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Alcohol/Drugs/Tobacco

Places a sales tax on any item containing kava.

House Ways & Means Committee

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.

Signed

Conforms Schedules I, II and IV of the Iowa Uniform Controlled Substances Act with federal law. 

Signed

Establishes the Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council.

House Appropriations Committee

Makes changes to current law pertaining to private sector employee drug testing.

Sent to Governor

Creates a drug interdiction program.

House Appropriations Committee

Allows the production and administration of psilocybin for individuals with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Senate Ways & Means Committee

Increases the number of licensed cannabidiol dispensaries.

Senate Ways & Means Committee

Makes changes to current law related to regulation and taxation of tobacco products and heated tobacco products.

House Floor

Makes provisions related to tobacco and vape product permits and reporting.

Senate Floor, Second Time

Imposes taxes on vape and alternative nicotine products.

Senate Floor
Behavioral/Mental Health

Allows any interested person to file an involuntary commitment substance abuse proceeding application in any county.

Sent to Governor
Budgets

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.

Sent to Governor

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).

Sent to Governor

Appropriates $40,637,127 for economic development programs in fiscal year 2026, a decrease of $150,000.

Withdrawn

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. 

Withdrawn

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.

Withdrawn

Appropriates $2.47 billion for Medicaid and other health/human services programs for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $254.9 million. 

Sent to Governor

Makes changes to automatic (standing) appropriations for fiscal year 2026.

House Appropriations Committee

Appropriates $74,525,590 for state agencies for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $1,584,213.  

House Appropriations Committee

Appropriates $42 million from the opioid settlement fund.

Senate Floor

Distributes anticipated federal block grants for federal fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

Sent to Governor

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.

Sent to Governor

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. 

Sent to Governor

Appropriates $2.47 billion for Medicaid and other health/human services programs for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $255.4 million.

Senate Floor

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).

Senate Floor

Appropriates $73.5 million for state agencies for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $520,432.

Senate Appropriations Committee
Childcare/Child Welfare

Allows a county hospital to establish a child care facility.

House Floor with Companion

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).

 

Sent to Governor
Crime/Courts

Makes changes to current law regarding assault on a health care provider.

Sent to Governor

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. 

Senate Appropriations Committee
Education

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.

Sent to Governor

Requires schools to assemble multidisciplinary threat assessment teams to identify students, who are to be flagged for services and other appropriate interventions.

Signed
Gambling

Updates lottery rules and processes after government reorganization.

Signed / Line-Item Vetoed

Makes changes to illegal gaming practices.

Senate & House Floors

Makes changes to the sports wagering receipts fund and makes appropriations to various tourism, health, and public safety projects.

House Floor

Allows advance deposit gambling.

House Ways & Means Committee

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.

Senate Floor
Government

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.

Sent to Governor

Prohibits certain provisions in state contracts.

Senate Floor, Second Time
Health Care

Creates an ARNP preceptor tax credit.

House Ways & Means Committee

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.

Senate Floor with Companion

Requires a health insurer to respond to a provider's request for credentialing within 56 calendar days.

Signed

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.

Sent to Governor

Allows an individual to refuse a medical service for reasons of conscience in certain circumstances.

House Unfinished Business Calendar
Insurance

Requires a utilization review organization to respond to a request for a prior authorization within a certain time period.

Sent to Governor

No longer allows health insurance companies to put age limits and caps on payment for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.

Sent to Governor
Local Government

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.

Sent to Governor
Medicaid

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.

Sent to Governor
Other

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.

House Appropriations Committee

Allows nonresidents to receive a medical cannabidiol registration card.

Senate Ways & Means Committee

Enhances penalties for assaults against first responders, law enforcement, correctional officers and health care workers, and adds juvenile detention staff.

Signed

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.

Senate Floor

Establishes the Iowa major events and tourism program and fund and modifies the sports tourism and marketing program.

Senate Floor
Pharmacy/Prescriptions

Removes psilocybin from schedule I drug list.

Sent to Governor

Protects pharmacies and pharmacists from unfair treatment by pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs).

Sent to Governor
Professional Licensing/Scope of Practice

Requires DIAL to propose uniform tiered fees for each license.

House Ways & Means Committee
Public Health

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. 

Sent to Governor
Taxes

Creates an ARNP preceptor tax credit.

House Ways & Means Committee
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