Governor Approves 70% Bills (So Far)
Governor Kim Reynolds has until June 15 to sign bills into law (or keep them from becoming law with a veto). As of May 30, the Governor has taken action on 70% of the 172 bills sent to her this year. You can check on the status of all enrolled bills here.
Here are the bills she has yet to sign:
- HF 330: Insurance coverage for autism (no age limits, max caps). LWVIA supports.
- HF 383: Allowing the prescribing of crystalline polymorph psilocybin (synthethic magic mushrooms) immediately after the FDA approves its use.
- HF 437: Establishing a Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa.
- HF 516: Giving Iowans and those with connections to Iowa priority in medical and dental residencies and fellowships at the University of Iowa (aka DEI for Iowans).
- HF 639: Prohibiting use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines. The Governor may veto this – whatever she does, this issue was so divisive amongst Republicans, it’ll be the source of a major rift going into the next session.
- HF 706: Reasonable changes to open meetings, open records laws.
- HF 784: Governor’s bill to improve state math scores.
- HF 787: Teacher compensation bill, includes allowing special ed students to be placed out of state, and makes adjustments for minimum payment for retiring teachers returning to the classroom.
- HF 870: Allowing students to take a religious scripture class in public schools. LWVIA opposes this.
- HF 876: Disclosing lead service lines to homeowners.
- HF 928: Reforming the election recount process, as requested by county auditors.
- HF 954: Election reforms that include ban on ranked choice voting. LWVIA opposes.
- HF 969: Creating cancer diagnosis retirement benefit for first responders.
- HF 1002: Adding volunteer firefighters and reserve officers to the length of service award program.
- HF 1038: Spending opioid settlement funds.
- HF 1039: Infrastructure Budget
- HF 1044: Administration/Regulation Budget
- HF 1049: Health/Human Services Budget
- SF 146: Prohibiting the use of bots to buy event tickets on the Internet.
- SF 175: Requiring middle and high school human growth & development classes include videos and ultrasounds not produced by abortion supporting organizations in schools that “depict the humanity of the unborn child.” LWVIA opposes this.
- SF 288: Requiring colleges to reasonably accommodate students who have recently given birth.
- SF 383: Regulating pharmacy benefit managers and protecting rural pharmacies.
- SF 607: Governor’s unemployment insurance reforms (lowering amount paid by employers).
- SF 615: Work requirements for Iowa Health & Wellness Plan (expansion population of Medicaid, per Affordable Care Act). LWVIA opposes.
- SF 626: Federal Block Grant distribution (done every two years).
- SF 628: Transportation Budget
- SF 641: Cleanup on HHS programs, including changes on MH/DS regions.
- SF 644: Justice Systems Budget
- SF 645: Economic Development Budget
- SF 646: Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget
- SF 647: Education Budget
- SF 648: Governor’s tax credit reform.
- SF 659: Standings Budget
- SF 660: Spending sports wagering funds.
You can see all the bills the League supported, opposed, and tracked in the Bill Tracker. Remember that all “inactive bills” (the ones that didn’t make the cut this year) will become live again in the 2026 legislative session, so they are things that you can advocate for (or against) during the summer and fall.