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Legislator > Cherielynn Westrich
State Senator
Cherielynn Westrich
(R) - Iowa
Iowa Senate District 13
In Office - Started: 01/03/2023
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Capitol Address
1007 E. Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50319
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-3371
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
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| SF128 | A bill for an act relating to immunization information requested on a medical examiner report used for investigations. | This bill requires the report used by medical examiners for investigations of infants zero to three years of age shall include a request for information regarding the date and type of the decedent’s last immunization. If the decedent received more than one immunization at the time of the last immunization, the information provided shall include all types of immunizations received. The bill requires the state medical examiner to adopt rules to comply with the bill. | In Committee |
| SF415 | A bill for an act relating to false accusations of a criminal act, and providing penalties. | This bill relates to false accusations of a criminal act. Current law provides that a person who reports the alleged occurrence of a criminal act, knowing the act did not occur, commits a class “D” felony if the alleged criminal act reported is a forcible felony, intimidation with a dangerous weapon, an act of terrorism, unlawful possession of biological agents or diseases, or any arson offense. The bill provides that a person who reports the alleged occurrence of a criminal act, knowing the act did not occur, commits a class “D” felony. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than $10,245. The bill provides that any person who continues to make allegations of an alleged occurrence of a criminal act after the allegations are proven to be false may be charged with malicious prosecution under Code section 720.6, which the bill changes from a serious misdemeanor to an aggravated misdemeanor. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540. | In Committee |
| SJR6 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa by repealing the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund, and dedicating a portion of state revenue from sales and use taxes imposed for the benefit of property tax relief. | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa by repealing the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund, and dedicating a portion of state revenue from sales and use taxes imposed for the benefit of property tax relief. | In Committee |
| SF229 | A bill for an act relating to the office of the consumer advocate. | This bill relates to the office of the consumer advocate. The bill changes the office of the consumer advocate from a division of the department of justice to an independent agency. The bill requires the consumer advocate to be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, from a list of three candidates provided by a committee consisting of the secretary of agriculture, the auditor of state, and the treasurer of state. The consumer advocate shall serve a term of five years and shall regularly report to a committee consisting of the secretary of agriculture, the auditor of state, and the treasurer of state, regarding the activities of the consumer advocate. The bill makes conforming changes, including by removing the authority of the attorney general to set the salary of the consumer advocate and employ staff to support the office of the consumer advocate. The bill terminates the term of office of the person serving as the consumer advocate immediately prior to the effective date of the bill on the effective date of the bill. | In Committee |
| SF161 | A bill for an act prohibiting the regulation of certain residential gardens by state agencies and local governments.(See SF 494.) | GENERAL. This bill prohibits a state agency or local government from adopting or continuing in effect any regulation that prohibits an individual from establishing, maintaining, or benefiting from a residential garden located on residential property owned or leased by that individual. Any such regulation is void and unenforceable. Under the bill, “residential property” includes real property consisting of not more than two family dwelling units. RESTRICTIONS. In order to be protected from regulation, a residential garden must meet certain requirements. The garden must be used to produce vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers, pollinator plants, leafy greens, and other edible plants and must be part of a yard attached to an occupied residential property. The garden food must be produced and harvested primarily for the benefit of the individual who owns or leases the residential property or the members of the individual’s family, household, or guests. APPLICABILITY. The protection from regulation does not apply in a number of circumstances including to the use of residential property if the state agency or local government is a titleholder or leaseholder, or if the management of the residential property is governed under a contract with the state agency or local government. The protection does not apply if the garden food is produced for purposes of sale. The protection does not apply to a number of state regulations in effect that govern organic food production, including a number of regulations administered and enforced by the department of agriculture and land stewardship relating to seeds, fertilizers and soil conditioners, or pesticides (although certain local government preemption statutes exist for these items), or to the control of noxious weeds. The protection does not apply to a plant that is growing in an easement or ditch, that obstructs traffic, or that invades neighboring property. Finally, the protection does not apply to a number of plant species, including a plant used to produce a controlled substance or used to produce a medical or psychological substance; to a plant that may cause damage to another plant or an animal, or that obstructs water flow or poses a public health threat; to a practice that constitutes a public or private nuisance; or to a regulation that does not target the use of a residential garden, even though the regulation may impact upon the garden’s use. | In Committee |
| SF320 | A bill for an act creating a capital murder offense by establishing the penalty of death for murder in the first degree of a peace officer on duty, and including effective date and applicability provisions. | This bill amends the Iowa criminal code to provide for punishment by death for capital murder committed by a person age 18 or older if the trial jury, or the judge if there is no jury, makes specific findings and if the jury believes the defendant should be put to death in a separate penalty proceeding held after the close of the initial trial proceeding. Under the bill, a death sentence could be imposed if the murder would constitute murder in the first degree. The bill provides that in order to receive a sentence of death, the defendant must be at least 18 years of age at the time the murder in the first degree of a peace officer on duty was committed, must not be mentally ill or intellectually disabled, and must have been a major participant in the commission of the crime or must have shown a manifest indifference to human life. The bill amends Code section 707.2, murder in the first degree, to include when a person intentionally kills a peace officer, with knowledge that the person killed is a peace officer. The bill specifies that the attorney general may prosecute all actions and proceedings involving capital murder, when in the attorney general’s judgment the interest of the state requires the attorney general to intervene on behalf of the county attorney, or upon request by the county attorney. If a person is indigent and is charged with capital murder, payment of costs for two attorneys is authorized. The supreme court is required to establish standards for the competency of counsel in death penalty cases. The state public defender is charged with establishing teams of qualified lead and cocounsel for death penalty cases, as well as conducting or sponsoring specialized training programs for attorneys representing persons who may be executed. If a capital murder case proceeds to trial and a notice of intent to seek the death penalty has been filed, in addition to any other defenses that may be presented to the charge, the defendant may raise the issue of intellectual disability or mental illness during the time of filing pretrial motions. Once the evidence is submitted to the jury, the court will instruct the jury, at the defendant’s request, that in considering whether a sentence of death is justified, the race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, sex, or other protected classes under Code chapter 216 of the defendant or of any victim is not to be considered. The supreme court shall collect evidence relating to whether the death sentences imposed are excessive, disproportionate, or imposed under the influence of prejudice at trial, which will be available to litigants. The sentence of death is imposed only when the trier of fact (the jury or the court if the defendant has waived the right to a jury trial) unanimously answers two questions affirmatively: (1) whether aggravating circumstances established beyond a reasonable doubt outweigh any mitigating circumstances that may exist; and (2) whether the defendant should be sentenced to death. Mitigating factors the trier of fact may consider include the following: the defendant was under the influence of an extreme mental or emotional disturbance; the age of the defendant; the defendant’s ability to appreciate the wrongfulness of the conduct due to mental disease but not to a degree to constitute a defense; the defendant has no significant prior criminal history; the defendant was under extreme duress; the defendant did not directly commit the murder; and the defendant’s character or record or the circumstances of the offense. The sentencing proceeding is conducted separately from the finding of guilt or innocence by the same trier of fact. For the sentencing proceeding, the trier of fact (the jury or the court if the defendant has waived the right to have the jury hear the proceedings) is to weigh any aggravating circumstances established beyond a reasonable doubt by the state against any of the enumerated mitigating circumstances that may be presented by the defendant. Evidence of certain juvenile delinquency adjudications is not admissible in any proceeding to determine the sentence. The supreme court shall automatically review a death penalty sentence. The supreme court shall review the trial and judgment separately from the sentencing proceeding. If the supreme court finds error in the sentencing proceeding, the supreme court may remand the case back to district court for a new sentencing hearing. The bill requires the supreme court to examine whether the sentence is excessive or disproportionate to penalties in similar cases. If affirmed by the supreme court, the penalty would be accomplished by lethal injection. The bill requires the board of corrections to adopt rules pertaining to executions, including rules pertaining to the witnessing of executions. A person who is sentenced to death, but who is pregnant when the warrant of execution is issued, is not to be executed until the person is no longer pregnant. The bill also provides a procedure to stay execution of a condemned inmate who becomes insane after conviction but before execution. An employee of the state shall not be required to perform or assist in any execution and shall not be discriminated against for refusing to participate. The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill. The bill contains severability provisions, takes effect January 1, 2026, and applies only to offenses committed on or after that date. | In Committee |
| SF343 | A bill for an act establishing a grant program for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault forensic examination centers. | This bill establishes a grant program in the department of justice for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault forensic examination centers. The bill requires that the attorney general contract with an eligible nonprofit organization to operate and maintain sexual assault forensic examination centers in the state. The contract may be terminated by the attorney general after a hearing upon written notice and for good cause. The bill provides that a nonprofit organization must comply with all of the following to be eligible for a contract under this section: be a nonprofit organization incorporated in the state; employ or otherwise retain services from sexual assault nurse examiners; and maintain, or be in the process of establishing, one or more treatment facilities in the state that are primarily dedicated to providing a diverse range of services to sexual assault survivors, including but not limited to medical forensic services; provide services for sexual assault survivors, including providing sexual assault care and related trainings, as the overall primary purpose of the organization. The bill provides that a contracting nonprofit organization shall: provide services, including medical forensic services, to sexual assault survivors including adults, children, persons with disabilities, rural Iowans, and other underserved populations; provide or facilitate trainings to medical practitioners regarding the provision of medical forensic services; provide or facilitate trainings to law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys regarding sexual assault services; provide or facilitate trainings to members of the public regarding sexual assault services and sexual assault prevention; provide a cooperative team approach regarding sexual assault services and establish an approach that emphasizes the best interests of the sexual assault survivor; involve or consult with persons from various professional disciplines who have training and expertise in addressing special types of sexual assault; and submit an annual report to the attorney general describing the services and trainings that have been provided. The bill provides that a contracting nonprofit organization may seek funding or reimbursement from other sources including but not limited to charging for attendance at trainings. The contract shall provide general funding as reimbursement toward the contracting nonprofit organization’s overall operating expenditures. The bill provides that a contracting nonprofit organization is not a state agency for the purposes of Code chapter 8A, subchapter IV, or Code chapter 20 or 669. | In Committee |
| SF364 | A bill for an act modifying the periods of time to bring certain civil actions by victims of sexual abuse and other sexual offenses that occurred when the victim was a minor, entitling certain cases to a preference in trial order, and including effective date provisions. | This bill modifies the periods of time to bring civil actions relating to victims of sexual abuse and other sexual offenses that occurred when the victim was a minor and entitles certain cases to a preference in trial order. Under current Code section 614.1(12), a civil action for damages for injury suffered as result of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation by a counselor, therapist, school employee, or adult providing training or instruction can only be brought within five years after the date that the victim was either last treated by the counselor or therapist or last enrolled in or attended the school. The bill amends this provision by making a distinction between victims that are minors at the time of abuse and victims that are 18 years of age or older at the time of abuse. The bill does not change the statute of limitations for victims that are 18 years of age or older at the time of abuse. For victims who are minors at the time of abuse, the action shall be brought by the injured party within 10 years from the time of discovery of the injury or relationship between the injury and the sexual abuse or exploitation or from the attainment of majority, whichever is later. Code section 614.8 provides that the time limit to bring certain civil actions is extended by one year for minors. The bill makes a conforming change to Code section 614.18 to account for the longer extension of time for minors that the bill provides. Under Code section 614.8A, the bill extends the time for filing a civil action relating to sexual abuse which occurred when the injured person was a minor from within four years from the time of discovery of both the injury and the causal relationship between the injury and the sexual abuse to 10 years or within 10 years from the attainment of majority, whichever is later. The bill also provides for the filing of civil actions for injuries incurred from other sexual offenses. The bill provides that claims related to offenses under the bill that arise prior to the effective date of the bill must be brought not later than three years after the effective date of the bill. If an action was previously dismissed before the effective date of the bill on the grounds that it was time-barred or because the party failed to file a petition, the party shall have a right to file a revival action. The bill provides that the district court shall try civil cases in the order in which cases are initiated by the filing of a petition, but entitles cases to preference if the cases have been revived pursuant to Code section 614.1(12)(b) or Code section 615.8A(2) or actions in which the interests of justice, as determined by the supreme court, will be served by early trial. If a party intends to invoke this preference, the party must serve the notice of a motion for preference with the petition. Such notice must be served 10 days after such service by any other party. The bill takes effect upon enactment. | In Committee |
| SF255 | A bill for an act relating to the personal needs allowance under the medical assistance program.(See SF 476.) | This bill relates to the personal needs allowance under the medical assistance program. The personal needs allowance covers a person’s personal expenses not covered by the medical assistance program. Current law provides that a person who is a resident of a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability or mental illness, or a psychiatric medical institution for children may retain a personal needs allowance of $50 per month. A resident who has an income of less than $50 dollars per month shall receive a supplement from the state to receive a personal needs allowance of $50 per month. The bill increases the personal needs allowance to $65 per month and a resident with an income of less than $65 per month shall receive a supplement from the state. The bill provides that beginning July 1, 2026, the department shall annually increase the personal needs allowance by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for the most recent 12-month period published in the federal register by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics. | In Committee |
| SF334 | A bill for an act creating a special motion for expedited relief in actions involving the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition, and the right of association, and including effective date and applicability provisions. | This bill enacts the “Uniform Public Expression Protection Act”, which creates a special motion for expedited relief in actions involving the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition, and the right of association. The bill applies to a cause of action asserted in a civil action against a person based on the person’s communication in a legislative, executive, judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding; communication on an issue under consideration or review in a legislative, executive, judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding; or exercise of the person’s first amendment right on a matter of public concern. The bill does not apply to causes of action against a governmental unit or an employee or agent of a governmental unit acting or purporting to act in an official capacity; by a governmental unit or an employee or agent of a governmental unit acting in an official capacity to enforce or protect against an imminent threat to public health or safety; or against a person engaged in the business of selling or leasing goods or services if the cause of action arises out of a communication related to a person’s sale or lease of the goods or services. The bill defines “goods or services” to not include the creation, dissemination, exhibition, or advertisement or similar promotion of a dramatic, literary, musical, political, journalistic, or artistic work, and defines “governmental unit” to mean a public corporation or government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality. The bill provides that no later than 60 days after being served with a cause of action to which the bill applies, or at a later time upon showing of good cause, a party may file a special motion for expedited relief to dismiss the cause of action or part of the cause of action. The filing of the special motion stays all other proceedings between the parties, and the court has discretion to stay a proceeding involving another party if the hearing or ruling on motion would adjudicate an issue material to the motion. A hearing shall be held no later than 60 days after filing the motion, unless the court orders a later hearing to allow discovery or for good cause. A stay remains in effect until an order ruling on the motion is entered and the 30-day appeal period following the order has concluded. During a stay, the court may allow limited discovery if a party shows the information is not reasonably available and that specific information is necessary to establish whether a party has satisfied the party’s burden under the bill. The court may also, for good cause, hear and rule on motions unrelated to the special motion and a motion seeking an injunction. The bill provides that a motion for costs, attorney fees, and expenses is not subject to the special motion for expedited relief stay. The parties’ ability to voluntarily dismiss or move to sever is not affected by the special motion for expedited relief stay. The bill provides that in ruling on a special motion for expedited relief, the court shall dismiss with prejudice a cause of action, or part of a cause of action, if the moving party establishes that the bill applies, the responding party fails to establish that the bill does not apply, and either the responding party fails to establish a prima facie case as to each essential element of the cause of action or the moving party establishes that the responding party failed to state a cause of action upon which relief can be granted or there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the cause of action or part of the cause of action. The bill provides that the court may award court costs, reasonable attorney fees, and reasonable litigation fees relating to the special motion to the prevailing party. The bill is a uniform Act drafted by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. The bill takes effect upon enactment. The bill applies to actions that are filed on or after the effective date of the bill. | In Committee |
| SF347 | A bill for an act prohibiting certain materials in public libraries in counties and cities, authorizing civil actions, and providing civil penalties. | This bill prohibits materials with descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act as defined in Code section 702.17 from being accessible to minors in county or city public libraries. Under the bill, a city, a city library board, a library district, or a city librarian or library district librarian is prohibited from selecting or making purchases of any materials with descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act as defined in Code section 702.17 for the public library. The bill provides that a public librarian for a city or a library district shall not knowingly provide obscene material or hard-core pornography to a minor in a public library. A parent or guardian of a minor alleging that a librarian has knowingly provided either of those materials to a minor may file a complaint with the appropriate library board or library district. If 30 days have passed and the public librarian continues to violate the bill, the parent or guardian may file a complaint with the applicable city council or board of supervisors. After filing complaints with the library board or library district and the city council or board of supervisors and after 30 days have passed, if the public librarian continues to violate the bill, the parent or guardian may bring a civil action for damages and injunctive relief against the city or any combination of cities and counties of a library district that employs the librarian. The bill provides that if a parent or guardian is the prevailing party in the civil action, the court shall award reasonable attorney fees and assess a civil penalty against the municipal entity responsible for employing the librarian of not less than $5,000 plus an additional $500 per day for each day a violation occurs during the pendency of the civil action. If the obscene material is removed from the library during the pendency of the civil action, the additional $500 per day is not assessed. The bill requires moneys collected from the assessment of the civil penalty to be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state. The bill provides that if the librarian’s violation relates to obscene material, the court is required to order the municipal entity responsible for employing the librarian to pay not less than $10,000 in damages to the parent or guardian. The bill also provides that if the librarian’s violation relates to hard-core pornography, the court is required to order the municipal entity responsible for employing the librarian to pay not less than $20,000 in damages to the parent or guardian. The bill provides that if a parent or guardian is the prevailing party in the civil action, the clerk of court shall send a copy of the court’s order and a copy of the bill’s provision by certified mail to the attorney general and the county attorney of the applicable county of the municipal entity responsible for employing the librarian who violated the bill’s provisions. The bill provides that a parent or guardian who was the prevailing party in the civil action may bring a civil action for damages against the municipal entity that employs the librarian if the librarian continues to violate the injunction. The bill also provides that if the parent or guardian is the prevailing party in the proceedings, the court shall award the parent or guardian actual damages for injuries resulting from the librarian’s initial violation of knowingly providing obscene material or hard-core pornography to a minor in a public library and for violating the injunction and a civil penalty of not less than $20,000 plus an additional $1,000 per day for each day the librarian’s violation of the injunction continues. Code section 728.6 authorizes a county attorney to institute a civil proceeding to enjoin the dissemination or exhibition of obscene material to minors when the county attorney has reasonable cause to believe that any person is engaged or plans to engage in the dissemination or exhibition of obscene material within the county attorney’s county to minors. The bill authorizes the attorney general to also institute such civil proceedings. A county attorney’s or the attorney general’s receipt of a copy of a court’s injunctive order provided by the clerk of court along with subsequent information that a violation is continuing to occur shall constitute probable cause that a violation of knowingly providing obscene material or hard-core pornography to a minor in a public library has occurred. | In Committee |
| SF342 | A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material, and providing penalties. | This bill establishes the criminal offense of unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material. The bill provides that a person who is 18 years of age or older who knowingly sends an unsolicited picture or video by electronic means depicting any person’s genitals or pubic area, any person engaging in a sex act, or the covered genitals of a male person that are in a discernibly turgid state is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560. A person convicted of a violation of the bill is required to register as a sex offender. A person convicted of a violation of the bill is also required to be sentenced to a special sentence committing the person into the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections for a period of 10 years, with eligibility for parole. | In Committee |
| SF254 | A bill for an act prohibiting municipalities and fire departments from purchasing fire fighter equipment that does not contain a label regarding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. | This bill prohibits a municipality or fire department from purchasing fire fighter equipment unless the fire fighter equipment contains a permanently affixed label indicating whether the fire fighter equipment contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill. | In Committee |
| SF299 | A bill for an act establishing the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund, creating an excise tax, and making appropriations. | This bill establishes the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund (fund). The bill creates the fund in the state treasury under the control of the department of natural resources (DNR). The fund shall consist of moneys deposited into the fund, including moneys collected from the excise tax assessed under the bill and gifts and donations received for the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to DNR to respond to catastrophic events, regardless of size, resulting from the release or failure of a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline, transportation, or storage system, including but not limited to a leakage, rupture, or other hazardous incident. The moneys may be used by the department for immediate disaster response, including containment, emergency response support, or environmental cleanup or long-term recovery, including compensation to victims, rebuilding, and environmental restoration. The fund is financed through an excise tax at a rate determined by the general assembly. The bill imposes the excise tax on the total annual transportation capacity of liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines and storage systems operating within Iowa and the actual amount of liquefied carbon dioxide transported through Iowa annually. The bill requires a minimum of $10 billion to be maintained in the fund in order for any common carrier liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline to transport liquefied carbon dioxide within the state. The bill creates two fiduciary oversight boards, the oversight board and the victim assistance board. The oversight board consists of at least five members appointed to five-year terms by the governor and confirmed by the senate. Expertise in financial relief, public policy, and disaster relief is considered when appointing the members. The members are responsible for maintaining the integrity of the fund, meeting at least quarterly to review the fund and oversee tax revenues and distributions, making recommendations for changes, and acquiring appropriate insurance to protect the fund and victims. The victim assistance board consists of at least seven members, five of which must meet certain qualifications provided in the bill. The members are responsible for ensuring that the fund’s resources are equitably and efficiently distributed to disaster victims, assessing the needs of victims, prioritizing claims, monitoring the recovery progress, advising the oversight board on any adjustments needed in the disaster response process or funding levels, creating and maintaining an on-demand, three-dimensional plume model network to accurately predict movement of a carbon dioxide plume, determining equipment and training required for local first responders, and compensating local first responder units. The bill requires the general assembly to review the operation of the fund every two years to ensure it meets its objectives, adjust the excise tax rate as needed to keep pace with inflation or changing disaster needs, and evaluate the effectiveness of disaster response protocols. The bill allows the oversight board or the victims assistance board to recommend improvements or changes to disaster relief policies. | In Committee |
| SF302 | A bill for an act relating to citizenship status on forms of voter identification, and including applicability provisions. | This bill requires voter identification cards, driver’s licenses, and nonoperator’s identification cards applied for, issued, or renewed on or after the effective date of the bill to include an indication of whether the person identified on the card is a citizen of the United States. The bill also requires a voter to present documentation indicating whether the voter is a citizen of the United States if the voter’s form of voter identification does not indicate whether the voter is a citizen of the United States. Under current law, other accepted forms of voter identification include a United States passport, a United States military or veterans identification card, or a tribal identification card. | In Committee |
| SF143 | A bill for an act relating to consumer data protection, and including retroactive applicability provisions. | This bill relates to consumer data protection. Under Code section 715D.1, “child” is defined as any natural person younger than 13 years of age. Under the bill, “child” is defined as any natural person younger than 18 years of age. The bill expands the definition of “health record” to include, in addition to any record containing related health information, any record containing nonhealth information that is related to health information provided in confidence to a health care provider. The bill expands the definition of “sensitive data” to include health data. “Health data” is defined in the bill. Under the bill, except as it relates to health data, the Code chapter shall not apply to the state or any political subdivision of the state; financial institutions, affiliates of financial institutions, or data subject to Tit. V of the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, 15 U.S.C. §6801 et seq.; persons who are subject to and comply with regulations promulgated pursuant to Tit. II, subtit. F, of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191, and Tit. XIII, subtit. D, of the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, 42 U.S.C. §17921 - 17954; nonprofit organizations; or institutions of higher education. The bill exempts information or data maintained by a public health authority, as defined by HIPAA, from the Code chapter provided the public health authority has received the consumer’s authorization, unless otherwise required by HIPAA. The bill exempts information used only for public health activities and purposes as authorized by HIPAA, provided that the information is de-identified, aggregated, and processed in batches of no less than 100 consumers from the Code chapter. Under the bill, a consumer shall have the right to request to be notified of, or to opt out of, profiling in furtherance of a decision that produces legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer. The bill defines “profiling” as any form of automated processing performed on personal data to evaluate, analyze, or predict specific factors related to the economic status, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements of an individual. Notification to the consumer shall be in plain language and include the type of data subject to profiling, any requirements for a person receiving the consumer’s data to delete or return the data, and the process for a consumer to file a complaint. “Decision that produces legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer” is defined in the bill. The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| SF249 | A bill for an act relating to damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and including effective date provisions. | This bill relates to damages incurred due to the release of carbon dioxide. The bill grants any person residing, traveling through, or visiting, or owning or leasing property, equipment, or livestock, within a 25-mile radius from the site of a release of carbon dioxide from a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility standing to bring an action against the owner of a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility if carbon dioxide is released from a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility. The bill requires the claim to be filed within one year of the incident occurring. The bill imposes strict liability on the owner for all compensatory and punitive damages. The bill provides that any judgment lien for an action brought under the bill has priority over all other security interests or liens. The bill requires any assets held by an owner involved in bankruptcy or receivership to be held in trust for the benefit of potential carbon dioxide victim judgment lienholders for a period of one year from the owner’s last day of controlling the operations of the liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline or carbon dioxide facility or the owner’s last day of producing carbon dioxide that will be transported through a pipeline or sequestered on the property. The bill is effective upon enactment. | In Committee |
| SF120 | A bill for an act providing an exception to a minor's legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical care or services for a sexually transmitted disease or infection.(See SF 304.) | This bill relates to the legal capacity of a minor to consent to the provision of medical care or services to the minor for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease or infection. Under Code section 139A.35, a minor has the legal capacity to act and give consent to provision of medical care or services to the minor for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease or infection. Under the bill, a minor does not have the legal capacity to consent to the provision of vaccinations for a sexually transmitted disease or infection. | In Committee |
| SF117 | A bill for an act relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners.(See SF 313.) | This bill relates to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of practitioners and pharmacists. The bill prohibits the board of pharmacy and any health-related professional board under Code chapter 147 (general provisions, health-related professions) (boards) that license a pharmacist or practitioner and any employer of a pharmacist or practitioner from restricting the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, or administering authority of a pharmacist or practitioner, consistent with the pharmacist’s or practitioner’s scope of practice, in a way that acts as a deterrent for the pharmacist or practitioner to use a medication or treatment in accordance with the pharmacist’s or practitioner’s best professional judgment. The bill also provides that any restriction by an employer of a pharmacist or practitioner that is prohibited under the bill, whether or not documented by the employer as part of a contract, agreement, or employee handbook, by an amendment to any such document, or by any other means, is unenforceable and shall not be the basis for any disciplinary action by the employer. The bill also provides that a pharmacist or practitioner who uses a medication or treatment in accordance with the pharmacist’s or practitioner’s best professional judgment and consistent with the pharmacist’s or practitioner’s scope of practice under the bill, shall not be subject to licensee discipline. Code section 155A.3 defines “pharmacist” as a person licensed by the board of pharmacy to practice pharmacy; and “practitioner” as a physician, dentist, podiatric physician, prescribing psychologist, veterinarian, optometrist, physician assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or other person licensed or registered to prescribe, distribute, or dispense a prescription drug or device in the course of professional practice in this state or a person licensed by another state in a health field in which, under Iowa law, licensees in this state may legally prescribe drugs. | In Committee |
| SF118 | A bill for an act relating to powers and duties applicable to state of disaster emergencies and public health disasters. | This bill relates to duties and powers relative to emergency situations including a state of disaster emergency and a public health disaster. The bill amends provisions relating to the proclamation of a state of disaster emergency by the governor under Code chapter 29C (emergency management and security). Current law provides that a state of disaster emergency shall continue for 30 days unless terminated or extended by the governor and that the general assembly, by concurrent resolution when in session or through the legislative council by majority vote if not in session, may rescind the proclamation. Under the bill, a state of disaster emergency shall continue for 60 days unless rescinded, extended, or amended by the general assembly, not the governor, and any initial extension of the proclamation by the general assembly shall not exceed 60 days, and any subsequent extension shall not exceed 60-day increments. The bill also provides that if the general assembly is not in session, the legislative council may, by majority vote, rescind, extend, or amend this proclamation only once and the extension shall not exceed 60 days. As described in the bill, a measure dictated in a state of disaster emergency proclamation shall have certain restrictions relating to constitutional rights, religious rights, patient rights, surveillance, health-related profession licensing and prescribing authority, and disease contraction monitoring. The bill amends the duties of the department of health and human services (HHS or the department) relative to a public health disaster under Code chapter 135 (department of health and human services —— public health). The bill provides that the reasonable measures taken by HHS to prevent the transmission of infectious disease and to ensure that all cases of communicable disease are properly identified, controlled, and treated shall not include requiring identification and monitoring of a person at risk of contracting a contagious or infectious disease through contact with a contagious person or requiring a person to comply with such identification and monitoring efforts. The department may recommend, but not order, physical examinations, testing, and the collection of specimens necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals. An affected individual has the ultimate authority to determine whether to submit to the department’s recommendations, and shall not be subject to undue pressure or compulsion to submit. The department may isolate infected individuals who refuse a physical examination or testing and who pose a danger to the public health. The length of isolation shall not exceed the longest usual incubation period for the specific communicable disease. The department may recommend a vaccine approved by the United States food and drug administration as safe and effective, but not vaccinate or order that individuals be vaccinated against an infectious disease or to prevent the spread of communicable or potentially communicable disease. Prior to administration of a vaccine, an adult or the parent or legal representative of a minor receiving the vaccine shall be provided with the federal vaccine information statement and verbally informed of the known and potential benefits and risks of the vaccine. Vaccination shall not be recommended if it is reasonably likely to lead to serious harm. An affected individual has the ultimate authority to determine whether to submit to the recommended vaccination, and shall not be subject to undue pressure or compulsion to submit. The department may isolate infected individuals. The department may recommend, but not treat or order, individuals infected with disease receive treatment or prophylaxis. Treatment or prophylaxis shall not be recommended if the treatment or prophylaxis is reasonably likely to lead to serious harm. The infected individual has the ultimate authority to determine whether to submit to the recommendation, and shall not be subject to undue pressure or compulsion to submit. The department may isolate individuals infected with disease who are unable or unwilling to undergo treatment or prophylaxis. The department may isolate infected individuals or groups of individuals in accordance with Code chapter 139A (communicable and infectious diseases and poisonings) and the subchapter of Code chapter 135 relating to disaster preparedness. The bill requires the department to provide a link on the department’s internet site for qualified individuals to submit evidence-based information regarding a public health emergency or public health disaster and for members of the public to share their experiences. The department shall adopt rules to administer this provision, including the criteria a qualified individual must meet to participate. The bill provides that the type and length of isolation or quarantine imposed for a specific communicable disease shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the department, and that the length of the isolation or quarantine shall not exceed the longest usual incubation period for the specific communicable disease. Under current law, immunization is not required for enrollment in an elementary or secondary school or licensed child care center if a person, or, if the person is a minor, the minor’s parent or guardian, submits an affidavit stating that the immunization conflicts with the tenets and practices of a recognized religious denomination of which the person or the minor’s parent or guardian is an adherent or member. Under the bill, the submitted affidavit shall be accepted if it states the immunization conflicts with the sincerely held religious beliefs of the person or, if the person is a minor, the beliefs of the minor’s parent or guardian. The bill provides that if a child is exempt from vaccination, the exemption applies during times of emergency or epidemic. | In Committee |
| SF225 | A bill for an act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations. | This bill relates to permitting for pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide. The bill prohibits the Iowa utilities commission from renewing permits for pipelines that transport liquefied carbon dioxide. Additionally, the bill prohibits liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines from operating for longer than 25 years. Under current law, the commission may not grant pipeline permits for longer than 25 years. | In Committee |
| SF224 | A bill for an act relating to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings. | This bill relates to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings. The bill requires all members of the commission to be present for hearings related to public utility regulation or electric transmission lines, pipelines, or hazardous liquid pipelines regulated by the commission. The bill requires the hearings to pause if at any point during the meeting a member of the commission is not available for any reason and the hearing shall not resume until all members return. The bill requires at least one member of the commission to be present for an informational meeting regarding the issuance of an electric transmission line franchise, a pipeline permit, or a hazardous liquid pipeline permit. The bill requires the informational meeting to pause if at any point during the meeting no member of the commission is available for any reason and the meeting shall not resume until at least one member returns. | In Committee |
| SF228 | A bill for an act relating to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission. | This bill relates to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission. The bill prohibits the commission from threatening or imposing sanctions on an intervenor unless the commission determines the intervenor was knowingly dishonest or in violation of a criminal statute and caused actual, quantifiable injury to the commission in excess of $500. | In Committee |
| SF239 | A bill for an act relating to insurance requirements for the granting of a hazardous liquid pipeline permit. | This bill relates to insurance requirements for the granting of a hazardous liquid pipeline permit. The bill requires an applicant for a hazardous liquid pipeline permit to submit evidence to the Iowa utilities commission of a surety or insurance policy that ensures payment of all damages that may result from the construction or operation of the hazardous liquid pipeline before a permit may be granted by the commission. The surety or insurance policy must be sufficient to cover losses and injury resulting from construction of the hazardous liquid pipeline and from any discharge of content from the pipeline. The surety or insurance policy must also be sufficient to cover any person’s increased insurance costs, or the person’s inability to obtain insurance, due to the construction or presence of the pipeline. The bill requires the pipeline company to either purchase insurance on behalf of or reimburse any person who experiences increased insurance premiums or the inability to obtain insurance due to the construction or presence of the pipeline. | In Committee |
| SF226 | A bill for an act relating to procedures to review the exercise of eminent domain, and providing fees. | This bill allows an applicant before the Iowa utilities commission (commission) under Code chapter 476 or a person whose real property is subject to an eminent domain taking claim arising from an application before the commission to file a petition seeking declaratory review from the Polk county district court. Relief by the court is limited to a declaration of the parties’ rights, status, and other legal matters relating to eminent domain. The bill does not limit the commission’s authority to proceed with an application that was under consideration at the time of such a petition. The bill allows a person whose real property is subject to an eminent domain taking claim arising from an application before the commission to commence a new action in a district court of a county other than Polk county with a different district court judge if more than 18 months have passed since the commencement of a prior action or the facts and circumstances presented in the prior proceeding have changed. In such a proceeding, the bill requires the court to review the issues without giving precedential weight to the findings in the prior action. The bill requires a fee of $10 to commence a declaratory action in the bill that must be paid to the clerk of the district court of the county where the action is commenced. The fees collected are deposited in the general fund of the state. The bill prohibits any bond requirements for an appeal of any order entered in an action arising from the bill, or for any injunction to enforce an order entered pursuant to the bill. | In Committee |
| SF115 | A bill for an act relating to human growth and development course enrollment at school districts and to pupil attendance at educational conferences or seminars in which human growth and development information is provided. | This bill prohibits a school district from enrolling a pupil in a course of instruction in human growth and development, and from facilitating a pupil’s attendance at an educational conference or seminar that includes information on human growth and development, unless the pupil’s parent or guardian files written informed consent with the appropriate principal. The bill also requires the board of directors of a school district to annually provide to a parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in the district information about human growth and development that may be provided to pupils at an educational conference or seminar for which the school district facilitates pupil attendance. The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid received by the school district under Code section 257.16. The specification is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill. | In Committee |
| SF116 | A bill for an act relating to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances, establishing a private civil cause of action, and providing penalties. | This bill relates to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances, and establishes a private civil cause of action. The bill defines “obscene performance” as a visual performance by a person, whether compensated or uncompensated, that exposes the person’s genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast, including prosthetics and artificial sexual organs or substitutes therefor, or involves the person engaging in a sex act, masturbation, excretory function, or sadomasochistic abuse, which the average person, viewing the performance as a whole and applying contemporary community standards with respect to what is suitable to be viewed by minors, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is patently offensive, and the performance taken as a whole lacks serious artistic, literary, political, or scientific value. The bill provides that the office of attorney general or the county attorney of the county in which a violation occurs shall enforce the provisions of Code chapter 728 (obscenity). The bill provides that any person who knowingly exposes a minor to an “obscene performance” is guilty of a public offense and shall upon conviction be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. The bill provides that a person who knowingly sells, gives, delivers, or provides a minor who is not a child a pass or admits the minor to premises where an obscene performance is performed is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. A person who knowingly sells, gives, delivers, or provides a child a pass or admits the minor to premises where an obscene performance is performed is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. A minor is a person under 18 years of age, and a child is a person under 14 years of age. The bill establishes a private civil cause of action for a parent or guardian of a minor, or a minor upon reaching 18 years of age, to whom obscene material has been knowingly disseminated or exhibited, or who was exposed to an obscene performance. A cause of action may be brought against any person that has knowingly disseminated or exhibited obscene material to the minor or who engaged in or caused or allowed a person to knowingly engage in an obscene performance in the presence of the minor for any of the following remedies: a declaratory judgment; injunctive relief; actual, incidental, and consequential damages; punitive damages, if appropriate; and any other equitable relief that the court deems appropriate. The minimum award of damages shall be $10,000. An action may be commenced by a parent or guardian within two years of a violation. An action for a violation brought by a person who was a minor at the time of a violation shall be found within 10 years after the person upon whom the offense is committed attains 18 years of age. The bill provides that no public institution, public facility, public equipment, or other physical asset that is owned, leased, or controlled by this state or a political subdivision of this state shall be used for a show, exhibition, or performance that includes obscene material or obscene performances. No public institution or facility shall lease, sell, or permit the subleasing of its facilities or property for the purpose of shows, exhibitions, or performances that include obscene material or obscene performances. No public funds made available by the state or a political subdivision of this state that are distributed by an institution, board, commission, department, agency, official, or an employee of the state or political subdivision shall be used for the purpose of shows, exhibitions, or performances that include obscene material or obscene performances. The bill does not apply to obscene materials that are sent or received as part of a law enforcement investigation or are authorized by law to be sent or received. The bill provides that any public officer or employee, or any person acting under color of such office or employment, who knowingly allows a public institution or funds to be used for the purpose of shows, exhibitions, or performances that include obscene material or obscene performances commits a serious misdemeanor. The bill repeals Code section 728.7 (exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions), which provides that nothing in Code chapter 728 prohibits the use of appropriate material for educational purposes in any accredited school, or any public library, or in any educational program in which the minor is participating and nothing in Code chapter 728 prohibits the attendance of minors at an exhibition or display of art works or the use of any materials in any public library. | In Committee |
| SF156 | A bill for an act relating to policies for certain private spaces in facilities of public entities, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. | This bill requires state entities, defined to include cities and counties, but to exclude public schools to the extent governed under current law, to designate each private space located within a facility owned, operated, or controlled by the state entity for use only by persons of a single biological sex. However, a state entity may still provide for single-occupancy private spaces, and for family restrooms, changing rooms, or sleeping quarters. The bill prohibits a person from entering a private space located within a facility owned, operated, or controlled by a state entity that is designated for use by persons of the opposite biological sex. The bill provides exceptions for custodial, maintenance, inspection, medical, and emergency purposes, for individuals in need of or providing assistance, and for children under the age of 10 who are accompanying a caregiver. A violation of this provision is a simple misdemeanor; however, if it is for purposes of sexual gratification, the violation is an aggravated misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than 30 days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855, and an aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540. The bill provides that a state entity that violates the bill’s provisions is subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 for the first violation and $25,000 for each subsequent violation. Civil penalties collected by the attorney general under the bill must be deposited in the victim compensation fund. The bill allows a resident of the state to file a complaint with the attorney general concerning a violation of the bill by a state entity if the person has given written notice to the state entity describing the violation and the state entity does not cure the violation within three business days after receiving the written notice. The attorney general is required to investigate the claim of a violation, and a state entity must provide any information the attorney general requests in connection with the complaint. The bill requires the attorney general to provide a notice to the state entity if the attorney general finds that legal action is warranted. If the state entity does not cure the violation within 15 days of receiving the notice, the attorney general may take necessary legal action. In addition to collecting the civil penalty, the attorney general may recover court costs and reasonable attorney fees. The bill permits a person to bring a civil action for declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorney fees and court costs against a state entity that violates the bill. The bill requires a person who seeks declaratory or injunctive relief to prevent a state entity from enforcing the bill to pay the court costs and attorney fees of the prevailing party. The bill provides that a state entity requiring a private space to be designated and used by persons of the same biological sex does not constitute an unfair or discriminatory practice in violation of the Iowa civil rights Act, Code chapter 216. The bill takes effect upon enactment. | In Committee |
| SF112 | A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver held in a bullion depository approved by the treasurer of state, and providing fees. | This bill requires the treasurer of state to issue specie and establish a transactional currency that are usable as legal tender and readily transferable. The bill permits the treasurer of state to contract with a private vendor to perform the treasurer of state’s duties and requires the treasurer of state to exclusively authorize an approved bullion depository as the state’s issuer of specie. The bill requires the treasurer of state to hold all specie and bullion owned or purchased for such purposes in trust for the transactional currency holders and to maintain enough specie or bullion to allow for the redemption of all units of the transactional currency issued. The bill requires the treasurer of state to create an account in the approved bullion depository for all the specie and bullion. Once a person or state pays the treasurer of state for specie or bullion or designates specie or bullion held on account in the depository for being represented by transactional currency and pays a fee, the bill requires the treasurer of state to issue transactional currency to that person or state and to buy specie or bullion in the number of troy ounces of precious metal equal to the number of units of transactional currency issued to the purchaser, deposit the specie or bullion into the pooled depository account for the purchaser, and issue a depository account to the purchaser or update an existing depository account to reflect the purchase. The bill allows a person with transactional currency to redeem the currency for United States dollars, specie, or bullion by presenting the currency to the treasurer of state. To redeem the currency for the person, the bill requires the treasurer of state to sell the equivalent amount of specie or bullion from the pooled depository account and provide the amount received from the sale in United States dollars to the person or to withdraw the specie or bullion from the depository. The bill requires the treasurer of state to determine the value of a unit of transactional currency whenever transactional currency is issued or redeemed and requires that the value of a unit of transactional currency be equal to the appropriate fraction of a troy ounce of gold or silver at the time of that transaction as published by the approved bullion depository. The bill requires that specie and bullion purchased and deposited into the pooled depository account and money received in exchange for transactional currency or for the sale of specie or bullion in response to a request for redemption be held by the treasurer of state outside the state treasury and provides that it is not available for appropriation by the general assembly. The bill allows the treasurer of state to set a fee for issuing or redeeming transactional currency. The treasurer of state retains the fees to administer the bill and cover costs of industry standard merchant fees, with any excess to be deposited in the general fund of the state. | In Committee |
| SF136 | A bill for an act relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including the establishment of setbacks and safety regulations, specified utility construction project requirements, pipeline project investor disclosures, voluntary easement negotiation requirements, and provisions for land surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline construction projects, and including effective date and applicability provisions. | This bill relates to hazardous liquid pipelines, including the establishment of setbacks and safety regulations, easement requirements for utilities and landowner rights regarding pipeline construction, voluntary easement negotiation requirements, surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline projects, pipeline project investor disclosures, and provisions relating to entry of land. Division I of the bill allows counties to adopt setback and safety requirements for hazardous liquid pipeline projects that exceed the protections afforded in state and federal laws. Division II of the bill provides that the Iowa utilities commission (commission) shall not issue a permit for a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline until the federal pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration provides new rules updating the safety standards for liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines. The bill also provides that the commission shall not grant a permit to construct a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline unless the permit is conditioned upon the pipeline company (company) burying the pipeline with at least eight feet of cover to allow for future drainage and obtaining all other applicable permits, including federal and state regulatory permits, state and local highway and road crossing permits, and local zoning permits. The company must release the results of any plume modeling studies upon applying for a permit that vests the company with the power of eminent domain. The bill requires a company seeking to use eminent domain to first acquire at least 90 percent of the affected parcels and 90 percent of the pipeline project’s total distance through voluntary easements or through preexisting easements. The bill prohibits the commission from granting a company the right of eminent domain for an interstate hazardous liquid pipeline project unless the company first acquires all applicable pipeline construction and zoning permits from the other states the project will be constructed in. The bill allows a landowner to file a complaint with the commission and to notify the relevant county board of supervisors of a violation of land restoration standards. The bill expands the meaning of “landowner” under Code section 479B.20 to include a farm tenant. The bill expands damages that constitute compensable loss under Code section 479B.29 to include soil compaction, damage to soil or water conservation structures, and damage to irrigation or drainage systems, and adds “farm tenant” to the definition of “landowner”. The bill expands the claims a landowner can bring and receive compensation for to include any identifiable compensable loss resulting from pipeline activity. A landowner may file an action for relief in small claims or district court against a company for a violation of Code section 479B.29. The bill modifies the definition of damages for purposes of construction damages under Code section 479B.30 to include compensable losses listed under Code section 479B.29. The bill requires a company applying for a permit and negotiating a voluntary easement to first acquire signed, witnessed, and notarized written permission from an affected landowner. Upon consent being granted, a company or company’s agents shall not exceed two communications per month with a landowner unless the landowner waives the restriction through written permission. Violations of the bill shall be reported to the commission, which shall set a public hearing. If the commission finds a violation has occurred, the commission shall fine the company $1,000 per violation and collect and deliver the amount to the affected landowner. The bill provides an affected landowner a cause of action against a company in violation of the provisions of the bill. The bill provides that a company seeking eminent domain rights shall include investor information in the application for a permit submitted to the commission. The permit application shall include the names and home addresses of all planned pipeline investors and the range of planned investment per investor as indicated in the bill. The bill removes a provision allowing a company to enter upon private land for the purpose of surveying and examining the land by giving 10 days’ written notice to a landowner. Division II of the bill takes effect upon enactment. Division II of the bill applies retroactively to all applications for a permit to construct a pipeline pursuant to Code chapter 479B filed with the commission on or after July 1, 2021. Division II of the bill also applies to permits issued by the commission on or after the effective date of the division. | In Committee |
| SF67 | A bill for an act modifying the periods of time to bring certain civil actions, including by victims of sexual abuse, minors, and persons with mental illness, entitling certain cases to a preference in trial order, and including effective date provisions. | This bill modifies the periods of time to bring civil actions relating to young persons and persons with mental illness and entitles certain cases to a preference in trial order. Under current Code section 614.1(12), a civil action for damages for injury suffered as result of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation by a counselor, therapist, school employee, or adult providing training or instruction can only be brought within five years after the date that the victim was either last treated by the counselor or therapist or last enrolled in or attended the school. The bill amends this provision by making a distinction between victims that are minors at the time of abuse and victims that are 18 years of age or older at the time of abuse. The bill does not change the statute of limitations for victims that are 18 years of age or older at the time of abuse. For victims who are minors at the time of abuse, the action may be brought at any time. Under current Code section 614.8, the applicable limitations period in which to bring certain civil actions is extended for persons with mental illness and minors. The bill amends Code section 614.8 to exclude the provisions with no time limitation under the bill and to specify that the extension of the limitations period for persons with mental illness and for minors applies to claims brought pursuant to Code chapters 659A, 669, and 670, which are already mentioned at the beginning of the applicable provisions. Under Code section 614.8A, the bill extends the time for filing a civil action relating to sexual abuse which occurred when the injured person was a minor from one year after the attainment of majority or within four years from the time of discovery of both the injury and the causal relationship between the injury and the sexual abuse to any time. The bill also provides for the filing of civil actions for injuries incurred from other sexual offenses. The bill provides that claims related to offenses under the bill that arise prior to the effective date of the bill must be brought not later than three years after the effective date of the bill. If an action was previously dismissed before the effective date of the bill on the grounds that it was time-barred or because the party failed to file a petition, the party shall have a right to file a revival action. The bill provides that the district court shall try civil cases in the order in which cases are initiated by the filing of a petition, but entitles cases to preference if the cases have been revived pursuant to Code section 614.1(12)(b) or Code section 615.8A(2) or actions in which the interests of justice, as determined by the supreme court, will be served by early trial. If a party intends to invoke this preference, the party must serve the notice of a motion for preference with the petition. Such notice must be served 10 days after such service by any other party. The bill takes effect upon enactment. | In Committee |
| SF92 | A bill for an act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the construction of hazardous liquid pipelines and including effective date and applicability provisions. | This bill relates to a utility's right to condemn agricultural land. The bill provides that the construction of hazardous liquid pipelines for the transportation or transmission of liquefied carbon dioxide is not a public use, public purpose, or public improvement for purposes of condemnation of agricultural land by a utility unless the owner of the agricultural land consents to the condemnation. Under current law, a utility is excluded from the requirement to receive the consent of the owner of agricultural land prior to using eminent domain to condemn the agricultural land for private development purposes. The bill defines a utility as a person or business that provides gas, electricity, communications services, water, or sanitary sewage or storm water drainage disposal to the public for compensation, and also includes waterworks, joint water utilities, rural water districts, cooperative water associations, and electric transmission owners primarily providing service to public utilities. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to condemnation proceedings for which the application is filed on or after the effective date of the bill. | In Committee |
| SF95 | A bill for an act relating to common carriers and including effective date and applicability provisions. | This bill defines a common carrier for purposes of Code chapters 6A (eminent domain law) and 6B (procedure under eminent domain) as a commercial enterprise that transports goods or passengers for hire as a public employment. A carrier that transports hazardous liquid only qualifies as a common carrier if the carrier transports for one or more shippers that are unaffiliated with the carrier and will not sell the hazardous liquid to the carrier. The federal energy regulatory commission’s determination on whether a carrier qualifies as a common carrier is controlling. Under current law, when a property owner or an acquiring agency seeks judicial review of an exercise of eminent domain, an acquiring agency must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the definition of public use, public purpose, or public improvement is met. The bill provides that an acquiring agency seeking to use eminent domain pursuant to a grant under Code chapter 479B (hazardous liquid pipelines and storage facilities) must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the exercise of eminent domain meets the definition of a public use, public purpose, or public improvement. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to condemnation proceedings for which the application is filed on or after the effective date of the bill. | In Committee |
| SF74 | A bill for an act repealing provisions for land surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline construction projects and including effective date provisions. | This bill repeals provisions relating to entry for land surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline projects. The bill removes a provision allowing a pipeline company to enter upon private land for the purpose of surveying and examining the land by giving 10 days’ written notice to a landowner. The bill takes effect upon enactment. | In Committee |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
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| HF189 | 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. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| HF189 | 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. | Shall amendment S–3176 to amendment S–3171 be adopted? | 05/14/2025 | Nay |
| HF711 | A bill for an act relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, including establishment training programs, schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, and course of study. (Formerly HF 49.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| HF767 | A bill for an act concerning private sector employee drug testing. (Formerly HSB 26.) Effective date: 07/01/2025 | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| HF889 | A bill for an act relating to government employee paid leave. (Formerly HSB 78.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| HF876 | A bill for an act providing for the disclosure of lead service lines in real estate disclosures and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 442.) Effective date: 01/01/2026. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| SF593 | A bill for an act providing for the preparation and filing of a district parcel record that identifies all parcels contained within a drainage or levee district that is part of a county. (Formerly SSB 1178.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| SF607 | A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance taxes on employers. (Formerly SF 504, SSB 1173.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| SF607 | A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance taxes on employers. (Formerly SF 504, SSB 1173.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall amendment S–3186 be adopted? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| SF607 | A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance taxes on employers. (Formerly SF 504, SSB 1173.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall amendment S–3185 be adopted? | 05/14/2025 | Nay |
| SF607 | A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance taxes on employers. (Formerly SF 504, SSB 1173.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall amendment S–3184 be adopted? | 05/14/2025 | Nay |
| SF608 | A bill for an act regulating the marketing of grain, by providing for fees paid by grain dealers and warehouse operators into the grain depositors and sellers indemnity fund, and the payment of claims to reimburse sellers and depositors for losses covered by the fund, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1131.) Effective date: 05/27/2025, 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 10/24/2022. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| SF612 | A bill for an act relating to state and local taxation and regulations by changing certain tax credits, cigarette and tobacco-related regulations, and certain city budget certification deadlines, providing for penalties, and including retroactive applicability and effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1153.) Effective date: Enactment, 07/01/2025 Applicability date: 01/01/2025 | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| HF979 | A bill for an act relating to vehicles operating with a permit for excessive size or weight, and providing fees. (Formerly HF 696, HSB 202.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| HF1002 | 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. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| HF1039 | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinvestment fund, providing for related matters including county payment for district court furnishings, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 334.) Effective date: Enactment, 07/01/2025 | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| HF1038 | A bill for an act relating to the opioid settlement fund, making appropriations and disbursements, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 331.) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 07/01/2024. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| HF1044 | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, including the department of administrative services, auditor of state, ethics and campaign disclosure board, offices of governor and lieutenant governor, department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, department of insurance and financial services, department of management, Iowa public employees' retirement system, public information board, department of revenue, secretary of state, tr | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| SF654 | 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.) | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| HF1049 | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, and related provisions and appropriations, including aging and disability services; behavioral health, public health, community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; sex reassignment surgeries or associated procedures; family well-being and protection; state-operat | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| SF659 | A bill for an act relating to state government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers; authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds; providing for properly related matters including crystalline polymorph psilocybin, medical residency and fellowship positions, state membership in the Iowa individual health benefit reinsurance association, student abuse by school employees, modified supplemental amounts f | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| SF660 | A bill for an act relating to sports wagering and tourism, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1240.) Contingent effective date, effective 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| SF660 | A bill for an act relating to sports wagering and tourism, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1240.) Contingent effective date, effective 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/14/2025 | Yea |
| SF462 | A bill for an act relating to weapons, including mandatory minimum sentences relating to the control, possession, receipt, or transportation of a firearm or offensive weapon by a felon, and the sharing of identifying information of persons prohibited from acquiring a pistol or revolver by court order, and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 1125.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| HF972 | A bill for an act relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant, residency, and fellowship programs; establishment of a health care professional incentive program; Medicaid graduate medical education; the health facilities council; and the Iowa health information network, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 754, HSB 191.) Contingent effective date, effective | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| HF976 | A bill for an act relating to the administration of the tax by the department of revenue by modifying provisions related to personal income, property, sales and use, motor fuel, and inheritance taxes, changing tax expenditure reviews, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 89.) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026. Applicability date: 01/01/2024, 01/01/2025, 01/01/2026. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| SF615 | A bill for an act relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 599, SF 363.) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| SF626 | A bill for an act relating to federal moneys and regulations, including the appropriation of federal moneys made available from federal block grants and other nonstate sources, the allocation of portions of federal block grants, the procedures if federal moneys or federal block grants are more or less than anticipated, and the authorization of certain city regulations when required under federal law, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1216.) Effe | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| HF1028 | A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 756, HSB 72.) | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| SF633 | 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.) | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| HF1037 | A bill for an act modifying economic development provisions relating to housing and residential development in urban renewal areas.(Formerly HF 617.) | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| SF645 | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, Iowa finance authority, department of workforce development, and the state board of regents and certain regents institutions, and extending the repeal date for the housing renewal pilot program. (Formerly SSB 1236.) Effective date: 07/01/2025 | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| SF644 | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing for properly related matters including indigent defense and representation, the corrections capital reinvestment fund, and a corrections federal receipts fund, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1232.) Effective date: Enactment, 07/01/2025 Applicability date: 07/01/2023 | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| SF648 | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch including judicial officer salaries and interpreter or translator fees, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1233.) Effective date: 06/20/2025, 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| SF657 | A bill for an act related to state taxation and finance and other related matters, by creating, modifying, and eliminating tax credits and tax incentive programs, providing for penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1205.) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 07/01/2025, 12/31/2025, 01/01/2026. Applicability date: 01/01/2017, 01/01/2025, 01/01/2026. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| SF412 | A bill for an act relating to property law, including rent, rental agreements, notice requirements, and possession of property. (Formerly SSB 1047.) | Shall the bill pass? | 05/12/2025 | Yea |
| HF639 | A bill for an act relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission, including commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings, including allowing certain persons to intervene in such proceedings, including sanctions on intervenors in contested cases, and permit, permit renewal, and operation limitations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 240.) | Shall the bill pass? | 05/12/2025 | Yea |
| HF639 | A bill for an act relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission, including commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings, including allowing certain persons to intervene in such proceedings, including sanctions on intervenors in contested cases, and permit, permit renewal, and operation limitations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 240.) | Shall amendment S–3165 to amendment S–3064 be adopted? | 05/12/2025 | Nay |
| HF711 | A bill for an act relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, including establishment training programs, schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences, and course of study. (Formerly HF 49.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/12/2025 | Yea |
| HF975 | A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority and the Iowa finance authority including the strategic infrastructure program, brownfield, grayfield, and redevelopment tax credits, community attraction and tourism, vision Iowa, sports tourism marketing, the historic preservation tax credit, homelessness, the title guaranty board, arts and culture, and the Iowa reinvestment Act and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions. (For | Shall the bill pass? | 05/12/2025 | Yea |
| HF975 | A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority and the Iowa finance authority including the strategic infrastructure program, brownfield, grayfield, and redevelopment tax credits, community attraction and tourism, vision Iowa, sports tourism marketing, the historic preservation tax credit, homelessness, the title guaranty board, arts and culture, and the Iowa reinvestment Act and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions. (For | Shall amendment S–3161 be adopted? | 05/12/2025 | Nay |
| HF1025 | 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. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/12/2025 | Yea |
| SF646 | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection. (Formerly SSB 1230.) Effective date: 07/01/2025 | Shall the bill pass? | 05/12/2025 | Yea |
| SF647 | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, and state board of regents, and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1231.) Effective Date: Conditional, 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/12/2025 | Yea |
| HF856 | A bill for an act prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating a private cause of action, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 155.) Effective date: 05/27/2025, 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 05/09/2025 | Yea |
| HF297 | A bill for an act relating to certain emergency services provided by a city. (Formerly HSB 98.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| HF299 | A bill for an act relating to the provision of information relating to immunization exemptions. (Formerly HF 34.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| HF530 | A bill for an act authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons. (Formerly HSB 166.) | Shall the bill pass? | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| SF474 | A bill for an act relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behavioral health evaluations for youth involved in juvenile delinquency and child in need of assistance proceedings; the licensing and certification of certain residential facilities; the provision of home and community-based services and habilitation services to certain youth by residential programs; administration and supervision of juvenile court services; and the suspension of Hawki | Shall the bill pass? | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| HF865 | A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the harassment or bullying of students enrolled in school districts or accredited nonpublic schools. (Formerly HF 149.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| SF616 | 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.) | Shall the bill pass? | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| SF632 | A bill for an act providing for programs and regulations related to agriculture, including crop production, animal health, and agricultural processing, providing for powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, providing fees, and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 522, SSB 1160.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| SF641 | A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of health and human services, including administrative services organizations, child foster care, child and dependent adult abuse, internal audit and examination information, and the region incentive fund in the mental health and disability services regional service fund, health maintenance organization's premium tax, and making appropriations and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly | Shall the bill pass? | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| SF106 | A bill for an act relating to the conveyance of firearms in or on certain vehicles. Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| SF146 | A bill for an act relating to the use or creation of bots to purchase event tickets on the internet, and providing civil penalties. (Formerly SF 49.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| SF175 | A bill for an act incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curricula provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades five through twelve. (Formerly SSB 1028.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| SF288 | A bill for an act relating to students who are pregnant or who recently gave birth who attend state institutions of higher education governed by the board of regents and community colleges. (Formerly SF 12.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| HF395 | A bill for an act relating to approved courses of instruction for school bus drivers, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 107.) Effective date: 01/01/2026. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| SF383 | A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, prescription drugs, and pharmacy services administrative organizations, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1074.) Effective date: 07/01/2025 Applicability date: 07/01/2025 | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| SF383 | A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, prescription drugs, and pharmacy services administrative organizations, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1074.) Effective date: 07/01/2025 Applicability date: 07/01/2025 | Shall amendment S–3139 to amendment S–3138 be adopted? | 04/28/2025 | Nay |
| SF398 | A bill for an act relating to closing costs for a debt secured by an interest in land. (Formerly SSB 1103.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| SF423 | A bill for an act relating to deer hunting, including deer depredation and the purchasing of a youth deer hunting license and tag. (Formerly SF 331.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| SF491 | A bill for an act prohibiting the use of remotely piloted aircraft flying over farm property, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 1191.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| HF885 | A bill for an act relating to deer and wild turkey hunting licenses for disabled veterans. (Formerly HF 692.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| HF835 | A bill for an act relating to school personnel training, including by implementing provisions related to emergency care planning, authorizations for assisting, and limitations of liability concerning students with epilepsy or seizure disorder, and requiring the department of education to convene a health care-related training for school personnel work group. (Formerly HF 102.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| SF573 | A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle glass repair, replacement, and insurance, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1192.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| SF635 | 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.) | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| SF639 | A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SF 570, SSB 1203.) | Shall the bill pass? | 04/28/2025 | Yea |
| HF440 | A bill for an act relating to tuition, degree programs, employment, and related matters pertaining to students enrolled at regents institutions. (Formerly HSB 51.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HF549 | A bill for an act relating to the review of an officer-involved shooting case by a county attorney. (Formerly HF 42.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SF445 | 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 a | Shall the bill pass? | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SF445 | 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 a | Shall amendment S–3136 be adopted? | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| SF445 | 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 a | Shall amendment S–3135 be adopted? | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| SF445 | 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 a | Shall amendment S–3134 be adopted? | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| SF445 | 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 a | Shall amendment S–3133 be adopted? | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| HF649 | A bill for an act relating to human trafficking including services and prostitution, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 189.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HF710 | A bill for an act relating to roofs on private docks and required insurance. (Formerly HSB 163.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HF793 | A bill for an act relating to fire fighter training and certification. (Formerly HF 265.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HF933 | A bill for an act relating to pediatric palliative care centers, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 267.) Effective date: 05/27/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HF956 | A bill for an act relating to judicial branch administration, including judicial officer residency, judicial officer retirement age, remote proceedings, court reporter supervision and duties, and civil pleadings availability, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 259.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HF994 | A bill for an act concerning quarterly reports on and payments of beer barrel and wine gallonage taxes, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 273.) Effective date: 01/01/2026. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SF628 | A bill for an act relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund, the primary road fund, and the statutory allocations fund. (Formerly SSB 1219.) Effective date: 07/01/2025 | Shall the bill pass? | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HF117 | A bill for an act establishing the national guard service professional qualification scholarship program. (Formerly HSB 3.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SF233 | A bill for an act relating to the right to try Act. (Formerly SF 56.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SF426 | A bill for an act relating to strict liability for a person in control of hazardous substances. (Formerly SSB 1041.) | Shall the bill pass? | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HF644 | A bill for an act relating to the delegation of custodial rights and duties with respect to a child. (Formerly HF 374.) Effective Date: Conditional. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HF890 | A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to community college and department of education reporting requirements, the national board certification pilot project, employees of the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program or the Iowa school for the deaf, and the employment contracts between community colleges and community college instructors, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 43.) Effective date: Enactment | Shall the bill pass? | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SF565 | A bill for an act providing for the continuation of health insurance in certain circumstances for the surviving spouse and each surviving child of employees of the state of Iowa and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1039.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 01/01/2024. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HF248 | 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. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HF330 | A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for covered individuals for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 5.) Effective date: 07/01/2025 Applicability date: 01/01/2026 | Shall the bill pass? | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| SF297 | A bill for an act relating to contracts entered into by state agencies and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1090.) | Shall the bill pass? | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HF397 | A bill for an act relating to the address confidentiality program. (Formerly HSB 74.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| SF301 | A bill for an act relating to county hospital operation of a child care facility. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HF615 | A bill for an act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training. (Formerly HF 244.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HF640 | A bill for an act concerning self-storage facilities, including acceptances and defaults of rental agreements.(Formerly HSB 184.) | Shall the bill pass? | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| SF626 | A bill for an act relating to federal moneys and regulations, including the appropriation of federal moneys made available from federal block grants and other nonstate sources, the allocation of portions of federal block grants, the procedures if federal moneys or federal block grants are more or less than anticipated, and the authorization of certain city regulations when required under federal law, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1216.) Effe | Shall the bill pass? | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HF295 | A bill for an act relating to accreditation of postsecondary educational institutions, prohibiting adverse action by accrediting agencies against certain postsecondary educational institutions for compliance with state law, providing remedies, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 57.) Effective date: 05/06/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HF398 | A bill for an act relating to the duties of the director of the department of corrections, the board of corrections, superintendents, and district directors. (Formerly HSB 111.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HF706 | A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 416.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall the bill pass? | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HF706 | A bill for an act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 416.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. | Shall amendment S–3110 be adopted? | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA | Iowa Senate District 13 | Senate | Republican | In Office | 01/03/2023 | |
| IA | Iowa House District 081 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 01/11/2021 | 02/05/2024 |