Des Moines, Iowa (KCCI) — It’s a new year, and that means new laws are in effect across the country. In Iowa, among the laws that went into effect on January 1st:

House Files:

HF 655 includes miscellaneous changes to the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. According to the legislature, the “act rewrites almost every section” of the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. It was a bill for an act providing for business organizations, including limited liability companies, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. It was formerly known as HSB 207. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds on June 1.

HF 688 concerns “the state rulemaking process and related matters pertaining to agency functions.” It was formerly known as HSB 81. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Reynolds on May 3. Rulemaking procedures and related matters, known as division 1 in the piece of legislation, take effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

Senate Files:

SF 565 will implement changes surrounding taxation, specifically changes in the administration of tax law by the Department of Revenue. It relates to state and local finance and the administration of the tax and related laws by the Department of Revenue. It makes changes to the Iowa Educational Savings Plan and the First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Program. It also has changes related to tax filing status and tax withholding. Come Jan. 1, taxpayers will be required to use the same filing status for Iowa individual income tax purposes as the taxpayer used for federal individual income tax purposes for tax years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2023. It was formerly known as SSB 1148. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Reynolds on June 1.

SF 496, which bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues, was supposed to take effect Jan. 1. But a federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of the controversial education law. Judge Stephen Locher’s preliminary injunction halts enforcement of the law, which was set to take effect in the new year but already had resulted in the removal of hundreds of books from Iowa schools. The law, which the Republican-led Legislature and GOP Gov. Reynolds approved early in 2023, bans books depicting sex acts from school libraries and classrooms and forbids teachers from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through the sixth grade. Locher blocked enforcement of those two provisions.