Recaps › 2026 session

The week of Monday, February 23, 2026

What happened at the Capitol, February 23, 2026 to March 1, 2026, in the 91st General Assembly’s 2026 session.

112

bills filed

floor votes

sent to the Governor

signed into law

Signed into law · 1

SF 2201 Relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical… · February 26, 2026

Sent to the Governor · 1

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

Passed the House · 46

HF 2199 Relating to level II law enforcement academy training programs
HF 2254 Relating to the prohibition of noncompete clauses in certain employment contracts entered …
HF 2294 Relating to the filing of complaints with the Iowa public information board
HF 2303 Relating to regulation of professional and amateur kickboxing by the state commissioner of…
HF 2325 Permitting a city to create social districts allowing for the possession or consumption of…
HF 2490 Relating to public meetings and records, including public notice requirements for meetings…
HF 2498 Enacting the interstate podiatric medical licensure compact
HF 2506 Relating to prizes awarded by licensed qualified organizations
HF 2514 Making children of child care workers in this state eligible for the state child care assi…
HF 2519 Relating to collection of accrued interest on unpaid child support by the department of he…
HF 2520 Relating to elections to fill vacancies in elective county and city offices
HF 2521 Relating to the abandonment of cats and dogs including delivery to an animal shelter or po…

34 more

HF 2226 Relating to the bachelor of science in nursing program at the university of Iowa, includin…
HF 2242 Prohibiting an increase in the amount of tuition charged to resident undergraduate student…
HF 2246 Relating to education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certa…
HF 2488 Prohibiting private institutions of higher education that participate in the Iowa tuition …
HF 2500 Relating to contracts entered into by state agencies and including applicability provision…
HF 2502 Relating to paid parental leave for state employees, and including effective date provisio…
HF 2547 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to career academies, the …
HF 2253 Relating to terminology involving a pregnant female
HF 2296 Restricting counties and cities from issuing a local form of identification
HF 2434 Relating to insurance coverage for health care services provided pursuant to a referral by…
HF 2501 Relating to the conduct of elections
HF 2509 Modifying the time periods alcoholic beverages may be sold, dispensed, or consumed at comm…
HF 2511 Relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and …
HF 2518 Relating to the department of health and human services and reporting requirements for she…
HF 2523 Establishing the right of a parent or guardian of a minor child to consent to and authoriz…
HF 2531 Relating to interests in minerals owned by counties and cities, and including effective da…
HF 2558 Relating to the definition of public improvement for purposes of public construction biddi…
HF 2584 Establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penalties
HF 2102 Prohibiting the use of a language other than English for driver’s license examinations
HF 2255 Relating to the request for redaction of personally identifiable information from electron…
HF 2256 Exempting a parent’s or legal guardian’s inability to access appropriate behavioral or men…
HF 2292 Directing the department of health and human services to increase the number of inpatient …
HF 2330 Relating to public records requests
HF 2349 Relating to the final disposition of human remains
HF 2356 Establishing the state public defender’s pilot project to implement innovative models of c…
HF 2493 Relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibilit…
HF 2526 Relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents
HF 2527 Providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential …
HF 2562 Relating to care facility placement decisions for certain adults, and including effective …
HF 2565 Establishing a human trafficking investigative task force
HF 2596 Regulating the marketing of grain, making penalties applicable, and including effective da…
HF 2615 Relating to thoroughbred and quarter horse racing seasons
HF 2641 Relating to the Medicaid home and community-based services elderly waiver program, includi…
HF 863 Relating to the use of blue lights on vessels operating on waters under the jurisdiction o…

Passed the Senate · 34

SF 2039 Providing for intervention by members of the general assembly in proceedings for judicial …
SF 2088 Relating to transportation, including the administration and regulation of matters associa…
SF 2186 Relating to child custody and visitation for parents subject to deployments
SF 2201 Relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical…
SF 2207 Relating to the submission of proposed legislation by the governor and state departments a…
SF 2219 Requiring boards of directors of school districts, governing boards of charter schools, an…
SF 2289 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of inspections, appeals, and licen…
SF 2019 Relating to invasion of privacy, including attempts to invade privacy, and making penaltie…
SF 2086 Authorizing schools to offer an elective junior fire fighter program to students enrolled …
SF 2145 Relating to monetary donations that may be received and gifted by local officials and loca…
SF 2157 Relating to malicious prosecution arising from civil actions between private parties
SF 2178 Relating to eligibility requirements for lifetime hunting, fishing, and fur harvester lice…

22 more

SF 2198 Relating to the authority of an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for hea…
SF 2214 Relating to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way
SF 2224 Relating to computer science education, including by modifying provisions related to stand…
SF 2263 Relating to the carrying, transportation, and possession of weapons, and including effecti…
SF 2280 Relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system…
SF 2299 Relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program. V…
SF 2318 Relating to nonresident deer hunting licenses
SF 2411 Establishing an Iowa-Ireland trade commission
SF 2417 Establishing requirements and guidelines for conversational AI services, and providing civ…
SF 2187 Relating to the verification of citizenship and immigration status of persons who apply fo…
SF 2189 Relating to information required for nonresidents who apply for vehicle registration and i…
SF 2203 Relating to the verification of United States citizenship of persons registering to vote a…
SF 2218 Relating to state regulatory compliance and eligibility requirements, including by modifyi…
SF 2399 Relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions
SF 2412 Relating to qualifications for state and local government employment and professional lice…
SF 2422 Relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and h…
SF 2426 Relating to sufficient English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers, p…
SF 2430 Relating to the display of flags at half-staff on public buildings
SF 2274 Relating to the sale or offer for sale of certain firearm devices
SF 2351 Relating to the open enrollment of pupils who are truant or chronically absent, and includ…
SF 2456 Relating to rounding the amount of cents for cash transactions and payments
SF 274 Relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic co…

Approved in committee · 67

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 2218 Relating to video recording systems in special education classrooms
HF 2283 Relating to grid-enhancing technologies and reconductoring, including study and reporting …
HF 2298 Providing for the regulation of commercial establishments possessing or controlling nonagr…
HF 2307 Authorizing the board of educational examiners to issue provisional coaching authorization…
HF 2365 Relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment me…

59 more

HF 2393 Permitting school districts to use certain categorical funds generated from pupils partici…
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 2481 Establishing a veterans recovery program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses relate…
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 668 Relating to immunity from criminal or civil liability in cases involving the justifiable u…
SF 2024 Relating to local government by modifying property tax credits and rent reimbursements, pr…
SF 2029 Relating to the compensation of county officers
SF 2044 Relating to the responsibilities of school districts and charter schools related to the di…
SF 2095 Relating to vaccination exemptions for certain students in clinical rotations and the qual…
SF 2173 Relating to sufficient English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers, a…
SF 2175 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter schools, the I…
SF 2349 Relating to drainage districts and levees, including district parcel records
SF 2419 Relating to third-party litigation funding and including applicability provisions
SF 2420 Relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the departmen…
SF 2421 Relating to utilization review organizations’ use of artificial intelligence, prior author…
SF 2422 Relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and h…
SF 2423 Relating to care facility placement decisions for certain adults
SF 2427 Providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential …
SF 2429 Relating to fluid milk products annual permits, and including effective date provisions
SF 2430 Relating to the display of flags at half-staff on public buildings
SF 2431 Relating to the appointment and duties of township officers and township budgets, and incl…
SF 2432 Eliminating a city’s ability to create a city board of health or a city health department,…
SF 2433 Relating to the national electrical code, and including effective date provisions
SF 2434 Relating to local government, including the approval of action by ordinance, and including…
SF 2436 Relating to the division of revenue of school district foundation property taxes for urban…
SF 2438 Relating to city utilities including landlord notification, and including effective date p…
SF 2440 Relating to the permissible uses of certain school district property tax revenue for urban…
SF 2441 Concerning locally imposed hotel and motel taxes for tourism development and tourism promo…
SF 2442 Relating to county zoning ordinances governing residential buildings
SF 2443 Related to competitive information of city utilities
SF 2444 Creating regulations for cigar bars, modifying the smokefree air Act, and including effect…
SF 2445 Relating to licensing of service companies, motor vehicle service contracts, and residenti…
SF 2446 Relating to captive insurance companies and life captive reinsurance companies, and includ…
SF 2447 Relating to the siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities
SF 2448 Relating to residential real estate, including access to records of unit owners associatio…
SF 2450 Relating to scrap metal transactions including establishing an application and permit syst…
SF 2451 Relating to transferring alcoholic beverages between the premises of certain retail alcoho…
SF 2452 Relating to cost sharing for health savings accounts and qualified high-deductible health …
SF 2453 Providing for investment by regents institutions in certified innovation funds and includi…
SF 2454 Relating to life insurance, permissible third parties, and financial exploitation of eligi…
SF 2455 Relating to insurance coverage for emergency services, reimbursements for out-of-network p…
SF 2456 Relating to rounding the amount of cents for cash transactions and payments
SF 2457 Relating to abandoned vehicles, and making appropriations
SF 2458 Relating to public safety answering points, including limitations, property tax allocation…
SF 310 Relating to fire protection sprinkler systems in certain residential properties
SF 493 Prohibiting political subdivisions from using certain moneys to hire lobbyists or pay inst…
SF 546 Relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the de…
HF 2311 Relating to the use of specie as legal tender
HF 2413 Relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rul…
HF 2436 Relating to dissolution of marriage, including name change requests
HF 430 Relating to the seizure of firearms without the adjudication of a contested court case, pr…
SF 2459 Relating to the certificate of need process
SF 579 Relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights …
SF 2461 Establishing continuing appropriations in fiscal years for which annual appropriations hav…
SF 2462 Relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childh…

Closest votes

SF 2201 A bill for an act relating to school funding by establishing the state…
Senate · February 23, 2026 · 27–20
SF 2274 A bill for an act relating to the sale or offer for sale of certain fi…
Senate · February 26, 2026 · 28–16
SF 2157 A bill for an act relating to malicious prosecution arising from civil…
Senate · February 24, 2026 · 29–17
SF 2422 A bill for an act relating to public assistance programs under the pur…
Senate · February 25, 2026 · 30–17
HF 2246 A bill for an act relating to education requirements, including contin…
House · February 24, 2026 · 53–38

Most lobbied

SF 2427 Providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged …
16 organizations took a side
HF 2711 Relating to state policies and programs with race or gender requiremen…
16 organizations took a side
SF 2419 Relating to third-party litigation funding and including applicability…
16 organizations took a side
SF 2425 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to ch…
15 organizations took a side
HF 2672 Relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility pr…
13 organizations took a side

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