Legislative Updates
April 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.…
Read MoreMarch 3, 2025 Legislative Update
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…
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2025 Legislative Update
February 24, 2025 Legislative Update Both the House and the Senate held floor debate this week; advancing legislation out of its originating committee prior to the first funnel deadline on March 7th remains the priority for both chambers. The final deadline for legislators to request individually sponsored bills passed; however, committee chairs and leadership can still…
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2025 Legislative Update
February 17, 2025 Legislative Update On February 7th, Gov. Reynolds issued a proclamation setting Tuesday, March 11, 2025, as the date for a special election in Iowa House District 100 following the death of Representative Martin Graber.  On Monday, Governor Reynolds signed an executive order establishing the Iowa DOGE taskforce to identify ways of maximizing return on taxpayer investment, leveraging emerging…
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2025 Legislative Update
February 10, 2025 Legislative Update February 14th is the final day for legislators to request bill drafts from the Legislative Services Agency. The House cancelled all subcommittee and committee meetings on Tuesday following the passing of their colleague Representative Martin Graber. Graber was first elected to the Iowa House in 2021 and was serving in…
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