Recaps › 2026 session

The week of Monday, February 16, 2026

What happened at the Capitol, February 16, 2026 to February 22, 2026, in the 91st General Assembly’s 2026 session.

308

bills filed

floor votes

sent to the Governor

signed into law

Passed the House · 1

SF 2201 Relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical…

Passed the Senate · 0

No bills passed the Senate.

Approved in committee · 164

HF 1011 Relating to human trafficking, including the establishment of human trafficking prosecutio…
HF 2023 Relating to speed limits, including the speed limit in school districts and the penalty fo…
HF 2032 Establishing procedures for system enhancement of infrastructure, including for developmen…
HF 2033 Relating to the provision of accessible prescription-related measures for persons who are …
HF 2034 Relating to open enrollment and interscholastic athletic eligibility requirements
HF 2036 Relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents
HF 2049 Providing for supplementary weighting for school districts that share career and technical…
HF 2092 Relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibilit…

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HF 2114 Authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a child to have the child committed for substa…
HF 2122 Relating to the discipline of students who exhibit disorderly conduct in the classroom and…
HF 2124 Modifying the duties of the department of education related to electronic systems
HF 2132 Providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions for certain v…
HF 2138 Relating to use of and reporting requirements related to forfeited weapons
HF 2140 Relating to the sale of nitrous oxide
HF 2157 Relating to the abandonment of cats and dogs including delivery to an animal shelter or po…
HF 2158 Relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and …
HF 2180 Establishing a service animal training grant program for veterans, providing fees, and mak…
HF 2193 Relating to living organ donors and life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term ca…
HF 2213 Relating to interests in minerals owned by counties and cities
HF 2220 Relating to mental health care, including subacute mental health care facility requirement…
HF 2281 Modifying the time periods alcoholic beverages may be sold, dispensed, or consumed at comm…
HF 2315 Relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund
HF 814 Relating to a pregnant minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of certain medic…
HF 930 Enacting the interstate podiatric medical licensure compact
SF 176 Relating to participation in cocurricular and extracurricular activities offered by school…
SF 2026 Relating to the approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisor…
SF 2201 Relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical…
SF 2336 Requiring annual reports on and the prohibition of antisemitism in community colleges, reg…
SF 2337 Relating to animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applic…
SF 2338 Relating to alignment of delivery of health and human services programs and services, agin…
SF 2339 Enacting the psychology interjurisdictional compact
SF 2340 Relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate the installation or use of ba…
SF 2342 Relating to the required beneficiary and use of a public officer insurance policy
HF 175 Relating to in-state residency for purposes of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees at…
HF 2038 Relating to deer depredation
HF 2044 Relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign…
HF 2062 Relating to the ability of property owners to protest proposed changes in zoning districts
HF 2088 Relating to fraudulent practices including providing a false social security number to an …
HF 2113 Relating to the driving privileges of persons under the age of eighteen who were previousl…
HF 2128 Relating to orders for child support including requests for information regarding digital …
HF 2129 Establishing a water and wastewater operator apprenticeship and work release pilot program…
HF 2135 Relating to limitations on discovery depositions involving minor victims
HF 2148 Eliminating the Iowa smart planning principles and other local comprehensive planning and …
HF 2161 Relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers, and providing penalties
HF 2162 Relating to shooting from roads, and making penalties applicable
HF 2174 Providing for a task force to address legal services for indigent parties
HF 2191 Relating to elections for school district and city officers and bonds, and including appli…
HF 2194 Relating to the membership of the Iowa law enforcement academy council
HF 2274 Requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an int…
HF 2277 Creating the uniform family law arbitration Act
HF 2289 Establishing the criminal offense of torture, and providing penalties
HF 2298 Providing for the regulation of commercial establishments possessing or controlling nonagr…
HF 2299 Relating to reporting total gasoline and diesel fuel gallonage sold and dispensed by retai…
HF 2303 Relating to regulation of professional and amateur kickboxing by the state commissioner of…
HF 2319 Exempting service performed for certain employers from eligibility for unemployment insura…
HF 2333 Relating to the right of access for persons with disabilities and service animals and modi…
HF 2388 Relating to public records, including employment separation information for certain govern…
HF 2428 Relating to the authorized uses of a township fire protection levy
HF 2438 Relating to health carriers and payment of claims, audits, and standards of conduct; prior…
HF 409 Relating to the licensing of, and granting of clinical privileges to, certain health care …
HF 524 Relating to the regulation of tanning facilities, and making penalties applicable
HF 779 Relating to persons eligible for special registration plates with a veteran processed embl…
HF 817 Relating to the distribution of child support owed to a decedent by affidavit
HF 864 Requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an int…
HF 981 Relating to real property, including the removal of unauthorized persons and trespass, and…
SF 2143 Relating to selection committees for presidents of regents institutions
SF 2351 Relating to the open enrollment of pupils who are truant or chronically absent, and includ…
SF 2358 Relating to the maximum driving distance of unsupervised persons issued a special minor’s …
SF 2361 Establishing a seal of civics excellence program administered by the department of educati…
HF 1010 Providing for an annual authorization fee to be collected by the college student aid commi…
HF 1036 Relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations…
HF 2068 Relating to the publication of notice of political party precinct caucuses
HF 2173 Relating to the intentional emission of air contaminants into the atmosphere, including pr…
HF 2218 Relating to video recording systems in special education classrooms
HF 2283 Relating to grid-enhancing technologies and reconductoring, including study and reporting …
HF 2307 Authorizing the board of educational examiners to issue provisional coaching authorization…
HF 2311 Relating to the use of specie as legal tender
HF 2312 Establishing an affordable housing task force
HF 2365 Relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment me…
HF 2393 Permitting school districts to use certain categorical funds generated from pupils partici…
HF 2403 Repealing the state monopoly on the importation of alcoholic liquor, and including effecti…
HF 2439 Relating to specially constructed motorcycles
HF 2447 Relating to water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirem…
HF 2451 Relating to student instructional technology standards, including elementary school digita…
HF 2476 Relating to driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards marked to reflect a h…
HF 2478 Relating to the staff sergeant William Nathaniel Howard highway, and including applicabili…
HF 2480 Providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the wor…
HF 2481 Establishing a veterans recovery program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses relate…
HF 2561 Relating to street takeovers, and providing penalties
HF 460 Relating to play-based learning in preschool, prekindergarten, and kindergarten
HF 531 Relating to the combined gross weight limit for vehicles operating under a fluid milk prod…
HF 621 Relating to firearms on school property, and including effective date provisions
HF 705 Establishing a grant program for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault forensi…
HF 917 Relating to civil liability actions against motocross facilities
HJR 2004 Calling for an Article V convention in order to propose amendments to the Constitution of …
SF 2055 Relating to the Iowa rules of criminal procedure including commitment hearings following a…
SF 2184 Relating to licenses to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery,…
SF 2363 Providing for the conversion of partnerships into other forms of domestic or foreign organ…
SF 2364 Relating to probate and trust matters, including time limitations on actions, attorney fee…
SF 2365 Relating to public improvement contracts, including notice requirements
SF 2366 Relating to certified medication aides
SF 2367 Relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, certificates of …
SF 2368 Requiring cost-benefit analyses of county jail projects, and including effective date prov…
SF 2369 Relating to county and city regulation of accessory dwelling units
SF 2370 Establishing the state public defender’s pilot project to implement innovative models of c…
SF 2372 Relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, corre…
SF 2373 Modifying the major economic growth attraction program to include incentivizing the buildi…
SF 2374 Relating to the national electrical code, and including effective date provisions
SF 2375 Relating to fire fighting foam purchased by government entities
SF 2379 Relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offende…
SF 2380 Relating to abusive litigation alleging internet site accessibility violations, and includ…
SF 497 Concerning county and city administration, and including effective date and applicability …
SF 576 Relating to bonds for general contractors
HF 2117 Relating to groundwater monitoring in the state, including the establishment of a pilot pr…
HF 2144 Relating to the expungement of certain criminal history records of victims of human traffi…
HF 2145 Relating to the regulation of places and practices of worship by the governor
HF 2436 Relating to dissolution of marriage, including name change requests
HF 2444 Providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, making penalties applicable, and …
HF 2554 Relating to the application of foreign law and limiting changes in venue of civil actions,…
HF 2555 Relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers and providing penalties
HF 2574 Relating to the penalty for public employees and public officials taking money from a publ…
HF 430 Relating to the seizure of firearms without the adjudication of a contested court case, pr…
HF 668 Relating to immunity from criminal or civil liability in cases involving the justifiable u…
HF 843 Relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the de…
HF 853 Relating to interpretation of law in administrative and judicial proceedings under the Iow…
SF 2113 Relating to the conduct of calendar raffles by a licensed qualified organization
SF 2156 Authorizing court-required drug testing for a parent pursuant to a custody order
SF 2157 Relating to malicious prosecution arising from civil actions between private parties
SF 2164 Relating to the definition of public improvement
SF 2174 Relating to trainings and curricula regarding specific defined concepts provided by public…
SF 2209 Relating to the payment of per diem to members of the general assembly
SF 2212 Relating to interscholastic athletic scrimmages between schools and nonaccredited home sch…
SF 2213 Providing for an assignment of assets for the benefit of creditors, exempting the related …
SF 2263 Relating to the carrying, transportation, and possession of weapons, and including effecti…
SF 2268 Establishing an Iowa-Ireland trade commission and making appropriations
SF 2314 Relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rul…
SF 2315 Relating to eligibility for the Medicaid for employed persons with disabilities program
SF 2343 Relating to vehicle registration plates, including registration plate frames and Gadsden f…
SF 2382 Relating to operating all-terrain vehicles on highways, and making penalties applicable
SF 2383 Relating to standards for settlement of certain motor vehicle insurance claims
SF 2384 Relating to the operation of driverless-capable vehicles, including associated civil and c…
SF 2385 Relating to the Iowa communications network, and including effective date provisions
SF 2386 Relating to indirect costs charged to state-funded grants, and including applicability pro…
SF 2387 Relating to the compatibility of passenger vehicles rented or leased by the state with bio…
SF 2388 Establishing continuing appropriations in fiscal years for which the general assembly does…
SF 2390 Establishing the school health-related emergency response plan competitive grant program w…
SF 2391 Relating to education programs and systems, including career and technical education expen…
SF 2394 Relating to a statewide urban design and specifications board, including assessment of cos…
SF 2399 Relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions
SF 2400 Relating to assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations and harassment against publ…
SF 2401 Relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election dist…
SF 2402 Providing for certain business entities acting under the jurisdiction of the secretary of …
SF 2403 Relating to incentives for whole grade sharing and school district reorganization or disso…
SF 2404 Requiring the department of education to develop and administer a pilot program that requi…
SF 2406 Relating to charter schools and innovation zone schools, including by modifying provisions…
SF 2407 Relating to education reporting, including the sharing of unit-level wage data for seconda…
SF 2408 Relating to motor vehicle dealers, including rights to certain vehicles, records storage r…
SF 2412 Relating to qualifications for state and local government employment and professional lice…
SF 2413 Relating to social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in grades seven and e…
SF 2416 Relating to interviews conducted with a child subsequent to a report of child abuse
SF 2417 Establishing requirements and guidelines for conversational AI services, and providing civ…
SF 424 Relating to the allocation of special nonresident deer hunting licenses
SF 548 Relating to the use of personal flotation devices on personal watercraft
SJR 2008 Supporting devolution of power from the United States department of education to the state…

Closest votes

SF 2201 A bill for an act relating to school funding by establishing the state…
House · February 19, 2026 · 58–35

Most lobbied

HSB 664 Relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965
19 organizations took a side
HF 2557 Allowing a person to raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner co…
18 organizations took a side
HF 2563 Relating to abortions including informed consent, dispensing abortion-…
15 organizations took a side
HF 2565 Establishing a human trafficking investigative task force
15 organizations took a side
SF 2063 Prohibiting courses and content relating to diversity, equity, inclusi…
14 organizations took a side

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