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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 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary State agencies and their vendors must follow Iowa law and use Iowa courts for any legal disagreements regarding their contracts. Additionally, new rules will limit people to six events per year on the grounds outside the state capitol building. To hold an event there, a person must also get a recommendation from a statewide elected official or a member of the state legislature.1
Read the official explanation
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 2 (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. 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.
Changed since by amendments H-1295, H-1294, S-3115; see Amendments.
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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