Iowa

A concurrent resolution to provide for a joint convention for the Condition of the State Address.

A concurrent resolution to provide for a joint convention for the Condition of the State Address.

Resolution to Hold a Joint Meeting for the State Address

This resolution sets up a joint meeting of both legislative chambers on January 13, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., and invites Governor Kim Reynolds to deliver her Condition of the State message.

Resolution to Hold a Joint Meeting for the Judiciary Address

This resolution schedules a joint meeting of both legislative chambers on January 14, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., inviting Chief Justice Susan Christensen to speak about the judicial branch.

Joint Meeting to Hear About the Iowa National Guard

This resolution sets a time for lawmakers from both houses of the Iowa legislature to meet and hear an update on the state's military forces.

Final Adjournment of the Ninety-first General Assembly

This resolution states that when adjournment occurs on Sunday, May 3, 2026, it will be the final ending of the 2026 Regular Session.

Resolution to Hold a Joint Meeting for the Judiciary Address

This resolution schedules a joint meeting of both legislative chambers on January 15, 2025, where Chief Justice Susan Christensen will speak about the state of the courts.

Joint Meeting to Hear About the Iowa National Guard

This resolution schedules a joint meeting of both legislative chambers on January 16, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., inviting Major General Stephen E. Osborn to report on the condition of the Iowa National Guard.

Joint Rules for Lobbyists in the Ninety-first General Assembly

This resolution sets rules that lobbyists must follow when trying to influence laws in the state Senate and House of Representatives during the Ninety-first General Assembly.

Joint Rules for the Ninety-first General Assembly

This resolution sets official rules that both the Senate and House of Representatives must follow during their legislative sessions.

Resolution Asking Congress to Raise Truck Weight Limits in Iowa and Border States

This resolution asks the U.S. Congress to change federal law so that seven-axle trucks can carry up to 96,000 pounds on interstate roads in Iowa and nearby states.

Resolution Asking Federal Leaders to Support Citizenship for Older Adoptees

This resolution asks the President and Congress of the United States to support efforts, including passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act, to grant citizenship to legally adopted children born outside the U.S. who were eighteen or older when a key federal law took effect.

Final Adjournment of the 2025 Regular Session

This resolution declares that when adjournment occurs on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, it will be the final end of the Ninety-first General Assembly's regular session.

Allowing Nonpublic School Students to Join Public School Sports

This law requires public school districts in Iowa to let students from nonpublic schools join their sports teams if the student lives nearby, an agreement is made, and the sport is not offered by the student's own school.

Changes to School District Dissolution and Territory Attachment Rules

This bill changes the date when a school district's land joins another district after voters approve closing it, and allows tax relief options for very small districts.

Special License Plates for the U.S.S. Iowa

This bill creates a new special license plate design honoring the battleship U.S.S. Iowa, sets fees to buy and renew them, and directs money from those fees to organizations that care for the ship.

A bill for an act providing for the establishment of a veterans service organization grant program, and making appropriations.(Formerly HF 909 , HSB 243 .)

A bill for an act creating a rural attorney recruitment assistance program, and making appropriations. (Formerly HF 209 , HF 15 .)

A bill for an act authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical care providers, and reserve peace officers, and making appropriations. (Formerly HF 755 , HSB 197 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

A bill for an act relating to child placements. (Formerly HF 638 , HSB 146 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

A bill for an act exempting the sales price of honeybees from the state sales and use tax.(Formerly HF 247 .)

A bill for an act requiring persons twelve years of age or older to pass a written test and obtain an education certificate prior to operating an all-terrain vehicle or off-road utility vehicle on streets, highways, certain land, ice, and trails, providing fees, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly HF 762 , HF 73 .)

A bill for an act providing for the licensing of food processing plants, including certain operations located on the premises of farms or private residences, and providing fees.(Formerly HF 179 , HF 32 .)

A bill for an act relating to the disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim restitution fund.(Formerly HSB 319 .)

A bill for an act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts. (Formerly HF 28 .)

A bill for an act authorizing the use of revenues from the district management levy to pay costs related to school safety and security and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 311 .)

Limiting Bond Sales for Future Projects

This law limits the amount of bonds that can be sold to fund projects approved in elections held after July 1, 2025.

A bill for an act providing for an annual authorization fee to be collected by the college student aid commission from certain postsecondary educational institutions not subject to registration with the commission.(Formerly HF 772 , HSB 48 .)

A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including the establishment of human trafficking prosecution units and the remittance of wire transmission fees to the office to combat human trafficking.(Formerly HF 831 , HF 463 ; See HF 2565 .)

A bill for an act relating to the natural hazard mitigation financing program, the disaster recovery housing assistance program, the disaster recovery new housing program, post-loss assignment of benefits, the licensing and regulation of adjusters, appraisers, and umpires, and the Iowa economic emergency fund, and providing penalties, making appropriations, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 982 , HF 957 , HSB 246 .)

A bill for an act establishing a partial exemption on property taxes for certain residential properties sold in disaster areas.(Formerly HF 565 .)

A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of health and human services, including administrative services organizations, child foster care, child and dependent adult abuse, internal audit and examination information, and the region incentive fund in the mental health and disability services regional service fund, health maintenance organization’s premium tax, and making appropriations and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 757 , HSB 215 ; See HF 1042 .)

A bill for an act prohibiting counties from charging a fee to operate a registered all-terrain vehicle or off-road utility vehicle on secondary roads.(Formerly HF 257 .)

A bill for an act providing for the continuation of health insurance in certain circumstances for the surviving spouse and each surviving child of employees of the state of Iowa and including retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 913 , HSB 112 .)

A bill for an act relating to the applicability of actions of certain international organizations.(Formerly HSB 233 .)

A bill for an act relating to the historic preservation tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes, the franchise tax, and the insurance premiums tax.(Formerly HSB 270 .)

A bill for an act exempting the sale of toilet paper from the sales tax.(Formerly HF 964 .)

School Training and Safety Rules for Students with Seizures

This law requires schools to train staff on seizure safety, create emergency plans for students with epilepsy or seizure disorders, obtain yearly permission from parents before giving medicine, and protect trained employees from legal trouble if they help a student in good faith.

A bill for an act modifying the child and dependent care credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 962 .)

A bill for an act exempting the sale of dietary supplements from the sales tax.(Formerly HF 966 .)

A bill for an act exempting the sale of laundry soap or detergent from the sales tax.(Formerly HF 963 .)

A bill for an act relating to benefits and contributions for members of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system who are employed in a protection occupation. (Formerly HF 967 , HSB 265 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026.

A bill for an act excluding overtime pay from the individual income tax, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 110 .)

A bill for an act relating to certain state highways not designated as part of the interstate road system, including the operation of implements of husbandry on such highways, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 394 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 07/01/2025.

A bill for an act relating to the adoption tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 965 .)

A bill for an act relating to radon by establishing radon mitigation requirements, creating a radon mitigation system tax credit available against the individual and corporate income taxes, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 211 .)

A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 756 , HSB 72 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026, 07/01/2027. Applicability date: 07/01/2026.

A bill for an act providing for regulation of certain noncoal mine sites, including the reclamation of land above active underground mine sites disturbed by the formation of sinkholes, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 225 .)

Support for Pregnant and New Parent Students in Iowa Colleges

This law requires state universities governed by the Board of Regents and community colleges to provide specific accommodations, such as extra time on tests and leaves of absence, for students who are pregnant or have recently given birth.

A bill for an act exempting qualified tips from the individual income tax, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 268 .)

A bill for an act relating to county recorder fees and land record information systems management. (Formerly HF 328 .)

A bill for an act creating a grocer reinvestment program, a local produce processing grant program, and a grocer reinvestment and local food processing fund under the purview of the economic development authority, and modifying the local food and farm program. (Formerly HF 550 , HF 59 .)

A bill for an act making a rural water district a designated exempt entity for purposes of the sales and use tax.(Formerly HSB 226 .)

A bill for an act providing for an individual income tax credit for the purchase of firearm safety devices and including retroactive and other applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 132 .)

A bill for an act relating to the regulation and taxation of tobacco products and heated tobacco products.(Formerly HSB 321 .)

A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and report, depositions of victims, restitution, restorative facilities and protective services, and investigation and prosecution, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 908 , HF 452 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026, 07/01/2027.

A bill for an act modifying economic development provisions relating to housing and residential development in urban renewal areas.(Formerly HF 617 .)

A bill for an act relating to the opioid settlement fund, making appropriations and disbursements, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 331 .) Effective date: 06/06/2025, 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 07/01/2024.

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinvestment fund, providing for related matters including county payment for district court furnishings, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 334 .) Effective date: 06/11/2025, 07/01/2025.

Exception to Minors Consenting to STD Vaccinations

This bill changes the law so that minors in Iowa cannot give legal consent for vaccines against sexually transmitted diseases, while still allowing them to consent to other medical care like prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, Iowa finance authority, department of workforce development, and state board of regents and certain regents institutions, and eliminating the repeal of the housing renewal pilot program.(Formerly HSB 336 .)