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House repeals IPERS requirement to mail terminated-employee notices
Summary
The House approved Senate File 162 to remove a code requirement that IPERS send first-class mail notices to terminated employees about balances; supporters said information is already available online.
The Iowa House approved Senate File 162, a bill that removes a statutory requirement for the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) to mail first-class notices to terminated employees about account balances and status.
The floor sponsor, the representative from Des Moines, said the change comes at IPERS’s request and reflects current practice: “This information is already available online through their IPERS account, and electronic notifications are now current practice.” Representative Zabner spoke in favor on the floor, saying the bill would make IPERS more efficient and “save money that can, be used to make the fund stronger.”
The clerk recorded the roll call. The House vote recorded 88 ayes, 7 no votes and 5 members absent or not voting. The House declared the bill to have received a constitutional majority and passed.
No implementation date or transitional procedures were read into the record during the excerpt; the sponsor described the bill as a statutory repeal of the mailing requirement in favor of online/electronic notification.
