Archive for March 2025

March 17, 2025 Legislative Update Last Week The House and Senate both held floor debate last week, passing primarily non-controversial legislation to the other chamber. On Wednesday, Republican Blaine Watkins won the special election to fill House District 100 following the passing of Representative Martin Graber. Watkins won 52% of the vote, defeating Democrat Nannette…

March 10, 2025 Legislative Update March 7th marked the first legislative deadline of the 91st General Assembly; legislation introduced in either the House or Senate must have received committee support to remain eligible for the remainder of the session. Bills assigned to either the Appropriations or Ways and Means Committee are exempt from the funnel deadline.…

March 3, 2025 Legislative Update The majority of work done this week related to legislation to make changes to the Iowa Civil Rights Act after legislation was introduced late last week. Subcommittee and Committee meetings were held in both the House and Senate before the bill was taken up on the floor Thursday afternoon. Iowans…