Recaps › 2025 session

The week of Monday, March 24, 2025

What happened at the Capitol, March 24, 2025 to March 30, 2025, in the 91st General Assembly’s 2025 session.

9
bills filed
78
floor votes
11
sent to the Governor
11
signed into law

Signed into law · 11

  • HF 180 Relating to the criminal offense of grooming and the sex offender registry, and making pen… · March 28, 2025
  • HF 181 Prohibiting open containers of beverages containing tetrahydrocannabinol in the passenger … · March 28, 2025
  • HF 182 Relating to controlled substances, including certain controlled substances schedules and p… · March 28, 2025
  • HF 250 Relating to county commissions of veteran affairs · March 28, 2025
  • HF 260 Relating to the Iowa lottery · March 28, 2025
  • HF 298 Relating to the placement of a child who is the subject of a pending delinquency petition … · March 28, 2025
  • SF 153 Relating to driver age qualifications for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers operati… · March 28, 2025
  • SF 377 Prohibiting the consideration of the deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier… · March 28, 2025
  • SF 42 Modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and includi… · March 28, 2025
  • SF 603 Relating to workforce compensation and training, unemployment insurance, and other functio… · March 28, 2025
  • SF 605 Relating to state income tax withholdings on winnings from sports wagering, and including … · March 28, 2025

Sent to the Governor · 11

  • HF 180 Relating to the criminal offense of grooming and the sex offender registry, and making pen…
  • HF 181 Prohibiting open containers of beverages containing tetrahydrocannabinol in the passenger …
  • HF 182 Relating to controlled substances, including certain controlled substances schedules and p…
  • HF 250 Relating to county commissions of veteran affairs
  • HF 260 Relating to the Iowa lottery
  • HF 298 Relating to the placement of a child who is the subject of a pending delinquency petition …
  • SF 153 Relating to driver age qualifications for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers operati…
  • SF 377 Prohibiting the consideration of the deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier…
  • SF 42 Modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and includi…
  • SF 603 Relating to workforce compensation and training, unemployment insurance, and other functio…
  • SF 605 Relating to state income tax withholdings on winnings from sports wagering, and including …

Passed the House · 48

  • HF 395 Relating to approved courses of instruction for school bus drivers, and including effectiv…
  • HF 706 Relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties appl…
  • HF 807 Creating the compassion and care for medically challenging pregnancies Act
  • HF 871 Relating to the disposition of firearms and ammunition deposited with the department of pu…
  • HF 885 Relating to deer and wild turkey hunting licenses for disabled veterans
  • HF 887 Removing birth centers from the meaning of institutional health facility
  • HF 901 Relating to the law enforcement academy, including military veterans with active duty mili…
  • HF 945 Providing for a hearing to determine immunity from criminal or civil liability following a…
  • HF 471 Modifying provisions related to school concussion and brain injury policies
  • HF 766 Relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable
  • HF 844 Relating to eligibility requirements for financial institutions in which public funds may …
  • HF 872 Relating to the maximum annual gross income for an enterprise to qualify as a targeted sma…
36 more
  • HF 904 Relating to motor vehicle accident reports, including the amount of property damage necess…
  • HF 918 Relating to motor vehicle financial liability coverage, providing penalties, and including…
  • HF 919 Relating to children’s specialty hospital designations for certain nonprofit organizations…
  • HF 924 Relating to the minimum age for acquiring or carrying weapons
  • HF 926 Relating to the expungement of certain criminal history records of victims of human traffi…
  • HF 928 Relating to the recounting and contesting of elections, and providing penalties
  • HF 933 Relating to pediatric palliative care centers, and including effective date provisions
  • HF 954 Relating to the conduct of elections, and including effective date and retroactive applica…
  • HF 571 Relating to protections for medical practitioners and health care institutions, including …
  • HF 639 Relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, proceedings…
  • HF 785 Modifying provisions related to charter school board member requirements
  • HF 792 Establishing a cause of action for murder in the first degree by causing the death of anot…
  • HF 825 Relating to declaration of value and groundwater hazard statement requirements
  • HF 826 Relating to obscene materials involving minors, and providing penalties
  • HF 862 Relating to the representation of boards of supervisors and county officials by outside co…
  • HF 884 Authorizing school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to employ chapl…
  • HF 903 Relating to partial payments during construction of a farm-to-market road
  • HF 937 Relating to certain administrative procedures involving law enforcement officers, includin…
  • HF 940 Relating to civil law, including providing notice to named beneficiaries in probate law, a…
  • HF 943 Relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the construction of hazardous liquid pipeli…
  • HF 946 Relating to the enforcement of immigration laws, and providing penalties
  • HF 953 Relating to legal representation for children who are placed in, or may be placed in, fost…
  • HF 969 Concerning retirement contributions of and benefits associated with cancer diagnoses of me…
  • HF 970 Relating to the double up food bucks program, the supplemental nutrition assistance progra…
  • HF 972 Relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the el…
  • SF 106 Relating to the conveyance of firearms in or on certain vehicles
  • SF 22 Relating to the use of an electronic device in a voice-activated or hands-free mode while …
  • SF 615 Relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance pro…
  • HF 645 Relating to nuisance actions against racing facilities and racetracks
  • HF 767 Concerning private sector employee drug testing
  • HF 899 Relating to indecent exposure, including the unlawful electronic transmission of sexually …
  • HF 907 Requiring the department of transportation to provide for the registration of noncommercia…
  • HF 932 Relating to requirements for a parent to obtain joint physical custody of a child
  • HF 949 Concerning the duties of county commissioners and county auditors
  • HF 956 Relating to judicial branch administration, including judicial officer residency, judicial…
  • SF 397 Relating to assaults, including assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations and inm…

Passed the Senate · 30

  • HF 782 Relating to electronic devices in schools, including student access during instructional h…
  • SF 148 Relating to special landowner turkey hunting licenses
  • SF 150 Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable
  • SF 289 Relating to invasion of privacy, and making penalties applicable
  • SF 423 Relating to deer hunting, including deer depredation and the purchasing of a youth deer hu…
  • SF 490 Relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian convey…
  • SF 492 Relating to the acquisition of certain vehicles by a vehicle recycler, and making penaltie…
  • SF 494 Prohibiting the regulation of certain residential gardens by state agencies and local gove…
  • SF 571 Relating to defense subpoenas in criminal cases, and providing penalties
  • SF 590 Limiting liability for food distributors who donate food to charitable or nonprofit organi…
  • SF 593 Providing for the preparation and filing of a district parcel record that identifies all p…
  • SF 62 Relating to railway special agents
18 more
  • HF 783 Implementing requirements related to organizations that sponsor or administer extracurricu…
  • SF 473 Relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purp…
  • SF 507 Restricting county and city diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
  • SF 542 Relating to the suspension of child support and medical support in certain circumstances
  • SF 572 Prohibiting the licensure of certain entities of the People’s Republic of China, the Russi…
  • SF 574 Relating to retention of fees for public improvement contracts
  • SF 588 Concerning local government notice requirements on certain actions
  • SF 592 Relating to county and city regulation of accessory dwelling units
  • SF 595 Related to the regulation of construction, including state building codes, contractor lice…
  • SF 615 Relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance pro…
  • HF 300 Enacting the physician assistant licensure compact
  • SF 180 Relating to the right to refuse certain medical services for reasons of conscience
  • SF 259 Limiting the release of personal information for traffic violations observed by an out-of-…
  • SF 394 Relating to pesticides, by providing for tort liability
  • SF 398 Relating to closing costs for a debt secured by an interest in land
  • SF 449 Relating to digital financial asset transaction kiosks and including penalties, and effect…
  • SF 460 Relating to home inspections, including persons authorized to perform home inspections and…
  • SF 579 Relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights …

Approved in committee · 10

  • SF 599 Relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance pro…
  • SF 137 Relating to short course law enforcement training requirements
  • SF 252 Relating to the veterans trust fund
  • SF 296 Allowing police service dogs to receive emergency veterinary medical services while on dut…
  • SF 597 Relating to the rights and obligations of certain state and local government entities in e…
  • HF 620 Relating to the production of psilocybin and the administration of psilocybin to persons w…
  • HF 696 Relating to the registration requirements for vehicles of excessive size and weight operat…
  • HF 941 Relating to the expansion of the ground emergency medical transportation program
2 more
  • HF 957 Relating to the natural hazard mitigation financing program, the disaster recovery housing…
  • SF 462 Relating to weapons, including mandatory minimum sentences relating to the control, posses…

Closest votes

  • SF 394 A bill for an act relating to pesticides, by providing for tort liabil…
    Senate · March 26, 2025 · 26–21
  • HF 970 A bill for an act relating to the double up food bucks program, the su…
    House · March 26, 2025 · 56–40
  • SF 180 A bill for an act relating to the right to refuse certain medical serv…
    Senate · March 26, 2025 · 32–15
  • HF 884 A bill for an act authorizing school districts, charter schools, and i…
    House · March 26, 2025 · 57–39
  • SF 615 A bill for an act relating to work requirements for the Iowa health an…
    Senate · March 25, 2025 · 33–15

Most lobbied

  • SF 599 Relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, p…
    23 organizations took a side
  • HF 972 Relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health…
    10 organizations took a side
  • HF 943 Relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the construction of haz…
    8 organizations took a side
  • SF 180 Relating to the right to refuse certain medical services for reasons o…
    7 organizations took a side
  • HF 970 Relating to the double up food bucks program, the supplemental nutriti…
    7 organizations took a side

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