Recaps › 2021 session

The week of Monday, February 15, 2021

What happened at the Capitol, February 15, 2021 to February 21, 2021, in the 89th General Assembly’s 2021 session.

193

bills filed

floor votes

sent to the Governor

signed into law

Passed the House · 41

HF 231 Relating to a special sentence for sexual abuse committed during a burglary
HF 283 Creating the criminal offense of defrauding a drug or alcohol test and providing penalties
HF 285 Relating to professional standards for the certification or designation of music therapist…
HF 311 Relating to the frequency of game nights conducted by licensed qualified organizations
HF 313 Prohibiting counties or cities from imposing restrictions on certain businesses operated b…
HF 315 Relating to programs for at-risk children
HF 364 Relating to prohibited conduct by athlete agents and making penalties applicable
HF 382 Authorizing the department of transportation to issue special permits allowing the transpo…
HF 384 Relating to alcohol beverage control concerning certain class “C” liquor control licenses,…
HF 390 Relating to notice requirements prior to discontinuing fluoridation in a public water supp…
HF 415 Requiring school districts and certain accredited nonpublic schools to administer the pled…
HF 416 Relating to support of a child including support relative to the child’s completion of hig…

29 more

HF 424 Relating to the forfeiture of bail
HF 431 Relating to the provision of audio-only telehealth or telemedicine by health care professi…
HF 435 Relating to emergency contact information for use by the department of transportation and …
HF 454 Prohibiting pyramid promotional schemes and making penalties applicable
HJR 10 Authorizing the temporary sale of merchandise at a toy benefit for Iowa children on the st…
SF 129 Relating to specialty areas, service commitment area distance requirements, and practice-r…
SF 173 Relating to trusts, including requirements for certifications of trust and the general ord…
SF 230 Relating to wrecked or salvage motor vehicles
SF 231 Regarding driving privileges of persons issued a special minor’s driver’s license, and mak…
SF 239 Relating to proper parties in causes of actions following the death of persons entitled or…
SF 253 Relating to sexual abuse in the second degree and sexual abuse in the third degree
HF 365 Relating to the service of notices of garnishment by sheriffs
HF 385 Relating to open enrollment of certain students and the determination of good cause and in…
HF 418 Relating to property tax levies, exemptions, classifications, assessment limitations, and …
HF 428 Relating to the national guard of the state concerning armory board leases, persons subjec…
HF 433 Relating to court reporters, including the reporting of adoption hearings and uncertified …
HF 456 Creating a special motion for expedited relief in actions involving the exercise of the ri…
HF 468 Establishing requirements relating to the residency of persons accepted for admission to t…
HF 487 Relating to medical residency positions and audition clinicals for medical students and me…
HF 488 Relating to health-related data including hospital data and certain information included i…
HF 489 Relating to the requirements for a sex offender to be granted a modification of sex offend…
HF 490 Relating to the use of campaign signs by candidates and political committees for federal o…
HF 491 Relating to the sale or lease of real estate by regulatory agency officials and employees …
HF 495 Relating to certain reporting dates for cities which receive road use tax fund moneys
SF 130 Relating to a temporary exception to a limitation on compensation for a member of a board …
SF 285 Relating to suspension of a student’s participation in the all Iowa opportunity scholarshi…
SF 343 Relating to authorized access to certain confidential records by employees of the departme…
HF 532 Establishing a qualified instruction funding supplement for the school budget year beginni…
SF 284 Relating to financial and regulatory matters by making appropriations for the fiscal year …

Passed the Senate · 13

HF 231 Relating to a special sentence for sexual abuse committed during a burglary
HF 283 Creating the criminal offense of defrauding a drug or alcohol test and providing penalties
HF 308 Relating to eligibility requirements for students under the senior year plus program and i…
HF 386 Striking certain reporting requirements related to nonprofit school organizations establis…
SF 252 Relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate rental housing, and including…
SF 269 Relating to public school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the cate…
SF 285 Relating to suspension of a student’s participation in the all Iowa opportunity scholarshi…
SF 315 Relating to reporting requirements concerning the department of administrative services
SF 343 Relating to authorized access to certain confidential records by employees of the departme…
SF 354 Relating to continuing education requirements for persons holding certain professional and…
SF 363 Relating to the regulation of certain tobacco products, and providing penalties
SF 364 Allowing certain deductions relating to the paycheck protection program loan forgiveness, …

1 more

SF 366 Relating to state taxation and related laws of the state including the collection of tax, …

Approved in committee · 66

HF 144 Relating to the individual income tax credits for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emerg…
HF 146 Relating to the appointment of counsel for indigent persons in class “A” felony cases
HF 147 Relating to authorized methods of take for a resident hunting deer using a license issued …
HF 212 Relating to the vacation of certain termination of parental rights orders
HF 23 Relating to requirements for using a dog to track a wounded deer
HF 287 Providing that a qualified confinement feeding operation may utilize an anaerobic digester…
HF 406 Relating to methods of take allowed during the nonresident antlerless deer holiday season
HF 439 Establishing a qualified instruction funding supplement for the school budget year beginni…

58 more

HF 5 Expanding the health care professional recruitment program
HF 57 Relating to the assessment of fees when a public defender or designee requests copies of c…
HF 92 Establishing a minimum age and training requirements for attendants who control amusement …
HF 93 Relating to costs associated with transporting a dead body
SF 226 Relating to the regulation of certain tobacco and hemp-related products, and providing pen…
SF 284 Relating to financial and regulatory matters by making appropriations for the fiscal year …
SF 359 Relating to the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, i…
SF 360 Relating to the beginning farmer tax credit program, by modifying participation and lease …
SF 361 Concerning private sector employee drug testing
SF 362 Relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable
SF 364 Allowing certain deductions relating to the paycheck protection program loan forgiveness, …
SF 365 Relating to property tax classifications, assessment limitations, and administration, and …
SF 366 Relating to state taxation and related laws of the state including the collection of tax, …
SF 367 Relating to certain financial obligations, including under the consumer credit code, and i…
HF 169 Relating to the required reporting of the administration of vaccines and immunizations to …
SF 108 Relating to required considerations by a county compensation board
SF 133 Allowing counties to enter into agreements to jointly appoint a county assessor
SF 374 Relating to the authority of county boards of supervisors to amend an agreement between th…
HF 150 Relating to shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting for schoo…
HF 199 Relating to replacement of the term visitation with the term parenting time relative to ti…
HF 21 Relating to revitalization areas by authorizing cities and counties to provide property ta…
HF 244 Relating to language and literacy development for deaf and hard-of-hearing children
HF 255 Creating a Hoover presidential library tax credit available against the individual and cor…
HF 265 Relating to authorized transfers of school district funds to the student activity fund
HF 363 Permitting businesses’ new onsite daycare facilities or businesses’ expansion of existing …
HF 375 Relating to the registration of postsecondary schools with the college student aid commiss…
HF 423 Excluding from the state corporate income tax certain income of public utilities furnishin…
SF 104 Relating to courses of study and training programs of the Iowa law enforcement academy and…
SF 144 Relating to the frequency of game nights conducted by licensed qualified organizations
SF 227 Providing for a monument to Martin Treptow on the capitol complex grounds
SF 245 Relating to compensation of college athletes and including effective date and applicabilit…
SF 246 Relating to certain civil and criminal enforcement activities involving the practice of ma…
SF 385 Relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections, and including retroactive applicability provi…
SF 389 Relating to public assistance program oversight
SF 390 Relating to broadband service, including matters under the purview of the office of the ch…
SF 391 Relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, and making an approp…
SF 401 Relating to the qualifications necessary for an applicant for licensure as a professional …
HF 28 Relating to the intentional avoidance of traffic-control devices, providing penalties, and…
HF 289 Relating to direct health care agreements, and including effective date and applicability …
HF 372 Relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit…
HF 395 Relating to determinations of actual value of certain agricultural property based on produ…
HF 461 Relating to drainage and levee districts, by providing for notice of hearing on reports of…
HF 517 Relating to noneconomic damage awards against health care providers
SF 107 Relating to the removal, transfer, and transportation of human remains by an unlicensed em…
SF 408 Relating to the delivery of alcoholic beverages by retailers
SF 409 Relating to filing complaints with the Iowa public information board
SF 413 Relating to the conduct of elections, including absentee ballots and voter list maintenanc…
SF 414 Prohibiting payment of workers’ compensation benefits to alien dependents designated as te…
SF 415 Relating to pari-mutuel wagering on horse or dog races licensed in a foreign jurisdiction
SF 416 Relating to the practice of pharmacy, and providing for a repeal
SF 417 Relating to certain fees of the secretary of state
SF 419 Relating to the display of registration plates on motor vehicles
SF 420 Relating to private land available for public use for recreational purposes
SF 421 Prohibiting interference with the transportation of an agricultural animal, and providing …
SF 422 Authorizing the department of transportation to issue special permits allowing the transpo…
SF 423 Relating to the confirmation by the senate of certain appointees, and including effective …
SF 424 Relating to the licensure of persons completing an apprenticeship, and including effective…
SF 425 Relating to the definition of meeting and public notice requirements under the open meetin…

Closest votes

SF 252 A bill for an act relating to the authority of counties and cities to …
Senate · February 17, 2021 · 31–18
SF 269 A bill for an act relating to public school funding by establishing th…
Senate · February 17, 2021 · 31–18
HF 283 A bill for an act creating the criminal offense of defrauding a drug o…
Senate · February 17, 2021 · 32–16
SF 284 A bill for an act relating to financial and regulatory matters by maki…
House · February 18, 2021 · 58–38
HF 487 A bill for an act relating to medical residency positions and audition…
House · February 17, 2021 · 58–38

Most lobbied

HF 517 Relating to noneconomic damage awards against health care providers
15 organizations took a side
SF 391 Relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, …
13 organizations took a side
SF 193 Relating to requirements and prohibitions relating to vaccines and imm…
12 organizations took a side
HF 439 Establishing a qualified instruction funding supplement for the school…
12 organizations took a side
HF 515 Creating an alternatives to abortion program, and making an appropriat…
12 organizations took a side

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