not evidence that repayment occurred. The provisions concern energy-facility investment, productive capacity and workforce preparation. The fiscal note’s construction-cost and restart assumptions do not establish realized investment, electricity output or GDP growth. HF 2800, approved June 2, 2026 with item vetoes elsewhere, corrects “digital projects” to “digital products” in HF 2757 sections 5–6. Its approved section 31 does not change the nuclear eligibility dates and is not among section 32’s immediate-effect exceptions. This review uses that specific amendment; HF 2800’s other approved and vetoed provisions require their own topic review. These provisions establish policy requirements, not a measured effect on state income, electricity prices, generation, educational attainment, GDP or unemployment. Actual agreements, registrations, contributions, tax claims, programs and reactor approvals need separate evidence. Full Iowa and all-state coverage remains under review.

Retained Iowa evidence context: Electricity generated from wind · income-taxes · reviewed Iowa policy context · deficit-debt-interest · 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. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

the activity results in a new nuclear electric generation facility

HF 2757 creates conditional sales and use tax exemptions and refunds for purchases directly and primarily used to develop, expand or restart an eligible Iowa nuclear electricity facility. The activity must produce a new facility, increased nameplate capacity or a restart. At least one unit must begin or restart commercial operation on or after January 1, 2028, and federal nuclear licensing is required. That date is a qualification threshold, not a promised reactor restart. Governor Kim Reynolds approved the law June 1, 2026; the exemption took effect July 1, 2026. Eligible restart purchases reach back to January 1, 2026; other eligible activities start when permitted in the Iowa Economic Development Authority agreement. Exemptions end at commercial operation, defined by notice to the regional transmission operator. Contractor materials and services must be completely consumed in the eligible activities before the applicable unit’s exemption ends. The tax exemption and refund provisions repeal July 1, 2051. During the exemption period, for no more than four years of that period, the facility must contribute $2,200 annually per megawatt of nameplate capacity approved by the Iowa Utilities Commission to the Nuclear Energy Workforce Fund. This uses approved capacity, not electricity actually generated. Missing a required contribution requires repayment of that calendar year’s exemptions and refunds. The law establishes a separate Nuclear Energy Workforce Fund controlled by the Board of Regents. Its contributions and any other appropriations fund programs and equipment at one or more Regents institutions. The board must consider the nuclear task force’s recommendations. Fund money and interest remain dedicated to these purposes and do not revert to the General Fund. No fixed General Fund dollar appropriation or actual program enrollment is established by this law. Failure to commence or restart commercial operation within 12.5 years of the later of the applicable unit’s certificate of public convenience, use and necessity or first safety-related concrete triggers repayment of the facility’s exemptions and refunds and construction contractors’ exemptions, reduced by workforce-fund contributions. These are conditional tax-repayment rules, not evidence that repayment occurred. The provisions concern energy-facility investment, productive capacity and workforce preparation. The fiscal note’s construction-cost and restart assumptions do not establish realized investment, electricity output or GDP growth. HF 2800, approved June 2, 2026 with item vetoes elsewhere, corrects “digital projects” to “digital products” in HF 2757 sections 5–6. Its approved section 31 does not change the nuclear eligibility dates and is not among section 32’s immediate-effect exceptions. This review uses that specific amendment; HF 2800’s other approved and vetoed provisions require their own topic review. These provisions establish policy requirements, not a measured effect on state income, electricity prices, generation, educational attainment, GDP or unemployment. Actual agreements, registrations, contributions, tax claims, programs and reactor approvals need separate evidence. Full Iowa and all-state coverage remains under review.

Retained Iowa evidence context: Electricity generated from wind · income-taxes · reviewed Iowa policy context · deficit-debt-interest · 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. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

the activity results in a new nuclear electric generation facility

EO 17 establishes an advisory nuclear energy task force with at least 11 members. It reviews advanced reactors, federal coordination, regulatory barriers, workforce and educational partnerships, manufacturing supply chains, waste management and economic opportunities. A report to the governor and legislature is due within 180 days of issuance. Manufacturing supply chains, partnerships, investments and economic opportunities are explicit review subjects. Report scenarios are not actual additional Iowa production. The governor announced a completed final report September 3, 2026; the captured report is dated July 2026. Publication is not the submission date or proof that the 180-day deadline was met. Recommendations are not a reactor license, plant restart, completed investment or observed electricity-price effect. This is verified policy context. Creating a board, requiring a review or accepting a report does not establish completed implementation, spending, benefits, jobs, lower prices or changes in the chart. Later laws, rules, extensions and actual results need their own evidence.

Retained Iowa evidence context: Electricity generated from wind · education · reviewed Iowa policy context · energy · reviewed Iowa policy context · unemployment-rate · reviewed Iowa policy context · real-gdp · reviewed Iowa policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

economic growth