Bills & Legislation

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of an accused to confront children and other witnesses. (Formerly SSB 1057.)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A joint resolution designating the American cream draft horse as the official state horse of the State of Iowa. (Formerly SJR 2007.)

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes.(Formerly SSB 1221.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to qualifications to serve as a commissioner or an executive director for a county commission of veteran affairs. Effective date: 07/01/2026

Jeff ReichmanRepublican

A bill for an act relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, snares, and tree stands, and maximum fur dealer license fees, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SF 260, SSB 1093.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SF 570, SSB 1203.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to the abatement of property taxes owed on property owned by certain volunteer emergency services providers and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 96.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations by establishing a program fee and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 219.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to registration fees for persons on the sex offender registry.(Formerly SF 317.)

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act providing for an expedited filing service for filers of business documents administered by the secretary of state, and providing fees. (Formerly SF 285, SSB 1003.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

A bill for an act relating to gambling regulation, including enforcement, license fees, tax rates, and the use of associated revenue, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 613, SSB 1157.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to railway special agents.

Mike KlimeshRepublican

A bill for an act relating to the veterans trust fund.(Formerly SF 252, SSB 1050.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to the rights and obligations of certain state and local government entities in erecting, rebuilding, or repairing partition fences, including the allocation of moneys from accounts in the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund.(Formerly SF 597, SF 432.)

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

A bill for an act relating to timelines for online information availability concerning the discontinuance of city utilities.(Formerly SSB 1115.)

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act related to the regulation of construction, including state building codes, contractor licensing, and stormwater management requirements. (Formerly SSB 1114.)

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act requiring the state fire marshal to conduct a study on the consolidation of fire protection services, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1206.)

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act limiting liability for food distributors who donate food to charitable or nonprofit organizations or certain government entities.(Formerly SF 359.)

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act relating to defense subpoenas in criminal cases, and providing penalties.(Formerly SSB 1055.)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act creating a study committee on the administration of the court debt system.(Formerly SSB 1199.)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to the licensure of crematory operators and funeral establishments, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 198.) Effective date: 07/01/2026

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act relating to the use of personal flotation devices on personal watercraft.(Formerly SF 108.)

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

A bill for an act relating to the suspension of child support and medical support in certain circumstances. (Formerly SSB 1123.) Effective date: 07/01/2026

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to the establishment or modification of legal custody of a child.(Formerly SSB 1124.)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.(Formerly SF 374.)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to consideration of the educational setting of a minor child in a child custody proceeding. (Formerly SF 182.)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to temporary orders of child custody in dissolution proceedings.(Formerly SF 294.)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to statutes of limitations in civil actions. (Formerly SSB 1179.) Effective date: 07/01/2026

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act restricting county and city diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.(Formerly SSB 1150.)

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act prohibiting the regulation of certain residential gardens by state agencies and local governments. (Formerly SF 161.)

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act relating to the acquisition of certain vehicles by a vehicle recycler, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 292.) Effective date: 07/01/2026

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

A bill for an act relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian conveyances powered by an electric motor. (Formerly SF 375.) Effective date: 07/01/2026

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

A bill for an act relating to employer recordkeeping and auditing requirements for purposes of unemployment insurance and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 1165.)

COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE

A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption. (Formerly SF 236.) Effective date: 07/01/2026

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

A bill for an act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 1172.)

COMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE

A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.(Formerly SSB 1121.)

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

A bill for an act prohibiting the use of ranked choice and instant runoff voting in elections in this state.(Formerly SSB 1128.)

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

A bill for an act relating to department of education school bus driver authorization and approved courses of instruction.(Formerly SSB 1161.)

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

A bill for an act relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the statewide preschool program, the child development coordinating council, programs for at-risk children, the responsibilities of the department of education, the early childhood Iowa initiative, and the state child care assistance program, establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human services, making appropriations and reducing appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1135.)

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

A bill for an act relating to strict liability for a person in control of hazardous substances. (Formerly SSB 1041.)

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

A bill for an act relating to the allocation of special nonresident deer hunting licenses.(Formerly SF 293.)

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

A bill for an act relating to property law, including rent, rental agreements, notice requirements, and possession of property. (Formerly SSB 1047.)

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

A bill for an act relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state bank, and electronic activities of a state bank. (Formerly SSB 1070.) Effective date: 07/01/2026

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

A bill for an act relating to the membership of district judicial nominating commissions.

Julian B. GarrettRepublican

A bill for an act relating to illegal gaming, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1097.)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to pesticides, by providing for tort liability. (Formerly SSB 1051.)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to discovery and postconviction procedure.(Formerly SSB 1009.)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

A bill for an act relating to notices required for the closure of railway crossings for repairs or upgrades, and providing penalties.(Formerly SF 24.)

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

A bill for an act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit range for which certain excessive speed violations cannot be considered for certain purposes and the default speed limit for all vehicular traffic, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 73.) Effective date: 07/01/2026

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

A bill for an act relating to harassment by the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting of personal information, and making penalties applicable.

Charlie McClintockRepublican