Recaps › 2025 session

The week of Monday, February 24, 2025

What happened at the Capitol, February 24, 2025 to March 2, 2025, in the 91st General Assembly’s 2025 session.

227
bills filed
5
floor votes
1
sent to the Governor
1
signed into law

Signed into law · 1

  • SF 418 Relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory co… · February 28, 2025

Sent to the Governor · 1

  • SF 418 Relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory co…

Passed the House · 1

  • SF 418 Relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory co…

Passed the Senate · 4

  • HF 250 Relating to county commissions of veteran affairs
  • HF 260 Relating to the Iowa lottery
  • SF 275 Requiring the director of the department of education to develop and administer a purple s…
  • SF 418 Relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory co…

Approved in committee · 85

  • HF 115 Providing penalties for certain nonimmigrant visa holders attending or employed by certain…
  • HF 118 Modifying provisions related to the national guard service scholarship program
  • HF 130 Establishing a scenic byways enhancement fund, including by providing for voluntary contri…
  • HF 139 Relating to filing applications and custody of the respondent in an involuntary commitment…
  • HF 154 Providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regent…
  • HF 202 Relating to the driving privileges of unsupervised persons issued a special minor’s restri…
  • HF 239 Relating to the office of the consumer advocate
  • HF 244 Relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal …
77 more
  • HF 40 Relating to mandatory revocation of driver’s licenses, including immediate revocation for …
  • HF 59 Creating a grocer reinvestment program, a local produce processing grant program, and a gr…
  • SF 119 Relating to the minimum amounts required for motor vehicle financial responsibility, and m…
  • SF 121 Relating to subscription cancellation requirements for newspapers designated for official …
  • SF 412 Relating to property law, including rent, rental agreements, notice requirements, and poss…
  • SF 413 Relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state b…
  • HF 200 Requiring the department of health and human services to reimburse a county for the tempor…
  • HF 205 Relating to hunting seasons during which a nonambulatory hunter may use certain firearms w…
  • HF 230 Relating to nuisance actions against sports or exposition venues
  • HF 238 Relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and …
  • HF 240 Relating to insurance requirements for the granting of a hazardous liquid pipeline permit
  • HF 241 Relating to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings
  • HF 242 Relating to procedures to review the exercise of eminent domain, and providing fees
  • HF 278 Relating to parental authorization for minors to create accounts on social media platforms…
  • HF 339 Relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist
  • HF 364 Relating to a standing appropriation to the department of health and human services to mak…
  • HF 374 Relating to the delegation of custodial rights and duties with respect to a child
  • HF 415 Concerning county and city regulation of real property and the powers granted to a board o…
  • HF 467 Relating to members of county advisory boards
  • HF 479 Authorizing county boards of supervisors to employ firms of professional engineers as the …
  • HF 56 Relating to the farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income …
  • SF 293 Relating to the allocation of special nonresident deer hunting licenses
  • SF 298 Creating a muskellunge fishing fee
  • SF 422 Relating to allowable deer hunting practices by multiple hunters and making penalties appl…
  • SF 423 Relating to deer hunting, including deer depredation and the purchasing of a youth deer hu…
  • SF 425 Providing for the disclosure of lead service lines in real estate disclosures
  • SF 426 Relating to strict liability for a person in control of hazardous substances
  • SF 427 Relating to requirements for licensure as a professional land surveyor
  • SJR 7 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people …
  • HF 127 Relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and coun…
  • HF 140 Providing for the direct shipment of alcoholic liquor, providing fees, and including effec…
  • HF 162 Requiring employees of the department of transportation to provide a specimen for alcohol …
  • HF 265 Relating to fire fighter training and certification
  • HF 292 Relating to persons eligible for special registration plates with a veteran processed embl…
  • HF 3 Relating to the collection of fines issued for excessive speed violations detected by an a…
  • HF 365 Establishing a cause of action for murder in the first degree by causing the death of anot…
  • HF 377 Concerning radon testing in rental properties
  • HF 416 Relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties appl…
  • HF 438 Concerning persons appointed to a convention called by the United States Congress to propo…
  • HF 44 Relating to the sale and use of consumer fireworks
  • HF 457 Relating to the driver’s license revocation effective date following an operating-while-in…
  • HF 458 Establishing a grant program for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault forensi…
  • HF 487 Relating to drug paraphernalia and drug-checking equipment
  • HF 49 Relating to a barbering and cosmetology establishment training program
  • HF 540 Relating to the operation of an all-terrain vehicle modified to carry an additional person…
  • HF 73 Requiring persons to pass a written test and obtain an education certificate prior to oper…
  • HJR 6 Calling for an Article V convention in order to propose amendments to the Constitution of …
  • SF 137 Relating to short course law enforcement training requirements
  • SF 207 Relating to civil liability for certain commercial entities who publish or distribute obsc…
  • SF 220 Relating to protections for medical practitioners, health care institutions, and health ca…
  • SF 265 Implementing requirements related to organizations that sponsor or administer extracurricu…
  • SF 418 Relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory co…
  • SF 442 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the calculation of the…
  • SF 444 Relating to incentives for whole grade sharing and school district reorganization or disso…
  • SF 445 Relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related …
  • SF 447 Relating to replacement certificates of title for vehicles, providing fees, and including …
  • SF 448 Relating to department of education school bus driver authorization and approved courses o…
  • SF 449 Relating to digital financial asset transaction kiosks and including penalties, and effect…
  • SF 450 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to mathematics instructio…
  • SF 62 Relating to railway special agents
  • SF 236 Relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of child foster care provide…
  • SF 301 Relating to county hospital operation of a child care facility
  • SF 457 Relating to the address confidentiality program
  • SF 458 Relating to eligibility requirements for financial institutions in which public funds may …
  • SF 459 Prohibiting the use of ranked choice and instant runoff voting in elections in this state
  • SF 460 Relating to home inspections, including persons authorized to perform home inspections and…
  • SF 461 Relating to the criminal offense of grooming and the sex offender registry, and making pen…
  • SF 462 Relating to weapons, including mandatory minimum sentences relating to the control, posses…
  • SF 465 Relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority and the Iowa f…
  • SF 466 Providing for disqualification for unemployment benefits due to separation from short-term…
  • SF 468 Relating to abandoned vehicles, and making penalties applicable
  • SF 469 Creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and …
  • SF 470 Relating to prior authorization for dental care services, notice to dental care providers …
  • SF 471 Concerning self-storage facilities, including acceptances and defaults of rental agreement…
  • SF 472 Relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargain…
  • SF 8 Prohibiting school districts and charter schools from taking disciplinary action against e…
  • SJR 9 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of a…

Closest votes

  • SF 418 A bill for an act relating to sex and gender, including those and rela…
    Senate · February 27, 2025 · 33–15
  • SF 418 A bill for an act relating to sex and gender, including those and rela…
    House · February 27, 2025 · 60–36

Most lobbied

  • HSB 242 Relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purp…
    29 organizations took a side
  • HSB 241 Relating to the establishment of the work without worry program under …
    20 organizations took a side
  • SF 363 Relating to the Iowa health and wellness plan and member community eng…
    18 organizations took a side
  • HJR 9 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relati…
    16 organizations took a side
  • SF 347 Prohibiting certain materials in public libraries in counties and citi…
    15 organizations took a side

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