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88th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SJR 2004: Designating the honeybee as the official state insect for the State of Iowa

Did not pass · It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 24 for, 0 against

For: Allied Insurance; Ames Chamber of Commerce; Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa; Associated General Contractors of Iowa; Association of Iowa Fairs; Bayer U.S. LLC; E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company dba Corteva Agriscience; Eide Walton; Governor's Office; Ho-Chunk, Inc.; Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities; Iowa Association of Realtors; and 12 more

In plain words

  1. February 20, 2020Filed in the Senate
  2. February 20, 2020Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 11, 2020Passed the Senate, 46–0
  4. March 11, 2020Arrived in the House

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SJR2004