Recaps › 2025 session

The week of Monday, April 21, 2025

What happened at the Capitol, April 21, 2025 to April 27, 2025, in the 91st General Assembly’s 2025 session.

bills filed

floor votes

sent to the Governor

signed into law

Signed into law · 8

SF 619 Relating to the natural hazard mitigation financing program, the disaster recovery housing… · April 22, 2025
HF 381 Relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, … · April 25, 2025
HF 470 Relating to alcoholic beverages, including license authorizations, bond requirements, and … · April 25, 2025
HF 547 Enacting the respiratory care interstate compact · April 25, 2025
HF 652 Concerning county and city regulation of real property and the powers granted to a board o… · April 25, 2025
HF 785 Modifying provisions related to charter school board member requirements · April 25, 2025
HF 844 Relating to eligibility requirements for financial institutions in which public funds may … · April 25, 2025
SF 574 Relating to retention of fees for public improvement contracts · April 25, 2025

Sent to the Governor · 8

SF 619 Relating to the natural hazard mitigation financing program, the disaster recovery housing…
HF 381 Relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, …
HF 470 Relating to alcoholic beverages, including license authorizations, bond requirements, and …
HF 547 Enacting the respiratory care interstate compact
HF 652 Concerning county and city regulation of real property and the powers granted to a board o…
HF 785 Modifying provisions related to charter school board member requirements
HF 844 Relating to eligibility requirements for financial institutions in which public funds may …
SF 574 Relating to retention of fees for public improvement contracts

Passed the House · 44

HF 1006 Providing for the licensing of food processing plants, including certain operations locate…
HF 960 Relating to the sales tax exemption for the purchase of central office equipment or transm…
HF 975 Relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority and the Iowa f…
HF 978 Relating to the production and administration of psilocybin, and providing penalties
HF 997 Providing fees for the filing of a biennial report by business entities with the secretary…
SF 257 Relating to the display of a validation sticker on a vehicle registration plate
SF 296 Allowing police service dogs to receive emergency veterinary medical services while on dut…
SF 513 Prohibiting a court from ordering payment of a postsecondary education subsidy for a child…
SF 573 Relating to motor vehicle glass repair, replacement, and insurance, making penalties appli…
SF 583 Relating to school safety by requiring the creation of school safety assessment teams and …
SF 604 Relating to the measurement of units sold for purposes of cigarette and tobacco regulation…
SF 606 Relating to electronic filing of sales and use tax returns, and including effective date p…

32 more

HF 1001 Creating a rural attorney recruitment assistance program, and making appropriations
HF 1002 Authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emerge…
HF 1003 Relating to child placements
HF 1015 Prohibiting counties from charging a fee to operate a registered all-terrain vehicle or of…
HF 1025 Relating to certain state highways not designated as part of the interstate road system, i…
HF 1031 Relating to county recorder fees and land record information systems management
HF 303 Relating to prior authorization and utilization review organizations
HF 516 Relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, including priority for admission t…
HF 977 Relating to the expansion of the ground emergency medical transportation program
HF 988 Creating a catastrophic savings account and modifying individual income taxes for account …
SF 288 Relating to students who are pregnant or who recently gave birth who attend state institut…
SF 474 Relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and…
HF 1007 Relating to the disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim res…
HF 1010 Providing for an annual authorization fee to be collected by the college student aid commi…
HF 1019 Exempting the sale of toilet paper from the sales tax
HF 1020 Modifying the child and dependent care credit available against the individual income tax,…
HF 1021 Exempting the sale of dietary supplements from the sales tax
HF 1027 Relating to radon by establishing radon mitigation requirements, creating a radon mitigati…
HF 706 Relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties appl…
HF 991 Placing assessment limitations for property tax purposes on commercial child care faciliti…
SF 146 Relating to the use or creation of bots to purchase event tickets on the internet, and pro…
SF 150 Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable
HF 1022 Exempting the sale of laundry soap or detergent from the sales tax
HF 1023 Relating to benefits and contributions for members of the Iowa public employees’ retiremen…
HF 1028 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effec…
HF 1032 Creating a grocer reinvestment program, a local produce processing grant program, and a gr…
HF 472 Creating a special motion for expedited relief in actions involving the exercise of the ri…
HF 644 Relating to the delegation of custodial rights and duties with respect to a child
HF 710 Relating to roofs on private docks and required insurance
HF 862 Relating to the representation of boards of supervisors and county officials by outside co…
HF 986 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of insurance and financial service…
SF 565 Providing for the continuation of health insurance in certain circumstances for the surviv…

Passed the Senate · 24

HF 248 Relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable
HF 330 Relating to insurance coverage for covered individuals for the treatment of autism spectru…
HF 397 Relating to the address confidentiality program
HF 615 Relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal …
HF 640 Concerning self-storage facilities, including acceptances and defaults of rental agreement…
SF 297 Relating to contracts entered into by state agencies and including applicability provision…
SF 301 Relating to county hospital operation of a child care facility
SF 626 Relating to federal moneys and regulations, including the appropriation of federal moneys …
HF 117 Establishing the national guard service professional qualification scholarship program
HF 644 Relating to the delegation of custodial rights and duties with respect to a child
HF 890 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to community college and …
SF 233 Relating to the right to try Act

12 more

SF 426 Relating to strict liability for a person in control of hazardous substances
SF 565 Providing for the continuation of health insurance in certain circumstances for the surviv…
HF 440 Relating to tuition, degree programs, employment, and related matters pertaining to studen…
HF 549 Relating to the review of an officer-involved shooting case by a county attorney
HF 649 Relating to human trafficking including services and prostitution, and making penalties ap…
HF 710 Relating to roofs on private docks and required insurance
HF 793 Relating to fire fighter training and certification
HF 933 Relating to pediatric palliative care centers, and including effective date provisions
HF 956 Relating to judicial branch administration, including judicial officer residency, judicial…
HF 994 Concerning quarterly reports on and payments of beer barrel and wine gallonage taxes, and …
SF 445 Relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related …
SF 628 Relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the departme…

Approved in committee · 15

HF 550 Creating a grocer reinvestment program, a local produce processing grant program, and a gr…
SF 317 Relating to registration fees for persons on the sex offender registry
SF 522 Providing for programs and regulations related to agriculture, including crop production, …
SF 633 Relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations by establishing a program fee and including…
SF 151 Relating to motor vehicle special registration plate decals created by a nonprofit veteran…
SF 475 Imposing a tax on certain products containing nicotine or nonnicotine substances, creating…
SF 570 Creating a specialty business court, providing fees, and including effective date and appl…
SF 636 Relating to the sales tax exemption for the purchase of central office equipment or transm…

7 more

SF 96 Relating to the abatement of property taxes owed on property owned by certain volunteer em…
HF 132 Providing for an individual income tax credit for the purchase of firearm safety devices a…
HF 617 Modifying public improvements relating to housing and residential development in urban ren…
HF 908 Relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations…
SF 620 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of health and human services, incl…
SF 621 Relating to economic development by establishing the Iowa major events and tourism program…
SF 622 Relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority and the Iowa f…

Closest votes

SF 445 A bill for an act relating to early childhood education and care, incl…
Senate · April 23, 2025 · 33–14
SF 606 A bill for an act relating to electronic filing of sales and use tax r…
House · April 21, 2025 · 58–33
HF 862 A bill for an act relating to the representation of boards of supervis…
House · April 24, 2025 · 58–30
HF 516 A bill for an act relating to medical residency and fellowship positio…
House · April 22, 2025 · 61–30
HF 615 A bill for an act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresenta…
Senate · April 21, 2025 · 42–3

Most lobbied

HF 1034 Providing for an individual income tax credit for the purchase of fire…
11 organizations took a side
HSB 332 Relating to emergency telephone systems including next generation 911 …
9 organizations took a side
SSB 1218 Relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastruc…
7 organizations took a side
SSB 1209 Relating to the sales tax exemption for the purchase of central office…
7 organizations took a side
HF 1036 Relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil sta…
7 organizations took a side

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