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State Senator
Doug Campbell
(R) - Iowa
Iowa Senate District 30
In Office - Started: 01/02/2025
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General Capitol Building 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 |
| SF22 | A bill for an act relating to the use of an electronic device in a voice-activated or hands-free mode while driving, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. Effective date: 07/01/2025. | AN ACT RELATING TO THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN A VOICE-ACTIVATED OR HANDS-FREE MODE WHILE DRIVING, PROVIDING PENALTIES, AND MAKING PENALTIES APPLICABLE. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SF234 | A bill for an act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training. | This bill relates to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training. Under current law, a person commits the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or a service-animal-in-training if the three following elements are established: (1) the person intentionally misrepresents an animal in one’s possession as one’s service animal or service-animal-in-training or a person with a disability’s service animal or service-animal-in-training whom the person is assisting by controlling to obtain any of the rights or privileges set forth in law for such animals, (2) the person was previously given a written or verbal warning regarding the fact that it is illegal to intentionally misrepresent an animal, and (3) the person knows that the animal in question is not a service animal or a service-animal-in-training. The bill strikes the second and third elements. A person who commits the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training commits a simple 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. | In Committee |
| SF48 | A bill for an act relating to the reporting of serious reportable events, and providing penalties.(See SF 581.) | This bill relates to the reporting of serious reportable events by facilities including hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and pregnancy resource centers. The bill requires each facility to report to the director (director) of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing (DIAL) the occurrence of an applicable serious reportable event described in the bill as soon as is reasonably and practicably possible, but no later than 15 working days after discovery of the event. Reports shall be filed in a format specified by the director of DIAL and shall identify the facility but shall not include any identifying information for any of the health care professionals, facility employees, or patients involved. Serious reportable events include surgical events, product or device events, patient protection events, care management events, environmental events, potential criminal events, and radiologic events detailed in the bill. The bill requires that following the occurrence of a serious reportable event, a facility shall conduct a root cause analysis of the event and shall either implement a corrective action plan or report to the director any reasons for not taking corrective action. The director shall design the serious reportable event reporting system to allow a facility to file the required reports by electronic means and shall encourage a facility to use the electronic filing option when that option is feasible for the facility. The bill provides that serious reportable events under the bill do not constitute child abuse or dependent adult abuse and are excluded from the child abuse and dependent adult abuse reporting requirements, if the facility makes a determination within 24 hours of discovery of the serious reportable event and files the reports required in a timely fashion. A facility that determines a serious reportable event has occurred must inform persons within the facility who are mandatory reporters of child abuse or dependent adult abuse. A mandatory reporter otherwise required to report child abuse or dependent adult abuse is relieved of the duty to report an event the facility determines to be a serious reportable event. The bill does not affect the protections and immunities applicable to reporting of child abuse and dependent adult abuse. Additionally, if a serious reportable event is reported by a facility, no other state agency or licensing board is required to conduct an investigation of or obtain or create investigative data based upon other reports of the same event. Also, if a facility is required to report a serious reportable event pursuant to another state law that meets the requirements for compliance with the bill, DIAL shall recognize the report in lieu of a report made under the bill if DIAL is provided a copy of the report. Reports of serious reportable events made to the director by a professional licensing board; serious reportable event reports, findings of root cause analyses, and corrective action plans filed by a facility under the bill; and records created or obtained by the director in reviewing or investigating the reports, findings, and corrective action plans are confidential records under Code section 22.7. The director shall establish a serious reportable event reporting system requiring certain information as detailed in the bill. The director shall take action relating to serious reportable events as described in the bill. The director may collaborate with the department of health and human services to administer the director’s duties and responsibilities. The bill requires the boards of medicine, physician assistants, nursing, pharmacy, and podiatry to maintain a record of complaints that come to the attention of the respective board and are determined to qualify as serious reportable events. Within 30 working days of making a determination that an event qualifies as a serious reportable event, the respective board shall forward a report of the event to the director. The director shall then forward the report to the facility named in the report and the facility shall determine whether the event has been previously reported and shall notify the director. The bill requires the director to report the list of serious reportable events to the national quality forum. The director shall monitor amendments to the national quality forum’s list of serious reportable events, monitor efforts in other states, and report any modification to the list to the general assembly. | 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 |
| 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 |
| SF138 | A bill for an act relating to elective social studies courses emphasizing religious scripture that school districts may offer and teach.(See SF 510.) | This bill directs the state board of education to adopt rules establishing course standards for elective social studies courses on the Hebrew Scriptures or the Old or New Testament of the Bible. The bill authorizes a school district to offer and teach such a course to students in grades 9 through 12 if the district’s school improvement advisory committee recommends, and the board of directors of the school district approves, the course. The purpose of the course must be to provide students with knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, and to familiarize students with the contents, history, literary style and structure, and influence of the Hebrew Scriptures or the Old or New Testament of the Bible. The state board’s rules must include practitioner preparation and professional development requirements for practitioners employed by a school district to teach such a course. Under the bill, the state board and school districts are prohibited from violating any provision of law in complying with the provisions of the bill. A course offered under the bill is subject to federal and state guidelines regarding religious neutrality, and shall recognize and accommodate the diverse religious views, traditions, and the perspectives of students enrolled in the school district. Such a course shall not endorse, favor, promote, or disfavor, or be hostile toward, any particular religion, faith, or nonreligious perspective. If a school improvement advisory committee recommends such a course, the school board must consider the recommendation. To offer and teach such a course, the school board must approve the recommendation by majority vote of its membership. A student enrolled in such a course shall not be required to use a specific translation as the sole text for the Hebrew Scriptures or the Old or New Testament of the Bible. A school improvement advisory committee or the principal of a school offering such a course may authorize the display of historic artifacts, monuments, symbols, and texts, including religious materials, in conjunction with the course if such display is appropriate to the overall educational purpose of the course and does not require a child to read religious books contrary to the wishes of the child’s parent or guardian. Under current law, religious text books such as the Bible, the Torah, and the Koran shall not be excluded from any public school. | 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 |
| SF360 | A bill for an act relating to the administration of gene-based vaccines, and providing penalties. | This bill relates to the administration of gene-based vaccines. The bill provides that a person shall not provide or administer a gene-based vaccine to another person in this state. A person who violates the bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of $500 per incident. The bill directs the appropriate licensing board within the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to review the license of a person licensed under Code chapter 147 (health-related professions) who violates the bill. The bill defines gene-based vaccine as a vaccine developed using messenger ribonucleic acid technology, modified messenger ribonucleic acid technology, self-amplifying messenger ribonucleic acid technology, or deoxyribonucleic acid technology. | In Committee |
| SF405 | A bill for an act regarding restrictions on alcoholic beverage sales, including a voluntary exclusion program. | This bill requires the director of revenue to establish a process to allow individuals to voluntarily exclude themselves from alcoholic beverage purchases from retail alcohol licensees. Similar provisions exist under current law for a voluntary exclusion process with regard to various forms of wagering and gambling, administered by the racing and gaming commission (Code sections 99D.7(23) and 99F.4(22)). The bill provides that an initial voluntary exclusion request is applied for a period of five years or life and any subsequent request following any five-year period is applied for a period of five years or life. The bill requires retail alcohol licensees to receive electronic access to names, social security numbers, and information regarding voluntarily excluded persons in a manner that keeps the information confidential unless legally required to be disclosed. A person who has requested to be excluded from alcoholic beverages sales must be provided information from the department of health and human services on the comprehensive substance use disorder program, including treatment and prevention programs. The state and retail alcohol licensees are not liable for any claim that may arise from this process and the department of revenue is prohibited from initiating administrative action against or imposing penalties on a licensee who voluntarily discloses a sale to an excluded person. | In Committee |
| SF328 | A bill for an act relating to controlled substances, including certain controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. | This bill relates to controlled substances, including certain controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements. The bill makes changes to controlled substances schedules I, III, IV, and V in Iowa’s uniform controlled substances Act (Code chapter 124) and to the precursor substances reporting requirement in Code chapter 124B to conform to the specific chemical designations of the substances contained in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 1300, 1308, and 1310. A violation involving a controlled substance included in the bill may result in a class “B” felony, and in addition to the 25-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for class “B” felons, a fine of not less than $5,000 nor more than $100,000; a class “C” felony punishable by imprisonment up to 10 years and a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $50,000; or an aggravated misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment up to 2 years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540. The bill takes effect upon enactment. | In Committee |
| SF416 | A bill for an act adopting a state dictionary. | This bill adopts the Oxford English dictionary as the official state dictionary. The provisions of Code section 1.18 do not apply to, among other things, commerce, public health and safety, education, and communication by a member of the general assembly or an officer of state government. | In Committee |
| SF400 | A bill for an act relating to schedule III controlled substances, and making penalties applicable. | This bill relates to schedule III controlled substances. The bill includes misoprostol, mifepristone, and methotrexate as schedule III controlled substances. A person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses a schedule III controlled substance commits a class “C” felony, and in addition to the provisions of Code section 902.9, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $50,000. | In Committee |
| SF335 | A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to trainings and curricula provided by school districts and prohibited sexual orientation and gender identity instruction, and implementing prohibitions related to the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts of institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents, community colleges, and public schools. | This bill relates to education, including by modifying provisions related to trainings and curricula provided by school districts and prohibited sexual orientation and gender identity instruction, and implementing prohibitions related to the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts of institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents, community colleges, and public schools. Current Code section 279.74 requires the superintendent of each school district to ensure that any curriculum or mandatory staff or student training provided by an employee of the school district or by a contractor hired by the school district does not teach, advocate, encourage, promote, or act upon specific stereotyping and scapegoating toward others on the basis of demographic group membership or identity. The bill allows the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school district, or an employee of the school district, who alleges a violation of Code section 279.74(2) by a contractor or teacher to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school district to prohibit the contractor or teacher from continuing such violation. The bill also allows the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school district, or an employee of the school district, who alleges that an administrator knew of a violation of Code section 279.74(2) by a contractor or teacher but failed to stop such violation to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school district. If a parent, guardian, or employee is the prevailing party in that civil action, the bill requires the court to award reasonable court costs and attorney fees to the parent, guardian, or employee, and to assess a $50,000 civil penalty against the school district. The bill also requires the clerk of court to send a copy of the court’s order to the board of educational examiners (BOEE). The BOEE is required to revoke the license of a teacher or administrator who a court finds violated Code section 279.74(2). The bill establishes another enforcement process if no civil action has been instituted by the parent or guardian of a student or an employee of the school district. This enforcement process involves written warnings being issued to the teacher or administrator by the department of education (DE) and hearings conducted before the BOEE. If the parent, guardian, or employee is not satisfied with the result of a hearing conducted before the BOEE, the bill allows the parent, guardian, or employee to report the teacher or administrator to the state board of education or the attorney general for investigation and further enforcement and to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school district that employs the teacher or administrator. The bill also allows the parent, guardian, or employee to report potential violations to the director of the department of education. Current law prohibits school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender identity or sexual orientation to students in kindergarten through grade six. The bill allows the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school, or an employee of the school, who alleges a violation of this prohibition by a contractor or teacher to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school to prohibit the contractor or teacher from continuing such violation. The bill also allows the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school, or an employee of the school, who alleges that an administrator knew of a violation of the prohibition by a contractor or teacher but failed to stop such violation to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school district. If a parent, guardian, or employee is the prevailing party in that civil action, the bill requires the court to award reasonable court costs and attorney fees to the parent, guardian, or employee, and to assess a $50,000 civil penalty against the school. The bill also requires the clerk of court to send a copy of the court’s order to the BOEE. The BOEE is required to revoke the license of a teacher or administrator who a court finds violated this prohibition. The bill establishes another enforcement process if no civil action has been instituted by the parent or guardian of a student or an employee of the school. This enforcement process involves written warnings being issued to the teacher or administrator by DE and hearings conducted before the BOEE. If the parent, guardian, or employee is not satisfied with the result of a hearing conducted before the BOEE, the bill allows the parent, guardian, or employee to report the teacher or administrator to the state board of education or the attorney general for investigation and further enforcement and to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school that employs the teacher or administrator. The bill also allows the parent, guardian, or employee to report potential violations to the director of the department of education. The bill prohibits school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from establishing, or expending moneys to establish, sustain, support, or staff, a diversity, equity, and inclusion office, and from hiring or assigning an employee of the school, or contracting with a third party, to perform the duties of a diversity, equity, or inclusion office. The bill allows parents or guardians of a student enrolled in the school, or an employee of the school, who alleges that an administrator knew of a violation of the bill’s prohibitions but failed to stop such violation to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school. If a parent, guardian, or employee is the prevailing party in that civil action, the bill requires the court to award reasonable court costs and attorney fees to the parent, guardian, or employee, and to assess a $50,000 civil penalty against the school. The bill also requires the clerk of court to send a copy of the court’s order to the BOEE. The BOEE is required to revoke the license of an administrator who a court finds knew of a violation of the bill’s prohibitions but failed to report such violation. The bill establishes another enforcement process if no civil action has been instituted by the parent or guardian of a student or an employee of the school. This enforcement process involves written warnings being issued to the administrator by DE and hearings conducted before the BOEE. If the parent, guardian, or employee is not satisfied with the result of a hearing conducted before the BOEE, the bill allows the parent, guardian, or employee to report the administrator to the state board of education or the attorney general for investigation and further enforcement and to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school district that employs the administrator. The bill also allows the parent, guardian, or employee to report potential violations to the director of DE. 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1152, implemented prohibitions related to the establishment of a diversity, equity, and inclusion office at a public institution of higher education governed by the board of regents and the hiring or education to perform the duties of a diversity, equity, or inclusion office, among other prohibitions. To enforce these prohibitions, 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1152, allowed any person to notify the attorney general of a public institution of higher education’s potential violation. The attorney general may bring an action against a public institution of higher education for a writ of mandamus to compel the public institution of higher education to comply. The bill includes community colleges within the definition of “public institution of higher education” in 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1152, so that these restrictions also apply to community colleges. In addition, the bill authorizes a student enrolled in a public institution of higher education, or an employee of a public institution of higher education, who alleges that a public institution of higher education violated the prohibitions in 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1152, to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the public institution of higher education to prohibit the public institution of higher education from continuing such violation. If a student or employee is the prevailing party in the civil action, the bill requires the court to award reasonable court costs and attorney fees to the student or employee, and to assess a $100,000 civil penalty against the public institution of higher education. The bill also requires the public institution of higher education to immediately terminate the employment of any employee who is responsible for the public institution of higher education’s violation of the prohibitions in 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1152. | 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 |
| SF186 | A bill for an act relating to school districts, including by modifying provisions related to the executive officers of the boards of directors of school districts and authorizing residents and employees to request audits of school districts. | This bill relates to school districts, including by modifying provisions related to the executive officers of the boards of directors of school districts and authorizing residents and employees to request audits of school districts. Current law provides that the superintendent of a school district is the executive officer of the board of directors of the school district. The bill strikes this provision and requires the board of directors of a school district to annually elect an executive officer of the board who shall not be the superintendent. The bill provides that if a resident or employee of a school district reasonably believes that the school district is improperly spending school district moneys, the resident or employee may report the improper spending to the county auditor of the county in which the school district’s central administrative office is located and request that the county auditor audit the school district’s financial condition and transactions. | In Committee |
| SF178 | A bill for an act relating to civil actions against school board members and superintendents for school policies that violate state law. | This bill relates to civil actions against school board members and superintendents for school policies that violate state law. The bill provides that if any person residing in a school district believes that the board of directors of the school district or the superintendent of the school district has adopted a policy that is in violation of any state law, the person may notify the county attorney of the potential violation. The county attorney may bring a civil action against the members of the board of directors of the school district who voted in favor of adopting the policy that may be in violation of a state law, and against the superintendent of the school district, to compel the school district to comply with state law. The bill establishes that if the county attorney is the prevailing party in the civil action, the court shall grant the injunctive relief sought by the county attorney and award the county attorney an amount equal to the greater of $1,000 for each defendant that the court finds adopted a policy that is in violation of state law or the costs the county attorney incurred in bringing the civil action. Any moneys awarded must be deposited in the general fund of the county for the use of the county attorney in carrying out the county attorney’s duties. | 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 |
| 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 |
| SF177 | A bill for an act relating to the ability of persons to examine the public records of school districts. | This bill relates to the ability of persons to examine the public records of school districts. The bill requires the board of directors of a school district to comply with all applicable provisions of Code chapter 22 (examination of public records). If the board of directors of a school district fails to comply with Code chapter 22, a person aggrieved by the board of directors’ failure may enforce the person’s rights pursuant to Code chapter 22, which includes the ability to seek a writ of mandamus or an injunction and other types of civil enforcement mechanisms under Code section 22.10. Civil enforcement mechanisms include payments of monetary damages by the lawful custodian who violated Code chapter 22, payment of costs and reasonable attorney fees, and, for repeat offenses, an order removing the person from office. | In Committee |
| SF204 | A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, dual enrollment, and the tuition and textbook tax credit, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. | This bill relates to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, dual enrollment, and the tuition and textbook tax credit. DIVISION I —— PRIVATE INSTRUCTION. Current law authorizes the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age to place the child under competent private instruction or independent private instruction. Current law requires a child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian who is placing the child under competent private instruction for the first time to provide the child’s school district of residence with evidence that the child has had the immunizations required under Code section 139A.8 (immunization of children), and, if the child is elementary school age, a blood lead test. The bill strikes this requirement. Current law requires a child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian who places the child under competent private instruction to furnish a report to the school district of residence by September 1 of the school year in which the child will be under competent private instruction that includes an outline of course of study, among other requirements. An outline of course of study must include subjects covered, lesson plans, and time spent on the areas of study. The bill requires this report to state the name and age of the child, the period of time during which the child will be under competent private instruction for the year, an outline of the course of study or texts that will be used, and the name and address of the instructor. The bill strikes the definition of “outline of course of study”. Current law provides that independent private instruction is private instruction that, among other criteria, enrolls not more than four unrelated students and does not charge tuition or fees for instruction. The bill strikes these provisions. The bill provides that independent private instruction is required to provide students in all grade levels with instruction in mathematics, reading, and language arts, and is required to provide students in grades 6 through 12 with instruction in science and social studies. The bill also provides that the students receiving independent private instruction need not be related to the primary instructor. Pursuant to administrative rule adopted by the department of education, a child under dual enrollment must receive at least one-quarter of the child’s instruction by way of competent private instruction and no more than three-quarters by way of a school district’s academic programs. The bill renders the department’s administrative rule void by providing that a child who is enrolled in a school district for dual enrollment purposes may receive any amount of instruction by way of the school district’s academic programs, including offerings pursuant to Code chapter 261E (senior year plus program). The bill provides that a diploma or credential issued by a person who administers a program of secondary education under competent private instruction or independent private instruction pursuant to Code chapter 299A (private instruction) shall be deemed sufficient to demonstrate that the recipient has completed the program of secondary education and has attained the equivalent of a high school diploma. This provision takes effect upon enactment and applies to any diplomas or credentials issued before, on, or after the new Code section’s effective date. The bill prohibits the state, a political subdivision of the state, a community college, institutions of higher education under the control of the state board of regents, or an accredited private institution from discriminating against any individual based on the source of the individual’s diploma or credential and shall treat a diploma or credential awarded for completion of a program of secondary education under competent private instruction or independent private instruction the same as a high school diploma awarded by a school district or accredited nonpublic school. This provision takes effect upon enactment and applies to any diplomas or credentials issued before, on, or after the new Code section’s effective date. The bill provides that the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age shall have the authority to execute any document required by law to verify the placement of a child under competent private instruction or independent private instruction, the child’s full-time or part-time status in competent private instruction or independent private instruction, the grades the child has obtained in competent private instruction or independent private instruction, or any other required educational information. DIVISION II —— WORLD LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. The bill modifies provisions related to world language instruction in grades 9 through 12 in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools by prohibiting the incorporation of gender-neutral language when the world language being taught utilizes a grammatical gender system. DIVISION III —— TUITION AND TEXTBOOK TAX CREDIT. Current law establishes a tuition credit equal to 25 percent of the first $2,000 which the taxpayer has paid to others for each dependent in grades kindergarten through 12, for tuition and textbooks of each dependent who is receiving private instruction or who is attending an elementary or secondary school situated in Iowa, which school is accredited or approved under Code section 256.11, which is not operated for profit, and which adheres to the provisions of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Code chapter 216 (Iowa civil rights Act of 1965). The bill increases the amount of this tax credit to 50 percent of the first $2,000. The division applies retroactively to January 1, 2025, for tax years beginning on or after that date. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SF240 | A bill for an act relating to the inspection of compounding pharmacies, and making penalties applicable. | This bill relates to the investigation and remediation of infractions at compounding facilities (facility) engaging in the compounding of nonsterile preparations. The bill requires an inspector employed by the board of pharmacy (board) who discovers during the course of an inspection that a facility engaging in the compounding of nonsterile preparations is out of compliance with the United States pharmacopeia general chapter 795 to notify the pharmacist in charge of the infraction. If an inspector discovers at a subsequent inspection that the infraction has not been corrected, the bill requires the inspector to provide comprehensive instruction regarding the infraction and the correction of the infraction to the pharmacist in charge. If an inspector discovers at a third inspection that an infraction has not been corrected, the bill requires the inspector to prescribe mandatory education for the correction of the infraction to the pharmacist in charge. The bill allows the board to impose a single fee of not more than $500, adjusted for inflation, on a facility that fails to correct an infraction as provided in the bill. The bill makes records relating to the investigation and remediation of infractions pursuant to the bill confidential records that are not subject to examination by the public. | 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 |
| SF126 | A bill for an act relating to parole eligibility for a person under the age of twenty convicted of a class "A" felony and making penalties applicable. | This bill relates to parole eligibility for a person under the age of 20 convicted of a class “A” felony. Current law provides that a person under the age of 18 convicted of first degree murder, a class “A” felony, shall receive one of the following sentences: commitment to the department of corrections for the rest of the defendant’s life with no possibility of parole unless the governor commutes the sentence to a term of years; commitment to the department of corrections for the rest of the defendant’s life with the possibility of parole after serving a minimum term of confinement as determined by the court; or commitment to the department of corrections for the rest of the defendant’s life with the possibility of parole. The bill increases the age limit from 18 years to 20 years. Current law provides that a defendant convicted of a class “A” felony, other than murder in the first degree, and who was under the age of 18 at the time the offense was committed shall receive one of the following sentences: commitment to the department of corrections for the rest of the defendant’s life with the possibility of parole after serving a minimum term of confinement as determined by the court; or commitment to the department of corrections for the rest of the defendant’s life with the possibility of parole. The bill increases the age limit from 18 years to 20 years. | 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 |
| 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: 06/06/2025, 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: 06/11/2025, 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.) Effective date: 06/11/2025, 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.) Effective date: 06/11/2025, 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: 06/11/2025, 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.) Vetoed 6-11-25. | 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.) Vetoed 6-11-25. | 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: 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, 07/01/2025. | 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: 06/06/202 | 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 30 | Senate | Republican | In Office | 01/02/2025 |