Recaps › 2026 session

The week of Monday, April 27, 2026

What happened at the Capitol, April 27, 2026 to May 3, 2026, in the 91st General Assembly’s 2026 session.

bills filed

118

floor votes

sent to the Governor

signed into law

Signed into law · 26

HF 2485 Relating to motor vehicle dealers, including rights to certain vehicles, records storage r… · April 30, 2026
HF 2491 Providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions for certain v… · April 30, 2026
HF 2502 Relating to paid parental leave for state employees, and including effective date provisio… · April 30, 2026
HF 2523 Establishing the right of a parent or guardian of a minor child to consent to and authoriz… · April 30, 2026
HF 2527 Providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential … · April 30, 2026
HF 2539 Repealing certain programs and other matters relating to higher education · April 30, 2026
HF 2706 Relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election dist… · April 30, 2026
HF 2707 Relating to alignment of delivery of health and human services programs and services, agin… · April 30, 2026
HF 704 Relating to the Iowa propane education and research council, and including applicability p… · April 30, 2026
SF 140 Relating to satellite absentee voting stations · April 30, 2026
SF 2184 Relating to licenses to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery,… · April 30, 2026
SF 2448 Relating to residential real estate, including access to records of unit owners associatio… · April 30, 2026

14 more

SF 413 Relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state b…
SF 490 Relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian convey…
HF 2305 Relating to health care decisions related to palliative care, hospice programs, life-susta…
HF 2329 Relating to interest rates and charges on regulated loans, and consumer credit transaction…
HF 2501 Relating to the conduct of elections
HF 2532 Relating to probate and trust matters, including time limitations on actions, attorney fee…
HF 2543 Relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective d…
HF 2655 Relating to the operating privileges of drivers of authorized emergency vehicles and polic…
SF 176 Relating to participation in cocurricular and extracurricular activities offered by school…
SF 2417 Establishing requirements and guidelines for conversational AI services, and providing civ…
SF 2426 Relating to sufficient English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers, p…
SF 2496 Relating to Iowa’s urban renewal law by modifying the division of revenue for certain emer…
SF 273 Relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school e…
SF 492 Relating to the acquisition of certain vehicles by a vehicle recycler, and making penaltie…

Sent to the Governor · 26

HF 2485 Relating to motor vehicle dealers, including rights to certain vehicles, records storage r…
HF 2491 Providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions for certain v…
HF 2502 Relating to paid parental leave for state employees, and including effective date provisio…
HF 2523 Establishing the right of a parent or guardian of a minor child to consent to and authoriz…
HF 2527 Providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential …
HF 2539 Repealing certain programs and other matters relating to higher education
HF 2706 Relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election dist…
HF 2707 Relating to alignment of delivery of health and human services programs and services, agin…
HF 704 Relating to the Iowa propane education and research council, and including applicability p…
SF 140 Relating to satellite absentee voting stations
SF 2184 Relating to licenses to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery,…
SF 2448 Relating to residential real estate, including access to records of unit owners associatio…

14 more

SF 413 Relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state b…
SF 490 Relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian convey…
HF 2305 Relating to health care decisions related to palliative care, hospice programs, life-susta…
HF 2329 Relating to interest rates and charges on regulated loans, and consumer credit transaction…
HF 2501 Relating to the conduct of elections
HF 2532 Relating to probate and trust matters, including time limitations on actions, attorney fee…
HF 2543 Relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective d…
HF 2655 Relating to the operating privileges of drivers of authorized emergency vehicles and polic…
SF 176 Relating to participation in cocurricular and extracurricular activities offered by school…
SF 2417 Establishing requirements and guidelines for conversational AI services, and providing civ…
SF 2426 Relating to sufficient English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers, p…
SF 2496 Relating to Iowa’s urban renewal law by modifying the division of revenue for certain emer…
SF 273 Relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school e…
SF 492 Relating to the acquisition of certain vehicles by a vehicle recycler, and making penaltie…

Passed the House · 55

HF 2763 Providing for services relating to agricultural production, providing penalties, and inclu…
HF 2767 Providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, providing for fees, making penalt…
HF 2768 Relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, …
SF 2468 Providing for the conversion of partnerships into other forms of domestic or foreign organ…
SF 2471 Relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses
SF 629 Providing for an expedited filing service for filers of business documents administered by…
SF 654 Relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, sn…
HF 2759 Relating to the payment of claims associated with nonpublic school pupil transportation, m…
HF 2772 Relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including…
HF 2775 Relating to a convenience fee for recording applications for the registration of a snowmob…
HF 2781 Relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund
SF 472 Relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargain…

43 more

HF 2787 Prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalt…
SF 2218 Relating to state regulatory compliance and eligibility requirements, including by modifyi…
SF 2428 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the duties of the depa…
HF 2297 Relating to radon mitigation in residential buildings
HF 2348 Relating to animal torture, and providing penalties
HF 2757 Relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemption…
HF 2783 Relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and o…
HF 864 Requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an int…
SF 2039 Providing for intervention by members of the general assembly in proceedings for judicial …
SF 2422 Relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and h…
SF 2474 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa dyslexia boar…
HF 2771 Relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with …
HF 2782 Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the depart…
HF 2788 Relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-indu…
SF 2168 Relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and other career training, unemplo…
HF 1003 Relating to child placements
HF 2531 Relating to interests in minerals owned by counties and cities, and including effective da…
HF 2542 Relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties
HF 2617 Relating to abandoned vehicles
HF 2765 Providing for the regulation of mining, making penalties applicable, and including effecti…
HF 2769 Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch
HF 2770 Relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including…
HF 2785 Extending the biodiesel blended fuel tax credit
HF 2786 Modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production
HF 2791 Permitting an exchange of the cash reserve levy for another local levy within the school b…
HF 2793 Relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations
HF 2794 Establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund
HF 2797 Relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and …
HF 2799 Relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority, the utilities…
HF 2800 Relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limit…
SF 2465 Relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the departmen…
SF 2472 Relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by m…
SF 2478 Relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the departme…
SF 2480 Relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor product…
SF 2484 Relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, technolog…
SF 2488 Relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childh…
SF 2490 Relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the de…
SF 2492 Creating a state corporate income tax deduction for net controlled foreign corporation tes…
SF 2493 Relating to the excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for u…
SF 2497 Providing for an assignment of assets for the benefit of creditors, exempting the related …
SF 469 Creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and …
SF 639 Creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions
SJR 11 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements f…

Passed the Senate · 60

HF 2676 Relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medic…
HF 2695 Relating to the application of foreign law and limiting changes in venue of civil actions,…
HF 2724 Requiring the board of educational examiners to establish additional endorsements and auth…
HF 2754 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approva…
HF 2780 Relating to alcoholic beverage control by providing for certificates of compliance and the…
SF 2478 Relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the departme…
SF 2492 Creating a state corporate income tax deduction for net controlled foreign corporation tes…
HF 2200 Relating to activities in the administration of alcoholic beverage control by the departme…
HF 2757 Relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemption…
HF 2768 Relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, …
HF 2772 Relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including…
SF 2218 Relating to state regulatory compliance and eligibility requirements, including by modifyi…

48 more

SF 2289 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of inspections, appeals, and licen…
SF 2465 Relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the departmen…
HF 2199 Relating to level II law enforcement academy training programs
HF 2297 Relating to radon mitigation in residential buildings
HF 2348 Relating to animal torture, and providing penalties
HF 2678 Providing for certain persons acting under the jurisdiction of the secretary of state, inc…
HF 2694 Relating to the regulation of certain places and activities by the governor
HF 2711 Relating to state policies and programs with race or gender requirements
HF 864 Requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an int…
SF 2378 Relating to the ability of property owners to protest proposed changes in zoning districts
HF 1028 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effec…
HF 2230 Relating to teacher education and licensing, including by modifying provisions related to …
HF 2783 Relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and o…
SF 2168 Relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and other career training, unemplo…
SF 2284 Relating to the use of automated systems that detect traffic violations or registration pl…
SF 2422 Relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and h…
HF 1003 Relating to child placements
HF 2526 Relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents
HF 2617 Relating to abandoned vehicles
SF 2474 Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa dyslexia boar…
SF 2488 Relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childh…
HF 1036 Relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations…
HF 2493 Relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibilit…
HF 2531 Relating to interests in minerals owned by counties and cities, and including effective da…
HF 2542 Relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties
HF 2598 Relating to a required course of instruction regarding human trafficking prevention for pe…
HF 2602 Relating to the licensure of massage establishments, and making penalties applicable
HF 2615 Relating to thoroughbred and quarter horse racing seasons
HF 2756 Relating to licensing of service companies, motor vehicle service contracts, and residenti…
HF 2765 Providing for the regulation of mining, making penalties applicable, and including effecti…
HF 2769 Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch
HF 2770 Relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including…
HF 2771 Relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with …
HF 2781 Relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund
HF 2782 Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the depart…
HF 2794 Establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund
SF 2484 Relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, technolog…
SF 2490 Relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the de…
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…
HF 2787 Prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalt…
HF 2788 Relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-indu…
HF 2797 Relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and …
HF 2799 Relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority, the utilities…
HF 2800 Relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limit…
SF 2453 Providing for investment by regents institutions in certified innovation funds and includi…
SF 2472 Relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by m…
SF 2497 Providing for an assignment of assets for the benefit of creditors, exempting the related …

Approved in committee · 21

SF 2480 Relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor product…
SJR 11 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements f…
HF 2563 Relating to abortions including informed consent, dispensing abortion-inducing drugs, and …
HF 2712 Relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childh…
HF 705 Establishing a grant program for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault forensi…
HF 882 Relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations
SF 2478 Relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the departme…
HF 2343 Relating to the excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for u…

13 more

HF 2765 Providing for the regulation of mining, making penalties applicable, and including effecti…
HF 2781 Relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund
HF 2787 Prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalt…
HF 978 Relating to the production and administration of psilocybin, and providing penalties
SF 2301 Relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority, the utilities…
SF 2445 Relating to licensing of service companies, motor vehicle service contracts, and residenti…
SF 2465 Relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the departmen…
SF 2492 Creating a state corporate income tax deduction for net controlled foreign corporation tes…
SF 2497 Providing for an assignment of assets for the benefit of creditors, exempting the related …
SF 2503 Modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production, and including retroactive …
SF 2504 Relating to Brady-Giglio list appeals and law enforcement officers’ rights, and providing …
SF 469 Creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and …
SF 2507 Relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limit…

Closest votes

SF 2422 A bill for an act relating to public assistance programs under the pur…
Senate · April 30, 2026 · 27–16
HF 2770 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice…
Senate · May 2, 2026 · 29–17
HF 2769 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicia…
Senate · May 2, 2026 · 29–17
HF 2783 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the educati…
Senate · April 30, 2026 · 27–15
HF 2754 A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provis…
Senate · April 27, 2026 · 29–17

Most lobbied

HF 2788 Relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispens…
19 organizations took a side
SF 2301 Relating to matters under the purview of the economic development auth…
15 organizations took a side
HSB 782 Relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastruc…
11 organizations took a side
HF 2800 Relating to state and local government and finances, including by maki…
7 organizations took a side
SSB 3197 Establishing a grant program for a nonprofit organization providing se…
7 organizations took a side

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