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The week of Monday, April 20, 2026

What happened at the Capitol, April 20, 2026 to April 26, 2026, in the 91st General Assembly’s 2026 session.

6
bills filed
55
floor votes
0
sent to the Governor
0
signed into law

Passed the House · 29

  • HF 2676 Relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medic…
  • HF 2717 Relating to executive branch functions, including legislative review, delay, and approval …
  • HF 2764 Relating to school district budgeting by modifying provisions relating to proposed propert…
  • HF 2766 Relating to captive insurance companies and life captive reinsurance companies, and includ…
  • SF 2467 Concerning reimbursement of the attorney general for services relating to the second injur…
  • SF 473 Relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purp…
  • HF 2305 Relating to health care decisions related to palliative care, hospice programs, life-susta…
  • HF 2502 Relating to paid parental leave for state employees, and including effective date provisio…
  • HF 2655 Relating to the operating privileges of drivers of authorized emergency vehicles and polic…
  • HF 2670 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to summative testing in s…
  • HF 2758 Providing a standing appropriation to the state board of regents for pediatric cancer rese…
  • HF 2778 Modifying the individual income tax credit for emergency medical services personnel to inc…
17 more
  • HF 2779 Relating to authorizations to conduct advance deposit wagering
  • HF 990 Relating to the issuance of medical cannabidiol registration cards and licensure of medica…
  • SF 2139 Enacting the athletic trainer compact
  • SF 2289 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of inspections, appeals, and licen…
  • SF 2365 Relating to public improvement contracts, including notice requirements
  • SF 2422 Relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and h…
  • SF 2496 Relating to Iowa’s urban renewal law by modifying the division of revenue for certain emer…
  • HF 2490 Relating to public meetings and records, including public notice requirements for meetings…
  • HF 2562 Relating to care facility placement decisions for certain adults, and including effective …
  • HF 960 Relating to the sales tax exemption for the purchase of central office equipment or transm…
  • SF 2472 Relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by m…
  • HF 1023 Relating to benefits and contributions for members of the Iowa public employees’ retiremen…
  • HF 2200 Relating to activities in the administration of alcoholic beverage control by the departme…
  • HF 2780 Relating to alcoholic beverage control by providing for certificates of compliance and the…
  • SF 2318 Relating to nonresident deer hunting licenses
  • SF 2430 Relating to the display of flags at half-staff on public buildings
  • SF 274 Relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic co…

Passed the Senate · 26

  • HF 2490 Relating to public meetings and records, including public notice requirements for meetings…
  • HF 2562 Relating to care facility placement decisions for certain adults, and including effective …
  • HF 704 Relating to the Iowa propane education and research council, and including applicability p…
  • HF 960 Relating to the sales tax exemption for the purchase of central office equipment or transm…
  • SF 2231 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech a…
  • SF 2491 Providing for the rural veterinarian loan repayment program, including by allowing a loan …
  • SF 2496 Relating to Iowa’s urban renewal law by modifying the division of revenue for certain emer…
  • SF 2497 Providing for an assignment of assets for the benefit of creditors, exempting the related …
  • SF 274 Relating to forms of payment for entry into an extracurricular interscholastic athletic co…
  • HF 1023 Relating to benefits and contributions for members of the Iowa public employees’ retiremen…
  • HF 2523 Establishing the right of a parent or guardian of a minor child to consent to and authoriz…
  • HF 2601 Relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign…
14 more
  • HF 2766 Relating to captive insurance companies and life captive reinsurance companies, and includ…
  • SF 2187 Relating to the verification of citizenship and immigration status of persons who apply fo…
  • SF 2299 Relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program. V…
  • SF 473 Relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purp…
  • HF 2498 Enacting the interstate podiatric medical licensure compact
  • HF 2634 Relating to preneed sellers, sales agents and sales agent applicants, and government cemet…
  • HF 2749 Relating to real estate transfer tax, including declarations of value
  • HF 640 Concerning self-storage facilities, including acceptances and defaults of rental agreement…
  • HF 992 Relating to the fee for duplicates or other evidence of interstate fuel use tax permits or…
  • SF 2428 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the duties of the depa…
  • SF 2480 Relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor product…
  • SF 2493 Relating to the excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for u…
  • SF 2500 Relating to townships, including the appointment and duties of township officers, township…
  • SF 378 Relating to speed limits, including the speed limit range for which certain excessive spee…

Approved in committee · 9

  • HF 2071 Modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production
  • HF 2293 Relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses
  • SF 2472 Relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by m…
  • SF 2490 Relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the de…
  • SF 412 Relating to property law, including rent, rental agreements, notice requirements, and poss…
  • SF 629 Providing for an expedited filing service for filers of business documents administered by…
  • SF 639 Creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions
  • SF 654 Relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, sn…
1 more
  • SF 2498 Relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemption…

Closest votes

  • SF 2500 A bill for an act relating to townships, including the appointment and…
    Senate · April 22, 2026 · 28–16
  • SF 378 A bill for an act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit …
    Senate · April 22, 2026 · 28–16
  • SF 473 A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or mora…
    Senate · April 21, 2026 · 28–16
  • SF 2231 A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provis…
    Senate · April 20, 2026 · 28–16
  • SF 2299 A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharin…
    Senate · April 21, 2026 · 33–12

Most lobbied

  • SJR 11 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relati…
    7 organizations took a side
  • HF 2786 Modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production
    7 organizations took a side
  • SF 2422 Relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the depart…
    5 organizations took a side
  • HF 884 Authorizing school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone sch…
    5 organizations took a side
  • HF 2784 Relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses
    4 organizations took a side

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