91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 952: 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

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

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.

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 23, 2025

Rep. Derek Wulf (R) · derek.wulf@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Jacob Bossman (R) · jacob.bossman@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Scheetz

Lobbying · 0 for, 6 against

Against: Common Good Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; One Iowa; One Iowa Action

In plain words

January 23, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee · as HSB 71
January 23, 2025House subcommittee named: Wulf, Bossman and Scheetz · as HSB 71
January 30, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 71
March 5, 2025Approved by the House committee · as HSB 71
March 5, 2025Committee vote: 15–6 · as HSB 71
March 12, 2025Filed in the House
March 12, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 952 · as HSB 71
May 8, 2025Withdrawn