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

HSB 71: Relating to contracts entered into by state agencies and including applicability provisions

Became HF 952 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill prohibits the inclusion of certain provisions in contracts entered into by the department of administrative services, the department of management or supported entities pursuant to Code chapter 8, subchapter XI (information technology), and any other state agency, 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 the district court of Polk county, Iowa, or the United States district court for the southern district of Iowa sitting in Des Moines, 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
January 23, 2025House subcommittee named: Wulf, Bossman and Scheetz
January 30, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
March 5, 2025Approved by the House committee
March 5, 2025Committee vote: 15–6
March 12, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 952