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Principal Financial Group

Registered on 85 bills since the 88th General Assembly.

46
supported · 33 became law (72%)
18
opposed · 5 became law anyway (28%)
21
undecided
5
lobbyists

What it paid lobbyists

  • July 2025 – June 2026$50,000
    Sarah James $25,000 · BrownWinick Law Firm - Matthew McKinney, RG Schwarm, and Kelsey Schott $25,000 · filed July 27, 2026
  • July 2024 – June 2025$81,400
    Sarah James $25,000 · Dentons Davis Brown, PC - Tim Coonan & Sydney Gangestad $30,000 · BrownWinick Law Firm - Matthew McKinney & RG Schwarm $26,400 · filed July 16, 2025
  • July 2023 – June 2024$80,982
    Sarah James $20,982 · Chris Kinnison · Christopher Johnson · Dentons Davis Brown, PC - Tim Coonan & Sydney Gangestad $60,000 · filed July 10, 2024
  • July 2022 – June 2023$83,930
    Matthew Ahmann $23,930 · Chris Kinnison · Christopher Johnson · Dentons Davis Brown, PC - Tim Coonan & Sydney Gangestad $60,000 · filed July 21, 2023
  • July 2021 – June 2022$90,109
    Matthew Ahmann $30,109 · Chris Kinnison · Sam Early · Dentons Davis Brown, PC - Tim Coonan & Sydney Gangestad $60,000 · filed July 21, 2022

From the client reports organizations file with the Legislature each July, covering the year to June 30. Amounts include lobbying both the Legislature and state agencies. When a lobbying firm is paid a lump sum, the firm’s lobbyists are listed under it without amounts of their own. Every organization

Bills, newest first

  • SF 2492 Creating a state corporate income tax deduction for net controlled foreign corporation tested income…
    91st GA · declared April 22, 2026 · Signed by Governor
    For
  • SF 2292 Creating a state corporate income tax deduction for net controlled foreign corporation tested income…
    91st GA · declared March 27, 2026 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HF 2232 Relating to life insurance, permissible third parties, and financial exploitation of eligible adults
    91st GA · declared March 9, 2026 · Signed by Governor
    For
  • SF 2454 Relating to life insurance, permissible third parties, and financial exploitation of eligible adults
    91st GA · declared March 9, 2026 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HF 2249 Relating to vision benefit plans, vision benefit managers, vision care providers, and vision care pr…
    91st GA · declared February 4, 2026 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • SSB 1234 Establishing a retirement savings plan trust, making appropriations, and including implementation pr…
    91st GA · declared May 7, 2025 · Died when the session ended
    Undecided
  • SF 383 Relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, prescription drugs, and pharmacy services admini…
    91st GA · declared March 17, 2025 · Signed by Governor
    Against
  • SSB 1207 Relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, and prescription drugs
    91st GA · declared March 5, 2025 · Died when the session ended
    Undecided
  • HF 656 Relating to vision benefit plans, the regulation of insurers and vision benefit managers, vision car…
    91st GA · declared March 3, 2025 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • SSB 1056 Relating to actions regarding the economic interest of enterprise shareholders and participants in a…
    91st GA · declared February 3, 2025 · Died when the session ended
    Undecided
  • HF 2401 Relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, and prescription drug pricing, and providing app…
    90th GA · declared March 13, 2024 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • HF 2454 Relating to the exercise of religion, and including effective date and applicability provisions
    90th GA · declared February 13, 2024 · Became law (new number)
    Against
  • HSB 614 HSB 614
    90th GA · declared January 29, 2024 · Became law (new number)
    Against
  • SF 2095 Relating to the exercise of religion, and including effective date and applicability provisions
    90th GA · declared January 29, 2024 · Signed by Governor
    Against
  • HSB 539 HSB 539
    90th GA · declared January 26, 2024 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • HF 653 Concerning public contracts by public funds with companies that boycott certain companies or that en…
    90th GA · declared March 14, 2023 · Withdrawn
    Undecided
  • SF 507 Concerning public contracts with companies that boycott certain companies or that engage in nonpecun…
    90th GA · declared March 14, 2023 · Died when the session ended
    Undecided
  • SF 420 Relating to investments of funds by life insurers, and including applicability provisions
    90th GA · declared March 8, 2023 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • SF 424 Relating to captive insurance companies, and including applicability provisions
    90th GA · declared February 28, 2023 · Became law (new number)
    Undecided
  • SF 333 Relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, and prescription drug benefits, and including ap…
    90th GA · declared February 27, 2023 · Died when the session ended
    Undecided
  • SF 409 Relating to value-added products or services offered by insurers or producers
    90th GA · declared February 24, 2023 · Became law (new number)
    Undecided
  • HF 316 Relating to value-added products or services offered by insurers or producers
    90th GA · declared February 21, 2023 · Signed by Governor
    Undecided
  • SSB 1150 SSB 1150
    90th GA · declared February 21, 2023 · Became law (new number)
    Undecided
  • HF 320 Relating to group capital calculation filings by certain insurance holding company systems
    90th GA · declared February 16, 2023 · Signed by Governor
    For
  • HF 325 Relating to gender identity and sex under the Iowa civil rights Act
    90th GA · declared February 16, 2023 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • HF 271 Relating to investments of funds by life insurers, and including applicability provisions
    90th GA · declared February 15, 2023 · Signed by Governor
    For
  • SSB 1084 SSB 1084
    90th GA · declared February 15, 2023 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • SSB 1096 SSB 1096
    90th GA · declared February 10, 2023 · Became law (new number)
    Undecided
  • SF 190 Relating to group capital calculation filings by certain insurance holding company systems
    90th GA · declared February 10, 2023 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HF 229 Relating to the standard of judicial review and providing a claim or defense when a state action bur…
    90th GA · declared February 10, 2023 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • HSB 101 HSB 101
    90th GA · declared January 30, 2023 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HSB 96 HSB 96
    90th GA · declared January 30, 2023 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HSB 41 HSB 41
    90th GA · declared January 26, 2023 · Renumbered as HF 181
    Undecided
  • SSB 1057 SSB 1057
    90th GA · declared January 23, 2023 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • SF 2231 Relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, and prescription drug benefits, and including ap…
    89th GA · declared March 21, 2022 · Became law (new number)
    Against
  • SF 2284 Prohibiting the burdening of a person’s free exercise of religion
    89th GA · declared February 22, 2022 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • HF 2292 Related to matters under the purview of the economic development authority including the high qualit…
    89th GA · declared February 22, 2022 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HF 2330 Relating to electronic delivery of certain insurance notices and documents
    89th GA · declared February 11, 2022 · Signed by Governor
    For
  • SF 2237 Relating to financial reporting by insurance holding company systems
    89th GA · declared February 11, 2022 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HSB 637 HSB 637
    89th GA · declared February 7, 2022 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HSB 551 HSB 551
    89th GA · declared February 4, 2022 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • SSB 3044 SSB 3044
    89th GA · declared February 4, 2022 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • SSB 3074 SSB 3074
    89th GA · declared February 4, 2022 · Became law (new number)
    Undecided
  • HF 2217 Relating to financial reporting by insurance holding company systems
    89th GA · declared February 3, 2022 · Signed by Governor
    For
  • SSB 3062 SSB 3062
    89th GA · declared January 28, 2022 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HSB 547 HSB 547
    89th GA · declared January 26, 2022 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HSB 540 HSB 540
    89th GA · declared January 25, 2022 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HF 2026 Exempting all retirement income from the individual income tax including retroactive applicability p…
    89th GA · declared January 14, 2022 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • HF 893 Relating to state taxation and economic development activities, including future tax contingencies, …
    89th GA · declared May 17, 2021 · Became law (new number)
    Undecided
  • SF 583 Relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, and making an appropriation
    89th GA · declared March 19, 2021 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HF 799 Relating to electronic transactions by permitting the use of distributed ledger technology and smart…
    89th GA · declared March 9, 2021 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HF 759 Providing for actions taken by a board of directors of a corporation without a meeting
    89th GA · declared March 5, 2021 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • SF 553 Relating to standards for data security, and investigations and notifications of cybersecurity event…
    89th GA · declared March 5, 2021 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • SF 564 Providing for actions taken by a board of directors of a corporation without a meeting
    89th GA · declared March 5, 2021 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • HF 719 Relating to standards for data security, and investigations and notifications of cybersecurity event…
    89th GA · declared March 4, 2021 · Signed by Governor
    For
  • SF 436 Relating to the standard of judicial review and providing a claim or defense when a state action bur…
    89th GA · declared February 23, 2021 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • SF 391 Relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, and making an appropriation
    89th GA · declared February 19, 2021 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • SF 303 Relating to electronic transactions by permitting the use of distributed ledger technology and smart…
    89th GA · declared February 12, 2021 · Became law (new number)
    Undecided
  • SF 320 Relating to life insurance company or association cash reinvestments in repurchase agreements collat…
    89th GA · declared February 12, 2021 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • SF 346 Relating to various matters under the purview of the insurance division of the department of commerc…
    89th GA · declared February 12, 2021 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • SF 224 Prohibiting persons from entering single and multiple occupancy toilet facilities in elementary and …
    89th GA · declared February 10, 2021 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • HF 272 Removing gender identity as a protected class under the Iowa civil rights Act
    89th GA · declared February 1, 2021 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • HF 236 Relating to life insurance company or association cash reinvestments in repurchase agreements collat…
    89th GA · declared January 28, 2021 · Signed by Governor
    For
  • HF 170 Establishing the protecting freedom of conscience from government discrimination Act, and including …
    89th GA · declared January 22, 2021 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • HF 187 Relating to unfair practices involving access to areas of public accommodations or educational insti…
    89th GA · declared January 22, 2021 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • SF 2416 Relating to peace officers, including the certification, training, and prosecution of peace officers…
    88th GA · declared June 11, 2020 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HF 2629 Relating to the future ready Iowa Act and other efforts to strengthen Iowa’s workforce, including pr…
    88th GA · declared June 9, 2020 · Signed by Governor
    For
  • SF 2414 Relating to the future ready Iowa Act and other efforts to strengthen Iowa’s workforce, including a …
    88th GA · declared June 9, 2020 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • SF 2400 Relating to broadband service, including matters under the purview of the office of the chief inform…
    88th GA · declared March 11, 2020 · Signed by Governor
    For
  • SF 2196 Extending the repeal date of the Iowa cell siting Act and including effective date provisions
    88th GA · declared March 11, 2020 · Signed by Governor
    Undecided
  • HF 2600 Establishing a child care workforce state matching grants program and fund administered by the early…
    88th GA · declared March 9, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    Undecided
  • HF 2605 Relating to the connecting Iowa farms, schools, and communities broadband grant fund and making appr…
    88th GA · declared March 9, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    Undecided
  • HF 2616 Relating to matters involving insurance and the insurance division of the department of commerce, pr…
    88th GA · declared March 9, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    Undecided
  • SF 2404 Relating to matters involving insurance and the insurance division of the department of commerce, pr…
    88th GA · declared March 9, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    Undecided
  • HF 2593 Permitting businesses’ new onsite daycare facilities or businesses’ expansion of existing onsite day…
    88th GA · declared March 4, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • HF 2594 Providing businesses with income, franchise, moneys and credits, and gross premiums tax credits for …
    88th GA · declared March 4, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • HF 2595 Relating to the construction of child care facilities by providing developers with sales and use tax…
    88th GA · declared March 4, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • SF 2397 Relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, and making an appropriation
    88th GA · declared March 4, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • SF 2276 Relating to savings for higher education and training including creating an Iowa educational savings…
    88th GA · declared February 21, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    Undecided
  • HF 2459 Relating to broadband service, including matters under the purview of the office of the chief inform…
    88th GA · declared February 20, 2020 · Became law (new number)
    For
  • HF 2388 Relating to matters involving insurance and the insurance division of the department of commerce, pr…
    88th GA · declared February 17, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • SF 2200 Relating to matters involving insurance and the insurance division of the department of commerce, pr…
    88th GA · declared February 11, 2020 · Renumbered as SF 2404
    For
  • SF 2213 Prohibiting the performance of certain practices on a minor related to the minor’s sex, and providin…
    88th GA · declared February 11, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    Against
  • HF 2270 Relating to child care reimbursement rates under the state child care assistance program
    88th GA · declared February 10, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    For
  • HF 2271 Relating to the definition of infant and toddler and preschool child for the purposes of child care …
    88th GA · declared February 10, 2020 · Died when the session ended
    For

From lobbyist declarations filed with the Iowa Legislature. Each organization counts once per bill, with its most recent position; “Became law” includes bills that passed under a new number.