Bill Tracker
Requires commercial drivers demonstrate sufficient English language proficiency to receive or renew a CDL or CLP.
Limits liability for damages or injuries allegedly caused by the effects on climate from greenhouse gas emissions, specifically those from agricultural or renewable fuel sources.
Makes a number of changes to support the Governor's "Healthy Hometowns" initiative, including changes to food assistance (SNAP), requiring medical professionals take nutrition courses, allowing over the counter access to ivermectin, reforming certificate of need, adopting PSYPact, and taxing tobacco/vape/nicotine and consumable hemp products.
Imposes taxes on vape and alternative nicotine products.
Allows parents, legal guardians, or custodians to commit a minor for substance use or mental health treatment without requiring judicial approval in certain circumstances.
Makes changes to requirements for subacute mental health care facilities.
Revises the Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure regarding commitment hearings following an acquittal based on insanity.
Enacts wide-ranging reforms for state and local government taxation, budgeting, and authority.
Sets up a process for continuing appropriations if the Iowa General Assembly does not pass an annual budget by July 1. This is an appropriations committee bill, so is exempt from funnel deadlines.
Appropriates funds for FY 2026-2027 to a range of justice-related agencies, including the departments of Justice, Corrections, Public Defense, Public Safety, Homeland Security, the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, the Office of the State Public Defender, the Board of Parole, and associated programs.
Allocates funding from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund and Technology Reinvestment Fund for FY 2026-2027 to numerous state departments and agencies.
Provides appropriations for economic development programs and agencies for FY 2026-2027.
Appropriates funding for agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection for FY 2026-2027.
Makes changes to paid parental leave for state employees.
Clarifies that actions taken to raise, guide, or instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child's sex do not constitute child abuse or child endangerment.
Authorizes community-based providers to directly receive funding for state-approved preschool programs for four-year-olds.
Strikes numerous provisions from Iowa law that require or reference affirmative action, race, gender, or citizenship in state employment, contracting, and educational programs.
Prohibits local governments from enacting any civil rights ordinance or law that are broader than those established under the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965.
Requests Congress to convene a constitutional convention to enact federal government reform.
Makes sweeping changes to Iowa's habitual offender laws.
Revises the Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure regarding commitment hearings following an acquittal based on insanity.
Establishes a process for victims of human trafficking to petition the court for expungement of their criminal history records for offenses committed or reported while they were victims.
Increases annual fee for individuals required to register as a sex offender.
Implements the Attorney General's recommendations to enhance victim rights.
Allows schools to employ chaplains or use volunteer chaplains.
Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.
Establishes a Seal of Civics Excellence program.
Imposes a new annual tax on endowment values exceeding $500 million for colleges and universities.
Requires expanded instruction in civics and United States government for students in grades 7-12.
Prohibits schools from discriminating against students for engaging in religious, political, or ideological speech and expression on equal terms with other students.
Requires undergraduate students complete courses in American history and American government.
Prohibits any courses or requirements containing DEI or CRT-related content from being included in undergraduate curricula at regents institutions.
Expands the definition of children eligible for the statewide preschool program to include certain five-year-olds.
Repeals the Board of Regents’ minority and women educators enhancement program.
Makes significant changes to Iowa's educational requirements
Makes several changes related to education policy.
Changes definition of 'qualified education expenses' for the Iowa Education Savings Plan.
Authorizes community-based providers to directly receive funding for state-approved preschool programs for four-year-olds.
Requires state universities, community colleges, and public schools to complete annual antisemitism reports.
Consolidates and updates the legal framework for charter schools by eliminating provisions for innovation zone schools and making significant operational, funding, and service changes for charter schools.
Makes changes related to charter schools.
Makes provisions relating to matters under the purview of Economic Development Authority, Utilities Commission, and Department of Education.
Limits liability for damages or injuries allegedly caused by the effects on climate from greenhouse gas emissions, specifically those from agricultural or renewable fuel sources.
Creates a groundwater monitoring pilot program.
Appropriates funds and establishes new programs to improve water quality.
Changes requirements for distributing the state employee salary report.
Revises Iowa's open meetings law to require that public notice of governmental body meetings be provided in three specific ways.
Makes changes to paid parental leave for state employees.
Makes changes related to executive branch functions.
Creates new procedures for state agencies seeking to apply for or accept high-impact federal grants.
Sets up a process for continuing appropriations if the Iowa General Assembly does not pass an annual budget by July 1. This is an appropriations committee bill, so is exempt from funnel deadlines.
Gives health care providers and institutions the right not to participate in a health care service that violates the provider's or institution's conscience.
Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.
Allows certain pregnant minors to give consent to prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care.
Makes a number of changes to support the Governor's "Healthy Hometowns" initiative, including changes to food assistance (SNAP), requiring medical professionals take nutrition courses, allowing over the counter access to ivermectin, reforming certificate of need, adopting PSYPact, and taxing tobacco/vape/nicotine and consumable hemp products.
Makes changes to HMO taxation and makes supplemental appropriations to HHS.
Creates the Iowa rural health transformation fund. This is an appropriations bill, so is exempt from the funnel deadlines.
Makes provisions related to certain rights and privileges, including state employment, professional licensure, voter registration, and bail.
Revises Iowa's open meetings law to require that public notice of governmental body meetings be provided in three specific ways.
Allows townships to use reserve account funds to build a fire station.
Makes changes to local government property tax, budgets, and bonding.
Overhauls Iowa's property tax and local government finance framework.
Abolishes townships as a form of local government.
Makes changes to local government approval of actions by ordinance and posting of public notices.
Requires public entities to post all statutorily required public notices on an online portal.
Makes changes to HMO taxation and makes supplemental appropriations to HHS.
Creates the Iowa rural health transformation fund. This is an appropriations bill, so is exempt from the funnel deadlines.
Applies open records law to any instrumentality of a county, city or township.
Replaces the term "pregnant person" with "pregnant female" throughout multiple statutory sections dealing with the termination of pregnancy, feticide, and related offenses.
Expands the list of individuals who may request redaction of their names from electronic public documents displayed by county assessors and recorders.
Expands the list of professions eligible for professional permits to carry weapons, clarifying permit procedures, and standardizing permit validity.
Requires individuals applying for a commercial driver’s license complete human trafficking prevention training.
Makes several substantive changes to Iowa's weapons laws.
Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of "trigger crank" devices.
Requires use of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system to verify immigration/citizenship for all public assistance applicants.
Establishes a new Early Childhood and Family Services system under the Department of Health and Human Services.
Makes a number of changes to support the Governor's "Healthy Hometowns" initiative, including changes to food assistance (SNAP), requiring medical professionals take nutrition courses, allowing over the counter access to ivermectin, reforming certificate of need, adopting PSYPact, and taxing tobacco/vape/nicotine and consumable hemp products.
Eliminates city health departments and requires county public health boards to contract with each county hospital to maximize resources.
Makes provisions related to abortion regulation, including informed consent, chemical abortion drugs, and reporting.
Creates an individual tax credit for purchasing firearm safety devices.
Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.
Imposes a new annual tax on endowment values exceeding $500 million for colleges and universities.
Makes changes to HMO taxation and makes supplemental appropriations to HHS.
Makes changes to local government property tax, budgets, and bonding.
Enacts wide-ranging reforms for state and local government taxation, budgeting, and authority.
Overhauls Iowa's property tax and local government finance framework.
Makes provisions relating to matters under the purview of Economic Development Authority, Utilities Commission, and Department of Education.
Excludes school district foundation property taxes from automatic division and redirection into municipal special funds for urban renewal projects.
Prohibits the expenditure or use of school district foundation property taxes for certain urban renewal projects.
Enacts extensive reforms to Iowa’s property tax and fiscal laws.
Requires commercial drivers demonstrate sufficient English language proficiency to receive or renew a CDL or CLP.
Implements the Attorney General's recommendations to enhance victim rights.
Makes changes related to campaign reporting and related requirements.
Raises the threshold for passing school district bond proposals.
Makes changes to state election administration, including the removal of the ability to attest for another voter's identity if they have misplaced their ID.
Prohibits foreign nationals from contributing to or influencing ballot issue campaigns, either directly or indirectly.
Prohibits the use of school property as a satellite absentee voting in certain elections.
Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.
Makes provisions relating to matters under the purview of Economic Development Authority, Utilities Commission, and Department of Education.