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Most tracked bills in Iowa, 2023-2024 Regular Session
A bill for an act relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 96.) Effective date: 07/01/2024 Applicability date: 01/01/2025
Last Action
Fiscal note.
Senate • Apr 17, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of topsoil and storm water at construction sites. (Formerly SF 34.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
Last Action
Signed by Governor.
Senate • Apr 10, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of hemp and hemp products, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 665.) Effective date: 07/01/2024
Last Action
Message from Senate.
House • Apr 03, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to the duties and powers of area education agencies, the membership of the boards of directors of area education agencies, the department of education, area education agency funding, the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil and minimum teacher salaries, Iowa public employees’ retirement system bona fide retirement requirements, and property tax replacement payments, establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for supplemental state aid calculations for the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, and including transition, effective date, and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 713.) Effective date: 03/27/2024, 07/01/2024, 07/01/2025. Appl...
Last Action
Signed by Governor.
House • Mar 27, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to teacher and education support professional compensation, including teacher salary supplement cost per pupil calculations, teacher minimum starting salary requirements, Iowa public employees’ retirement system bona fide retirement requirements, and school district budget statement reporting, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2611, HSB 714.)
Last Action
Fiscal note.
Senate • Mar 20, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act prohibiting a court from ordering payment of a postsecondary education subsidy for a child under a dissolution of marriage temporary order or final judgment or decree, and providing for application to existing orders, judgments, and decrees. (Formerly SF 17.)
Last Action
Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
House • Mar 13, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to higher education, including diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, tuition, and administrator hiring at state universities, membership of the state board of regents, and student-employer work and tuition programs at state universities and community colleges.(See HF 2558.)
Last Action
Withdrawn.
House • Feb 29, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in grades one through twelve and the educational programs provided by the institutions of higher education under the control of the state board of regents.(See HF 2544.)
Last Action
Withdrawn.
House • Feb 28, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to certain cost controls for health care services, and including penalties.(See SF 2381.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2381.
Senate • Feb 15, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act repealing gender balance requirements for appointive bodies.(See HF 2540.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2540.
House • Feb 15, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to the number of area education agencies in this state, the duties and powers of area education agencies, area education agency boards of directors, the department of administrative services, the director of the department of education, the division of special education within the department of education, the services provided by area education agencies, area education agency funding, the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil, and minimum teacher salaries, and including transition, effective date, and applicability provisions.(See SF 2386.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as [].
legislature • Feb 14, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SF 350; See SF 2267.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2267.
Senate • Feb 08, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the Iowa educational savings plan trust by expanding the definition of qualified educational expenses and apprenticeship programs for purposes of withdrawals qualifying for an individual income tax exclusion, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(See SF 2259, SF 2440.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2259.
legislature • Feb 08, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the term sex and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, including an indication of a person’s sex on certain vital records.(Formerly HSB 649.)
Last Action
Introduced, placed on calendar.
House • Feb 08, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to the number of area education agencies in this state, the duties and powers of area education agencies, area education agency boards of directors, the department of administrative services, the director of the department of education, the division of special education within the department of education, the services provided by area education agencies, area education agency funding, the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil, and minimum teacher salaries, and including transition, effective date, and applicability provisions.
Last Action
Tabled until future meeting. Vote Total: 3-0.
House • Feb 01, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to public libraries, including city and county tax levies for public libraries, and city library board authority and property.
Last Action
Subcommittee: Green, Klimesh, and Knox.
legislature • Jan 30, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to Medicaid and children’s health insurance program coverage for mental health services provided in school-based settings.
Last Action
Subcommittee: Edler, Garrett, and Trone Garriott.
Senate • Jan 24, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the definition of medical cannabidiol.
Last Action
Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
House • Jan 16, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the protection of religious beliefs and moral convictions of health care providers and health care facilities.
Last Action
Subcommittee: J. Taylor, Schultz, and Weiner.
Senate • Jan 11, 2024
Latest Version
A bill for an act repealing gender balance requirements for appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils.(Formerly SSB 1037.)
Last Action
Referred to State Government.
Senate • Jun 05, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the ownership of dogs, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 152.)
Last Action
Referred to State Government.
Senate • Jun 05, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the carrying, transportation, and possession of and educational programs about weapons, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 173.)
Last Action
Referred to Judiciary.
Senate • Jun 05, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act prohibiting specified provisions in agreements between employers and certain mental health professionals and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 8.) Effective date: 06/01/2023.
Last Action
Signed by Governor.
House • Jun 01, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to public assistance program oversight. (Formerly SSB 1105.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
Last Action
Signed by Governor.
Senate • Jun 01, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to comprehensive school improvement plans, teacher librarians and guidance counselors, required days or hours of instruction in elementary and secondary schools, agreements between school districts and community colleges to teach certain courses, and required courses in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and authorizing school districts to offer sequential units in one classroom. (Formerly SSB 1076.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
Last Action
Signed by Governor.
Senate • May 26, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to children and students, including establishing a parent’s or guardian’s right to make decisions affecting the parent’s or guardian’s child, authorizing the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school district to enroll the student in another attendance center within the same school district in certain specified circumstances, prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in kindergarten through grade six, and modifying provisions related to student health screenings, school district library programs, the educational program provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, other duties of school distr...
Last Action
Signed by Governor.
Senate • May 26, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to certain specified employees of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, including renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to practitioners with master’s or doctoral degrees, fees associated with the review of certain specified records, and background checks for employees of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools. (Formerly HF 355, HF 224.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
Last Action
Signed by Governor.
House • May 26, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to education programs and funding by establishing an education savings account program, modifying certain school district categorical funding supplements and supplementary weighting, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 1.) Effective date: 01/24/2023, 07/01/2023. Applicability date: 01/01/2023.
Last Action
Fiscal note.
House • May 24, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act providing for the collaborative practice of physician assistants by allowing for the practice of certain physician assistants without supervision by a physician. (Formerly HSB 115.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
Last Action
Signed by Governor.
House • May 10, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to parental and guardian consent and information regarding the gender identity of students enrolled in a school district or charter school.(Formerly HF 9.)
Last Action
Rereferred to Education.
House • May 04, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act prohibiting institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents from expending moneys to fund diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or to hire individuals to serve as diversity, equity, and inclusion officers, creating a private cause of action, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 218.)
Last Action
Rereferred to Education.
House • May 04, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act removing psilocybin and psilocyn from the list of substances classified as schedule I controlled substances under Iowa’s uniform controlled substances Act.
Last Action
Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
House • Apr 11, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the health and well-being of children and families including provisions for maternal support and fatherhood initiatives, regional centers of excellence, a state-funded family medicine obstetrics fellowship program, state employee parental leave, adoption expenses under the adoption subsidy program, and accessibility to the all Iowa scholarship program; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 1139.)
Last Action
Subcommittee recommends passage. [].
Senate • Apr 10, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the Medicaid program including third-party recovery and taxation of Medicaid managed care organization premiums.(Formerly SSB 1167; See SF 567.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 567.
Senate • Apr 10, 2023
Latest Version
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right to reproductive care.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Judiciary.
House • Apr 06, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the prescribing and dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.
House • Apr 06, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefits manager reverse auctions and group insurance for public employees.(See SF 554.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 554.
Senate • Mar 22, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 626.)
Last Action
Withdrawn.
House • Mar 09, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act prohibiting institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents from expending moneys to fund diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or to hire individuals to serve as diversity, equity, and inclusion officers, creating a private cause of action, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 616.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 616.
House • Mar 03, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to care and choices at the end of life, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.
House • Mar 01, 2023
Latest Version
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to marriage.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Judiciary.
House • Feb 28, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to the Iowa human life protection Act, providing for civil actions and civil penalties, and including effective date provisions.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Judiciary.
House • Feb 28, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to step therapy protocols and interchangeable biosimilars.
Last Action
Subcommittee recommends indefinite postponement. [].
Senate • Feb 23, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to contract pharmacies and covered entities that participate in the 340B drug program.(See HF 423.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 423.
House • Feb 22, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to minors present at drag shows, and providing penalties.
Last Action
Subcommittee: Schultz, Evans, and Quirmbach.
Senate • Feb 21, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to concussion and brain injury training for renewals of coaching authorizations issued by the board of educational examiners.
Last Action
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
House • Feb 01, 2023
Latest Version
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to cannabis.
Last Action
Subcommittee: Dawson, Petersen, and Schultz.
Senate • Jan 31, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act prohibiting certain actions relating to abortifacient drugs in the state, and providing penalties.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.
House • Jan 30, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions.
Last Action
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [].
Senate • Jan 26, 2023
Latest Version
A bill for an act relating to marijuana, including the manufacture, delivery, and possession of marijuana and the licensure of retail marijuana, providing fees, including excise taxes, establishing funds, and including penalties.
Last Action
Subcommittee: Schultz, Dawson, and Petersen.
Senate • Jan 18, 2023
Latest Version
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