Bills & Legislation

A bill for an act relating to preneed sellers, sales agents and sales agent applicants, and government cemeteries. (Formerly HSB 600.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

A bill for an act relating to real estate transfer tax, including declarations of value. (Formerly HF 2188, HSB 569.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to interests in minerals owned by counties and cities, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2213.) Effective date: 06/02/2026.

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directives. (Formerly HSB 615.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to abandoned vehicles. (Formerly HSB 667.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

A bill for an act relating to decedent property, including deposit accounts, small estate affidavits, and distribution of child support. (Formerly HF 817.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to certified medication aides. (Formerly HSB 729.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

A bill for an act relating to the operating privileges of drivers of authorized emergency vehicles and police officers riding police bicycles. (Formerly HSB 686.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 756, HSB 72.) Effective date: 07/01/2026, 07/01/2027. Applicability date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act repealing certain programs and other matters relating to higher education. (Formerly HSB 607.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

A bill for an act relating to probate and trust matters, including time limitations on actions, attorney fees, trust code proceedings and notice requirements, damages for wrongful death, and filing deadlines, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 614.) Effective date: 05/02/2026, 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

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 relating to the payment of pecuniary damages, restitution, and prosecution costs. (Formerly HSB 616.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to the required beneficiary and use of a public officer insurance policy, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 660.) Effective date: 04/16/2026.

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act making children of child care workers in this state eligible for the state child care assistance program. (Formerly HSB 500.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

A bill for an act relating to the provision of accessible prescription-related measures for persons who are blind, have a visual impairment, or other print disability. (Formerly HF 2033.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

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 the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2092.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2027.

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and report, depositions of victims, restitution, restorative facilities and protective services, and investigation and prosecution, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 908, HF 452.) Effective date: 07/01/2026, 07/01/2027.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in nonpublic schools to compete in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions provided by public schools, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 1.) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 08/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

A bill for an act relating to benefits and contributions for members of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system who are employed in a protection occupation. (Formerly HF 967, HSB 265.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to interest rates and charges on regulated loans, and consumer credit transaction service charges. (Formerly HSB 524.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

A bill for an act relating to natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of powers and duties concerning state preserves, and age requirements for hunting deer with pistols or revolvers. (Formerly HSB 553.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

A bill for an act authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers, and making appropriations. (Formerly HF 755, HSB 197.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the national guard service scholarship program. (Formerly HSB 4.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

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 establishing the national guard service professional qualification scholarship program. (Formerly HSB 3.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

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 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 prohibiting open containers of beverages containing tetrahydrocannabinol in the passenger area of motor vehicles on highways, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 29.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

A bill for an act establishing a seal of civics excellence program administered by the department of education to recognize student excellence in civics. (Formerly HSB 558.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for health care services provided pursuant to a referral by an out-of-network primary care provider. (Formerly HSB 506.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of grooming and the sex offender registry, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 22.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

A bill for an act relating to the conveyance of firearms in or on certain vehicles. Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Amy SinclairRepublican

A bill for an act relating to the final disposition of remains. (Formerly HSB 16.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act authorizing the waiver of preplacement investigations and reports in certain adoption proceedings. (Formerly HSB 41.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to the place of trial for certain criminal offenses. (Formerly HSB 49.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 26.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act relating to partial payments during construction of a farm-to-market road. (Formerly HSB 296.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act prohibiting state and local regulations on fuel-powered equipment based on the equipment’s fuel source. (Formerly HSB 214.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

A bill for an act relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 32.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to certain state highways not designated as part of the interstate road system, including the operation of implements of husbandry on such highways, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 394.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system’s notification requirements to members. (Formerly SSB 1033.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act relating to family interactions during an ongoing child in need of assistance proceeding. (Formerly HSB 40.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and including effective date provisions. Effective date: 03/28/2025.

Mark S. LofgrenRepublican

A bill for an act modifying provisions related to charter school board member requirements. (Formerly HSB 105.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

A bill for an act relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1018.) Effective date: 04/10/2025.

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT