Bill Tracker
Prohibits drivers and passengers from possessing an open container of a beverage containing THC. Signed by Governor on March 28, 2025. Takes effect July 1, 2025.
Conforms Schedules I, II and IV of the Iowa Uniform Controlled Substances Act with federal law.
Establishes the Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council.
Makes changes to current law pertaining to private sector employee drug testing.
Creates a drug interdiction program.
Allows the production and administration of psilocybin for individuals with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Increases the number of licensed cannabidiol dispensaries.
Makes changes to current law related to regulation and taxation of tobacco products and heated tobacco products.
Makes provisions related to tobacco and vape product permits and reporting.
Allows any interested person to file an involuntary commitment substance abuse proceeding application in any county.
Sets up a process for spending opioid settlement funds, including $9.1 million initial appropriation to support the Behavioral Health ASO fund opioid prevention and $3.9 million to pay for statewide prevention strategies.
Appropriates $163.8 million from gambling revenues for various infrastructure projects in fiscal year 2026. This is also known as the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund (RIIF).
Appropriates $40,637,127 for economic development programs in fiscal year 2026, a decrease of $150,000.
Appropriates $1.035 billion to the Department of Education, health professional shortage programs, community colleges, and state universities for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $16.8 million.
Appropriates $705.1 million to the Attorney General, Department of Corrections, Department of Public Safety and other justice system agencies for Fiscal Year 2026, an increase of $9.8 million.
Appropriates $2.47 billion for Medicaid and other health/human services programs for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $254.9 million.
Makes changes to automatic (standing) appropriations for fiscal year 2026.
Appropriates $74,525,590 for state agencies for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $1,584,213.
Appropriates $42 million from the opioid settlement fund.
Distributes anticipated federal block grants for federal fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
Appropriates $705.3 million to the Attorney General, Department of Corrections, Department of Public Safety and other justice system agencies for Fiscal Year 2026, an increase of $10 million.
Appropriates $1.026 billion to the Department of Education, health professional shortage programs, community colleges, and state universities for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $7.4 million.
Appropriates $2.47 billion for Medicaid and other health/human services programs for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $255.4 million.
Appropriates $164.1 million from gambling revenues for various infrastructure projects in fiscal year 2026. This is also known as the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund (RIIF).
Appropriates $73.5 million for state agencies for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $520,432.
Allows a county hospital to establish a child care facility.
Makes changes related to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behavioral health evaluations (Division I), exemption from children's residential facility certification (Division II), juvenile court services (Division III), and Hawki eligibility (Division IV).
Makes changes to current law regarding assault on a health care provider.
Makes provisions related to human trafficking, including civil statutes of limitations, annual stakeholder meetings, deposition of victims, restitution, restorative facilities and protective services, and investigation and prosecution. Includes a new $750,000 appropriation for a joint unit to prosecute and investigate human trafficking.
Requires the University of Iowa to set a policy requiring at least 80% of dental and medical school students be Iowa residents or graduates of Iowa colleges.
Requires schools to assemble multidisciplinary threat assessment teams to identify students, who are to be flagged for services and other appropriate interventions.
Updates lottery rules and processes after government reorganization.
Makes changes to the sports wagering receipts fund and makes appropriations to various tourism, health, and public safety projects.
Makes provisions related to gambling, major events, and tourism. Increases tax on sports betting, makes changes to casino licensing fees, and establishes a major events fund to promote tourism.
Prohibits state and local governmental agencies and subdivisions, community colleges, and private colleges from using funds to support diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or hire DEI officers.
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.
Requires a health insurer to respond to a provider's request for credentialing within 56 calendar days.
Implements the Governor's rural health proposal, including hub and spoke models, merging health professional loan repayment programs, expanding residency and fellowship opportunities, moving certificate of need decisions to Iowa HHS, and requiring Iowa HHS to rebid the Iowa Health Information Network.
Allows an individual to refuse a medical service for reasons of conscience in certain circumstances.
Requires a utilization review organization to respond to a request for a prior authorization within a certain time period.
No longer allows health insurance companies to put age limits and caps on payment for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
Prohibits state and local governmental agencies and subdivisions, community colleges, and private colleges from using funds to support diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or hire DEI officers.
Requires individuals with health insurance through the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan to work and addresses the "marriage penalty" in the Medicaid for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MEPD) program.
Gives veterans priority in most programs and services provided by the state, including waiving state university tuition and giving them priority in behavioral health treatment.
Allows nonresidents to receive a medical cannabidiol registration card.
Enhances penalties for assaults against first responders, law enforcement, correctional officers and health care workers, and adds juvenile detention staff.
Makes provisions related to gambling, major events, and tourism. Increases tax on sports betting, makes changes to casino licensing fees, and establishes a major events fund to promote tourism.
Establishes the Iowa major events and tourism program and fund and modifies the sports tourism and marketing program.
Removes psilocybin from schedule I drug list.
Protects pharmacies and pharmacists from unfair treatment by pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs).
Requires DIAL to propose uniform tiered fees for each license.
Makes changes to HHS, including administrative services organization (ASO), child foster care, child and dependent adult abuse, MH/DS services und, HMO premium taxes, and more.