Iowa Housing Trust Funds Advocates Network

What it paid lobbyists

• July 2025 – June 2026$15,000
  Tom Cope, Jon Murphy $15,000 · filed July 20, 2026
• July 2024 – June 2025$15,000
  Tom Cope $15,000 · Jon Murphy · filed July 22, 2025
• July 2023 – June 2024$12,450
  Tom Cope $12,450 · Jon Murphy · filed July 20, 2024
• July 2022 – June 2023$13,350
  Tom Cope $13,350 · Jon Murphy · filed July 16, 2023
• July 2021 – June 2022$8,600
  Tom Cope $8,600 · Jon Murphy · filed July 22, 2022
• July 2020 – June 2021$5,400
  Jon Murphy $5,400 · Tom Cope · filed July 30, 2021
• July 2019 – June 2020$15,000
  Cope Murphy + Co. LLP $15,000 · Tom Cope · Jon Murphy · filed July 21, 2020
• July 2018 – June 2019$15,000
  Cope Murphy + Co. $15,000 · Tom Cope · John Murphy · filed July 23, 2019

From client reports filed with the Legislature each July. Every organization →

Bills, newest first

• HF 2304 Relating to indirect costs charged to state-funded grants, and including applicability provisions

  91st GA · declared February 24, 2026 · Died when the session ended
  Against
• SF 2386 Relating to indirect costs charged to state-funded grants, and including applicability provisions

  91st GA · declared February 24, 2026 · Died when the session ended
  Against
• HF 2312 Establishing an affordable housing task force

  91st GA · declared February 18, 2026 · Renumbered as HF 2659
  For
• HF 2148 Eliminating the Iowa smart planning principles and other local comprehensive planning and developmen…

  91st GA · declared February 5, 2026 · Renumbered as HF 2618
  Undecided
• HSB 560 Relating to the suspension of a driver’s license issued to a person physically or mentally incapable…

  91st GA · declared January 21, 2026 · Renumbered as HF 2350
  Undecided
• HF 1008 Relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts

  91st GA · declared April 14, 2025 · Died when the session ended
  For
• HF 617 Modifying public improvements relating to housing and residential development in urban renewal areas…

  91st GA · declared April 3, 2025 · Renumbered as HF 1037
  Undecided
• SF 436 Removing the maximum annual amount of real estate transfer tax receipts that may be transferred into…

  91st GA · declared March 11, 2025 · Died when the session ended
  For
• HSB 270 Relating to the historic preservation tax credit available against the individual and corporate inco…

  91st GA · declared March 11, 2025 · Renumbered as HF 1018
  Undecided
• HF 171 Removing the maximum annual amount of real estate transfer tax receipts that may be transferred into…

  91st GA · declared January 30, 2025 · Died when the session ended
  For
• SF 182 Relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts

  90th GA · declared March 11, 2024 · Died when the session ended
  For
• HF 2634 Removing the maximum annual amount of real estate transfer tax receipts that may be transferred into…

  90th GA · declared February 29, 2024 · Died when the session ended
  For
• HF 2149 Relating to the allocation of workforce housing tax incentives available against the individual and …

  90th GA · declared February 27, 2024 · Died when the session ended
  Undecided
• HF 2188 Removing the maximum annual amount of real estate transfer tax receipts that may be transferred into…

  90th GA · declared February 20, 2024 · Renumbered as HF 2634
  For
• SSB 3175 SSB 3175

  90th GA · declared February 13, 2024 · Died when the session ended
  Against
• SSB 3118 SSB 3118

  90th GA · declared February 8, 2024 · Became law (new number)
  Undecided
• SSB 3040 SSB 3040

  90th GA · declared January 25, 2024 · Became law (new number)
  Withdrawn
• SF 174 Relating to building design element regulation by governmental subdivisions, and including effective…

  90th GA · declared January 18, 2024 · Renumbered as SF 2154
  Undecided
• HSB 557 HSB 557

  90th GA · declared January 16, 2024 · Renumbered as HF 2188
  For
• HSB 61 HSB 61

  90th GA · declared April 13, 2023 · Renumbered as HF 717
  Undecided
• HSB 4 HSB 4

  90th GA · declared January 17, 2023 · Became law (new number)
  Undecided
• SF 15 Appropriating moneys to the Iowa finance authority for the home ownership assistance program for eli…

  90th GA · declared January 10, 2023 · Died when the session ended
  For
• HF 626 Relating to revitalization areas by authorizing cities and counties to provide property tax exemptio…

  89th GA · declared March 15, 2022 · Died when the session ended
  Undecided
• SF 2211 Relating to homeownership by creating the home loan program fund and the housing renewal program fun…

  89th GA · declared February 9, 2022 · Died when the session ended
  For
• HSB 607 HSB 607

  89th GA · declared February 7, 2022 · Died when the session ended
  For
• SSB 3078 SSB 3078

  89th GA · declared February 1, 2022 · Renumbered as SF 2264
  For
• SF 612 Relating to real estate transfer tax moneys transferred to the housing trust fund

  89th GA · declared April 28, 2021 · Died when the session ended
  For
• SSB 1270 SSB 1270

  89th GA · declared April 26, 2021 · Renumbered as SF 612
  For
• SF 590 Relating to the creation of land banks

  89th GA · declared April 23, 2021 · Died when the session ended
  For
• HSB 274 HSB 274

  89th GA · declared April 21, 2021 · Died when the session ended
  For
• SSB 1252 SSB 1252

  89th GA · declared March 16, 2021 · Died when the session ended
  Undecided
• SF 295 Relating to affordable housing, disaster housing assistance, and redevelopment tax credits by creati…

  89th GA · declared February 23, 2021 · Died when the session ended
  For
• SF 10 Relating to real estate transfer tax moneys transferred to the housing trust fund

  89th GA · declared January 12, 2021 · Died when the session ended
  For
• HSB 599 HSB 599

  88th GA · declared February 4, 2020 · Died when the session ended
  Undecided
• HF 2163 Relating to real estate transfer tax moneys transferred to the housing trust fund

  88th GA · declared January 29, 2020 · Died when the session ended
  For
• SF 2036 Relating to real estate transfer tax moneys transferred to the housing trust fund

  88th GA · declared January 21, 2020 · Died when the session ended
  For
• SSB 1193 SSB 1193

  88th GA · declared March 20, 2019 · Became law (new number)
  For
• HF 676 Relating to abandoned structures and abatement of public nuisances

  88th GA · declared March 15, 2019 · Became law (new number)
  For
• SF 93 Relating to abandoned structures and abatement of public nuisances. Effective 7-1-19

  88th GA · declared March 15, 2019 · Signed by Governor
  For
• SF 325 Relating to the deposit and transfer of real estate transfer tax receipts, and including effective d…

  88th GA · declared March 4, 2019 · Died when the session ended
  For