Recaps › 2021 session

The week of Monday, March 15, 2021

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

9
bills filed
28
floor votes
0
sent to the Governor
0
signed into law

Passed the House · 6

  • HF 555 Prohibiting counties and cities from regulating the sale of natural gas and propane
  • SF 252 Relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate rental housing, and including…
  • HF 744 Providing for training, prohibitions, and requirements relating to first amendment rights …
  • HF 802 Providing for requirements related to racism or sexism trainings at, and diversity and inc…
  • HF 621 Establishing which actions may be brought against firearm, firearm accessory, and ammuniti…
  • HF 756 Relating to the acquisition and possession of weapons and providing penalties

Passed the Senate · 22

  • SF 234 Relating to the classification and reclassification of certain secondary roads, and includ…
  • SF 243 Relating to public safety including the crimes of failure to assist, abuse of a corpse, an…
  • SF 252 Relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate rental housing, and including…
  • SF 260 Relating to the Medicaid reimbursement process for services provided by a receiving distri…
  • SF 296 Relating to the practice of pharmacy, including the prescription and administration of vac…
  • SF 361 Concerning private sector employee drug testing
  • SF 425 Relating to the definition of meeting and public notice requirements under the open meetin…
  • SF 443 Relating to the eligibility of cities to receive funding assistance to address abandoned b…
  • SF 444 Relating to motor vehicles, including the surrender or transfer of registration plates and…
  • SF 448 Relating to a weigh station preclearance program and associated systems and devices for us…
  • SF 450 Relating to the death of a dependent adult, and providing penalties
  • SF 463 Establishing the occupational therapy licensure compact and the audiology and speech langu…
10 more
  • SF 467 Relating to online learning and continuous remote learning, and allowing certain school di…
  • SF 468 Removing a preference for purchasing of Iowa coal by state and local government entities
  • SF 487 Relating to the operation of state government, including the review of state boards and th…
  • SF 529 Relating to assisted reproduction fraud, and providing penalties
  • SF 532 Providing for statements of professional recognition for licensed behavior analysts and me…
  • SF 551 Relating to fire fighters and emergency medical services members operating certain vehicle…
  • SF 562 Relating to sexual exploitation by an adult providing training or instruction and statute …
  • SF 568 Relating to the conduct of elections, including nominations, procedures for proposed amend…
  • SF 576 Authorizing future tax contingencies, reducing the state inheritance tax rates and providi…
  • SF 580 Prohibiting the state or a political subdivision of the state from entering into contracts…

Approved in committee · 17

  • HF 228 Relating to voluntary diversity plans under the state’s open enrollment law and including …
  • HF 675 Relating to rules adopted by the board of educational examiners establishing standards for…
  • SF 266 Providing for business entities, providing for certain fees, and including effective date …
  • HF 201 Relating to the sex offender registry including duration of registration requirements and …
  • HF 528 Relating to the authority of a dentist relating to the prescribing and administration of c…
  • HF 545 Relating to the assessment of fees when a public defender or designee requests copies of c…
  • HJR 10 Authorizing the temporary sale of merchandise at a toy benefit for Iowa children on the st…
  • SF 464 Relating to deer population management, and including effective date and retroactive appli…
9 more
  • SF 571 Prohibiting the state or a political subdivision of the state from entering into contracts…
  • SF 366 Relating to state taxation and related laws of the state including the collection of tax, …
  • SF 582 Concerning the rulemaking process for executive branch agencies and related matters
  • HF 642 Relating to shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting for schoo…
  • HF 722 Relating to the transfer, deposit, and appropriation of moneys to the teach Iowa scholar f…
  • HF 762 Relating to title fees for snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and vessels of surviving spo…
  • HF 796 Relating to broadband service, including matters under the purview of the office of the ch…
  • HF 808 Relating to educational programs, funding, tax credits and deductions, open enrollment, su…
  • SF 391 Relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, and making an approp…

Closest votes

  • SF 568 A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including nomi…
    Senate · March 17, 2021 · 30–17
  • SF 487 A bill for an act relating to the operation of state government, inclu…
    Senate · March 17, 2021 · 30–17
  • SF 580 A bill for an act prohibiting the state or a political subdivision of …
    Senate · March 17, 2021 · 30–17
  • SF 425 A bill for an act relating to the definition of meeting and public not…
    Senate · March 17, 2021 · 30–17
  • SF 361 A bill for an act concerning private sector employee drug testing. (Fo…
    Senate · March 17, 2021 · 30–17

Most lobbied

  • SF 583 Relating to the financial exploitation of designated eligible adults, …
    18 organizations took a side
  • HF 802 Providing for requirements related to racism or sexism trainings at, a…
    10 organizations took a side
  • SF 402 Prohibiting the state or a political subdivision of the state from ent…
    7 organizations took a side
  • SF 295 Relating to affordable housing, disaster housing assistance, and redev…
    7 organizations took a side
  • SF 464 Relating to deer population management, and including effective date a…
    6 organizations took a side

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