Recaps › 2023 session

The week of Monday, March 20, 2023

What happened at the Capitol, March 20, 2023 to March 26, 2023, in the 90th General Assembly’s 2023 session.

16
bills filed
46
floor votes
10
sent to the Governor
10
signed into law

Signed into law · 10

  • HF 113 Relating to the state public defender pilot project for child welfare legal representation · March 22, 2023
  • HF 133 Relating to refund payments made in connection with motor vehicle debt cancellation covera… · March 22, 2023
  • HF 202 Relating to explosive materials including blasting agents, detonators, and destructive dev… · March 22, 2023
  • HF 205 Relating to the distribution of certain barrel tax revenues collected on beer · March 22, 2023
  • HF 257 Relating to third-party testers who administer the knowledge and driving skills tests requ… · March 22, 2023
  • HF 337 Relating to the use of certain refrigerants · March 22, 2023
  • SF 154 Exempting hydroexcavation equipment from certain size, weight, load, and permit requiremen… · March 22, 2023
  • SF 157 Authorizing certain persons to administer the final field test of an approved driver educa… · March 22, 2023
  • SF 482 Prohibiting persons from entering single and multiple occupancy restrooms or changing area… · March 22, 2023
  • SF 538 Relating to prohibited activities regarding gender transition procedures relative to minor… · March 22, 2023

Sent to the Governor · 10

  • HF 113 Relating to the state public defender pilot project for child welfare legal representation
  • HF 133 Relating to refund payments made in connection with motor vehicle debt cancellation covera…
  • HF 202 Relating to explosive materials including blasting agents, detonators, and destructive dev…
  • HF 205 Relating to the distribution of certain barrel tax revenues collected on beer
  • HF 257 Relating to third-party testers who administer the knowledge and driving skills tests requ…
  • HF 337 Relating to the use of certain refrigerants
  • SF 154 Exempting hydroexcavation equipment from certain size, weight, load, and permit requiremen…
  • SF 157 Authorizing certain persons to administer the final field test of an approved driver educa…
  • SF 482 Prohibiting persons from entering single and multiple occupancy restrooms or changing area…
  • SF 538 Relating to prohibited activities regarding gender transition procedures relative to minor…

Passed the House · 24

  • HF 253 Authorizing students enrolled in charter schools to participate in extracurricular athleti…
  • HF 265 Relating to midwife licensure, providing for fees, and making penalties applicable
  • HF 349 Relating to probation, including discharge credits, educational credits, and workforce cre…
  • HF 462 Relating to Medicare supplement policies and an annual open enrollment period
  • HF 467 Relating to primary health benefit plans, claims for reimbursement, and explanation of ben…
  • HF 547 Relating to rental agreements and early termination rights of tenants who are victims of c…
  • HF 585 Relating to regional representation and residency requirements for members of the state tr…
  • HF 595 Relating to controlled substances including the manufacture, delivery, or possession of a …
  • HF 615 Relating to private instruction, including the issuance of diplomas or credentials to stud…
  • HF 625 Relating to mandatory minimum sentences relating to the control, possession, receipt, or t…
  • HF 634 Relating to persons certified to conduct time-of-transfer inspections of private sewage di…
  • HF 657 Relating to the preservation of biological evidence collected in relation to a criminal in…
12 more
  • HF 668 Relating to property taxation for commercial child care centers and facilities and includi…
  • SF 445 Relating to protests considered by local boards of review and including effective date and…
  • HF 429 Relating to school districts, including authorizing the parent or guardian of a student en…
  • HF 474 Relating to placement of custody of a newborn infant under the newborn safe haven Act
  • HF 548 Relating to court records for residential forcible entry and detainer actions and includin…
  • HF 565 Relating to specified utility construction project requirements, establishing an interim s…
  • HF 602 Relating to the inclusion of the crisis hotline telephone and text numbers and internet ad…
  • HF 604 Relating to education, including authorizing the ombudsman to investigate complaints recei…
  • HF 605 Relating to energy benchmarking requirements for private properties
  • HF 644 Relating to criminal law including depositions, conditional guilty pleas, prosecution witn…
  • HF 648 Providing for the expungement of information regarding investment advisers and investment …
  • HF 652 Relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences and providing tran…

Passed the Senate · 22

  • HF 570 Relating to assault including assault on a pregnant person and domestic abuse assault, and…
  • HF 601 Relating to rate increase notice requirements for public utilities
  • SF 209 Relating to the purchasing of a youth deer hunting license and tag
  • SF 386 Prohibiting a court from ordering payment of a postsecondary education subsidy for a child…
  • SF 469 Relating to magistrate judges
  • SF 473 Relating to livestock health, by providing for the livestock health advisory council and l…
  • SF 519 Relating to electronic registration renewal of off-road utility vehicles
  • SF 545 Providing for a human trafficking task force and providing information in an annual report…
  • HF 248 Relating to electric power generating facility emission plans and projects, and including …
  • HF 316 Relating to value-added products or services offered by insurers or producers
  • HF 557 Relating to conducting elections for benefited recreational lake and water quality distric…
  • SF 208 Relating to hunting deer by persons with bow season licenses
10 more
  • SF 250 Relating to disbursements from the computer science professional development incentive fun…
  • SF 252 Relating to students who are pregnant or who recently gave birth who attend state institut…
  • SF 315 Relating to raw milk, by providing for the production of raw milk at certain dairies, the …
  • SF 418 Relating to the investment of certain public funds in certain companies, concerning compan…
  • SF 484 Relating to meetings of the school finance formula review committee
  • SF 494 Relating to public assistance program oversight
  • SF 496 Relating to children and students, including establishing a parent’s or guardian’s right t…
  • SF 506 Relating to health facilities and health services including licensing and the certificate …
  • SF 525 Relating to criminal law including the disclosure of a defendant’s privileged records, no-…
  • SF 547 Relating to the use of an electronic device in a voice-activated or hands-free mode while …

Approved in committee · 38

  • HF 344 Regarding the registration and titling of motor vehicles, including by providing for initi…
  • HF 355 Relating to certain specified employees of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools,…
  • HF 431 Relating to money transmission services
  • HF 494 Establishing the professional counselors licensure compact
  • HF 136 Relating to matters under the purview of the banking division of the department of commerc…
  • HF 138 Providing for membership in a protection occupation under the Iowa public employees’ retir…
  • HF 158 Relating to alcohol beverage control concerning product placement and inducements by manuf…
  • HF 267 Allowing counties to collect a fee for the issuance and renewal of driver’s licenses and n…
30 more
  • HF 424 Providing for the collaborative practice of physician assistants by allowing for the pract…
  • HF 457 Exempting the sales price of honey bees from the state sales and use tax
  • HF 458 Relating to native winery retail alcohol licenses
  • HF 525 Relating to the Medicaid program including third-party recovery and taxation of Medicaid m…
  • HF 541 Relating to the tax certification deadline for sanitary districts and including applicabil…
  • HF 617 Relating to Iowa utilities board review of specified provisions and utility ratemaking pro…
  • HF 641 Relating to the economic development authority, including certain tax credit programs, the…
  • HJR 3 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the gubernator…
  • SF 135 Relating to registered interior design and providing penalties
  • SF 183 Relating to the maximum employment age for certain city public safety positions, and inclu…
  • SF 193 Relating to the removal of human remains by a removal technician
  • SF 197 Relating to licensure requirements for professional land surveyors, and including effectiv…
  • SF 329 Relating to leaves of absences for civil employees performing state active duty, national …
  • SF 388 Relating to conflicts between federal funding and the office of the chief information offi…
  • HF 318 Relating to certain filing deadlines for property tax credits available to certain elderly…
  • HF 583 Relating to the transfer of certain motor vehicles by operation of law, including associat…
  • HF 590 Relating to moneys credited to the flood mitigation fund from fees collected for flying ou…
  • SF 113 Relating to the abatement of property taxes owed on property owned by certain volunteer em…
  • SF 284 Relating to pharmacy benefits manager reverse auctions and group insurance for public empl…
  • HF 232 Relating to probate proceedings, including fiduciary and trustee duties, and including app…
  • HF 256 Relating to the minimum age of applicants for licenses from the board of educational exami…
  • HF 398 Relating to adoption proceedings by providing for representation of adoptive parents and g…
  • HF 400 Relating to the vacation of certain termination of parental rights orders
  • HF 421 Relating to the Iowa tuition grants program administered by the college student aid commis…
  • HF 568 Relating to criminal history and intelligence data
  • HF 614 Relating to licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to applicants from other…
  • HF 645 Relating to interpretation of law in administrative and judicial proceedings under the Iow…
  • SF 362 Relating to conforming statute of limitations provisions related to the fraud in assisted …
  • SF 411 Relating to the regulation of energy sources by counties and cities
  • SF 556 Providing for financing of certain agricultural commodity programs, by reducing and elimin…

Closest votes

  • SF 506 A bill for an act relating to health facilities and health services in…
    Senate · March 22, 2023 · 29–21
  • SF 208 A bill for an act relating to hunting deer by persons with bow season …
    Senate · March 22, 2023 · 32–18
  • SF 496 A bill for an act relating to children and students, including establi…
    Senate · March 22, 2023 · 34–16
  • SF 494 A bill for an act relating to public assistance program oversight. (Fo…
    Senate · March 22, 2023 · 34–16
  • SF 386 A bill for an act prohibiting a court from ordering payment of a posts…
    Senate · March 21, 2023 · 34–15

Most lobbied

  • SF 556 Providing for financing of certain agricultural commodity programs, by…
    13 organizations took a side
  • HF 671 Establishing the professional counselors licensure compact
    8 organizations took a side
  • SF 496 Relating to children and students, including establishing a parent’s o…
    8 organizations took a side
  • HF 674 Relating to vehicles, including by providing for registration and titl…
    7 organizations took a side
  • HF 641 Relating to the economic development authority, including certain tax …
    7 organizations took a side

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