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Relating to state grounds and contracts, including by providing for required and prohibited contract terms and regulating events on the capitol complex, and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by the House State Government Committee
Proposed by the Department of Administrative Services · their explanation · all agency proposals
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMay 8, 202558–26
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 21, 202545–0
- Stopped: To the GovernorDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill prohibits the inclusion of certain provisions in contracts entered into by the department of administrative services (DAS) and any other state agency under Code chapter 8A, subchapter III, part (purchasing), and declares those provisions void if present in such contracts. The bill also provides that every state agency vendor contract shall be deemed to include provisions requiring the contract to be governed by Iowa law and for litigation related to the contract to be brought and maintained in an appropriate state or federal court sitting in Iowa.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires the director of DAS to establish, publish, and enforce rules prohibiting a person from holding more than six events on the grounds outside the capitol building per year. The rules must also prohibit a person from holding such an event unless the director receives a recommendation for the event from a statewide elected official or from a member of each chamber of the general assembly. The bill applies to contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the bill.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendments H-1295, H-1294, S-3115; see Amendments. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named January 23, 2025 (as HSB 71). On January 30, 2025 it recommended passage.
- Rep. Derek Wulf REmail
- Rep. Jacob Bossman REmail
- Rep. Scheetz
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§8A.322
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