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February 2, 2026 Legislative Update
February 2, 2026 Legislative Update Members, Last Week President Trump visited Iowa on Tuesday and delivered a speech. Many afternoon subcommittee and committee meetings were rescheduled to accommodate legislators attending the speech. On Thursday afternoon, the House held back-to-back subcommittee meetings on the House and Governor’s property tax bills. Both bills advanced out of…
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2026 Legislative Update
January 26, 2026 Legislative Update Members, Last Week The Legislature convened at 10:00am on Tuesday after observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The House and Senate held 136 subcommittee meetings combined between Tuesday and Thursday. Property Tax On Wednesday, House Study Bill 596Â was introduced by the House Ways and Means Chair, Representative Nordman. HSB 596…
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2026 Legislative Update
January 20, 2026 Legislative Update Members, The first day of the second session of the 91st General Assembly convened at 10:00am on January 12th and featured opening speeches from leadership in both parties, highlighting their goals and priorities for the upcoming session. Senate President Amy Sinclair welcomed the body back to the Senate for the…
Read MoreMay 19, 2025 Legislative Update
May 19, 2025 Legislative Update Members, The Iowa Legislature adjourned sine die last week, concluding the 2025 session of the 91st General Assembly. The session began January 13 and resulted in the passage of 176 bills, 76 of which have been signed into law by Governor Reynolds as of this writing. The Governor has 30…
Read MoreApril 21, 2025 Legislative Update
April 21, 2025 Legislative Update The Senate held floor debate every day last week, passing primarily non-controversial bills. The House debated on Tuesday and Thursday, and held meetings for both the Ways and Means and Appropriations Committees on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Governor Reynolds announced she directed the Department of Health and Human Services to submit…
Read MoreApril 14, 2025 Legislative Update
April 14, 2025 Legislative Update Last Week: Governor Reynolds announced a special election to fill House District 78 would be held on April 29th following the resignation of Representative Sami Scheetz on April 1st. Scheetz resigned from the Iowa House of Representatives after being appointed to fill a vacancy on the Linn County Board of…
Read MoreApril 7, 2025 Legislative Update
April 7, 2025 Legislative Update Neither the House nor the Senate held floor debate last week. Policy committees met and advanced legislation from the opposite chamber prior to the second funnel deadline. Legislation that failed to advance out of a policy committee in the opposite chamber from which it originated is no longer eligible for…
Read MoreApril 1, 2025 Legislative Update
April 1, 2025 Legislative Update Both the House and Senate held floor debate last week passing policy legislation to the opposite chamber before the upcoming second funnel deadline. Both the House and Senate held subcommittee meetings on Wednesday to discuss the property tax reform legislation introduced earlier this month. The companion bills, Senate Study Bill…
Read MoreMarch 17, 2025 Legislative Update
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…
Read MoreMarch 10, 2025 Legislative Update
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.…
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