Bills & Legislation

A bill for an act relating to a required course of instruction regarding human trafficking prevention for persons applying for the initial issuance of certain commercial driver’s licenses, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 697.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: Conditional.

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

A bill for an act relating to animal torture, and providing penalties. (Formerly HF 557.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to child placements. (Formerly HF 638, HSB 146.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to the ability of peace officers to file a petition for emergency protective orders on behalf of persons seeking relief from domestic abuse. (Formerly HF 108.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

A bill for an act relating to paid parental leave for state employees, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 579.) Effective date: 04/30/2026.

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act relating to cost sharing for health savings accounts and qualified high-deductible health plans. (Formerly HSB 518.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents. (Formerly HF 2036.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

A bill for an act relating to living organ donors and life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance. (Formerly HF 2193.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

A bill for an act exempting a parent’s or legal guardian’s inability to access appropriate behavioral or mental health treatment for their child from the definition of child abuse. (Formerly HSB 503.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

A bill for an act relating to public meetings and records, including public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body, supervision and fees associated with examining and copying public records, employment separation information for certain government employees, contractors, or appointees, and injunctions to restrain vexatious requesters. (Formerly HSB 578.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. (Formerly HF 2132.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

A bill for an act increasing the tax on cigarettes.

Ken CrokenDemocrat

A resolution commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America.

John H. WillsRepublican

A bill for an act convening an early childhood Iowa study committee.(Formerly HF 2712, HSB 623.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to the excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for use in an implement of husbandry used in agricultural production.(Formerly HF 2343, HSB 561.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations.(Formerly HF 882, HF 729.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to licensing of service companies, motor vehicle service contracts, and residential service contracts, and providing civil penalties and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SF 2445, SSB 3057.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, technology reinvestment fund, and renewable fuel infrastructure fund, providing for related matters including financial assistance eligibility for regional sports authority districts and department of health and human services information technology systems, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 782.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act permitting an exchange of the cash reserve levy for another local levy within the school budget for certain school districts to correct for an extreme circumstance and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 781.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 2275, SSB 3102.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund.(Formerly SSB 3197.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A concurrent resolution to provide for adjournment sine die.

Pat GrassleyRepublican

A bill for an act relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, making corrections, and providing for properly related matters including the national electrical code, local civil rights laws, political party state central committees, noxious weeds, nonresident deer hunting licenses, proprietary treatment systems, poultry associations, tax credits, alternative nicotine and vapor products, public assistance programs, judicial branch and county attorney salaries, civil litigation abuse, human trafficking, federal grants and loans notifications, quarterly payments to area education agencies, civic proficiency in higher education, charter schools under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, school district incentives, extracurricular interscholastic eligibility, and levy increases, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 3199.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A concurrent resolution to provide for adjournment sine die.

RULES

A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority, the utilities commission, and the department of education, including creation of the headquarters expansion and development for growth and employment program, and the business incentives for growth program training fund; repeal of the new jobs tax credit program; the major economic growth attraction program; load forecasting and analysis of electric transmission system expansion plans; creation of the electric transmission system expansion planning and analysis and load forecasting fund; the industrial new jobs training program; establishing the new jobs training program interim study committee; the research activities credit; and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SF 2301, SSB 3103.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to Brady-Giglio list appeals and law enforcement officers’ rights, and providing effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 3198.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, state child care assistance for the child care workforce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 623; See HF 2795.)

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

A bill for an act extending the biodiesel blended fuel tax credit.(Formerly HSB 688.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production.(Formerly HF 2071.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production.(See HF 2786.)

Megan JonesRepublican

A bill for an act relating to fraudulent practices involving academic credentials or professional or occupational licenses, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 2091.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

A bill for an act relating to the excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for use in an implement of husbandry used in agricultural production.(Formerly HSB 561; See HF 2798.)

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

A bill for an act relating to abortions including informed consent, dispensing abortion-inducing drugs, and reporting abortion-inducing drug complications.(Formerly HSB 704; See HF 2788.)

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

A bill for an act relating to the production and administration of psilocybin, and providing penalties. (Formerly HF 620.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to the regulation of kratom, and making penalties applicable.

Cindy GoldingRepublican

A bill for an act relating to licensing of service companies, motor vehicle service contracts, and residential service contracts, and providing civil penalties.(Formerly SSB 3057; See SF 2505.)

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

A bill for an act relating to rounding the amount of cents for cash transactions and payments.(Formerly SSB 3143.)

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

A bill for an act relating to abandoned vehicles.(Formerly SF 2457, SSB 3061.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system.(Formerly SSB 3184.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, and state board of regents.(Formerly SSB 3191.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; prior appropriations; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with mental illness or substance abuse disorders; child abuse prevention; creation of a comprehensive family support program; and repeal of expenditure projections for state child care assistance and adoption subsidy programs; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 3192.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch.(Formerly SSB 3185.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection.(Formerly SSB 3190.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act providing for the rural veterinarian loan repayment program, including by allowing a loan repayment recipient to exclude net income attributable to loan payments received under the program.(Formerly SF 2460.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to intimidation with a dangerous weapon, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 3018.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to human trafficking prevention training for persons applying for certain commercial driver’s licenses.

David D. RowleyRepublican

A bill for an act relating to the licensure of massage establishments, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SF 2068.)

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act relating to teacher education and licensing, including by modifying provisions related to practitioner preparation programs and licenses issued by the board of educational examiners.(Formerly SSB 3048.)

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

A bill for an act modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production.(Formerly SSB 3102; See SF 2503.)

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

A bill for an act relating to the use of automated systems that detect traffic violations or registration plate information, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 2034.)

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION