Session Ends!
The 2025 Iowa Legislative Session ended this morning (May 15) at 5 a.m. Collectively the House and Senate passed all nine budget bills, the federal block grant bill, opioid settlement spending, a ban on the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines, Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) reform, sports wagering revenue spending, the Governor’s rural health initiative, the Governor’s unemployment tax reduction, state government employee paid leave, Iowa Health & Wellness Plan work requirements, the Governor’s tax credit bill, local government DEI ban, crypto-currency ATM regulation, an expanded state adoption tax credit, and 32 other bills in the final three days of session. The did not end up making changes to the state’s property tax system (look for that next year) or pass a late-breaking tax increment finance (TIF) bill.
We will be spending the next two days updating the bill descriptions in the bill tracker and listing the final status of bills we were tracking. Once that is done, we’ll send out a final report for the year (sometime next week).
Once again, our intern Jessica and associate Chloe were life savers this session. Kudos to Drake University for cultivating these fine young future leaders!
