Here is what’s alive and dead in the Iowa Legislature

Here is a status report on some bills being considered by Iowa lawmakers

Alive

' Boost next fiscal year's state K-12 education funding by $36.5 million (SF269*)

' Require K-12 schools offer in-person classroom instruction option (SF160*)

' Revamp early-voting/absentee-balloting election laws (SF413*)

' Appropriate $21 million in state supplement to finance Workday contract (SF284*)

' Exempt business PPP loans/federal jobless benefits from state taxation (SF364)

' Accelerate income tax triggers/phase out inheritance tax (SF576)

' Revamp mental health financing/cut property taxes (SF587)

' Enact permit-less constitutional carry gun laws (HF756)

' Ban hand-held electronic devices while driving (SF330/HF392)

' Amend Iowa Constitution to clarify no right to abortion (SJR2)

' Amend Iowa Constitution with gun rights protection (SJR7)

' Halt high-tech state incentives due to social-media censorship (SF580/HF633)

' Add new method for creating charter schools (HF813)

' Enact 'back the blue” police protections/enhanced crime penalties (SF534)

' Supplement K-12 schools for COVID-19 costs (SF532)

' Governor's ethanol expansion proposal (SF481/HSB185)

' Governor's plan to expand broadband grant program (SF390/HF848)

' Governor's plan to expand affordable housing options (SSB1142/HF178)

' Bar interference with transportation of agricultural animal (HF655/SF421)

' Require amusement ride attendants be at least age 16 (SF114/HF558)

' Create crime for assisted reproduction fraud (SF529)

' Cap medical malpractice/trucking mishap awards at $1 million (SF537/HF772)

' Crack down on businesses selling glass/metal pipes used to smoke meth (SF363)

' Allow parental request for child to retake grade due to COVID-19 progress concerns (SF90)

' Provide legal immunity for firearms makers/dealers (HF621)

' Make multiple traffic changes/shield police liability in vehicle pursuits (SF333)

' Allow licensed cosmetologists/barbers to work at wedding venues (HF760)

' Toughen criminal penalties for drivers causing death/injury due to excessive speed (HF753)

' Create crime for failing to assist someone in imminent danger of death (SF243)

' Designate county flood mitigation as an essential purpose (HF523)

' Criminalize sexual exploitation of a minor by adult providing training/instruction (SF562)

' Create crime for defrauding employment drug/alcohol test using synthetic urine (SF329/HSB22)

' Change number of children allowed at day care centers (HF260)

' Bar cities/counties from regulating sale of natural gas/propane (HF555)

' Establish lifetime trout fishing license for seniors (HF234)

' Allocate state money to K-12 schools to offset cost of COVID-19 in-person learning (HF439)

' Clarify deceptive/unfair rental car practices (HF730)

' Phase out state tax gambling casinos pay on marketing promotions (SF169)

' Establish liability Immunity for agricultural tourism (SF356)

' Expand child care opportunities for Iowa families (HF301/HF302)

' Allow grocery stores to opt out of bottle-deposit law (SF470)

' Bar businesses from requiring employee microchip implants (HF259)

' Eliminate diversity plans affecting open enrollment in five school districts (HF282)

' Allow 5-year-olds to participate in voluntary preschool for a two-year period (HF318)

' Regulate low-speed electric bikes (HF493)

' Remove preference for Iowa coal (SF468)

' Set Iowa residency requirements at UI medical/dental schools (HF468)

' Allow expungement of some non-violent Class D felony convictions (HF831)

' Create 'unauthorized sampling” criminal offense for trespassers (HF775)

' Allow home-schooling parents to teach driver's education (SF546)

' Expand Teach Iowa scholars program (SF547)

' Change regulations for highway billboards (SF548)

' Enhance penalties for drivers who leave accident scene (HF524)

' Enhance penalty for caretakers involved in dependent adult death (SF450)

' Exempt legislative pages from some educational requirements (SF517)

' Ban sexist/racist stereotyping in diversity training (HF802)

' Require regents' universities to protect First Amendment rights (HF744)

' Ban city ordinances preventing landlords from rejecting federal housing vouchers (SF252)

' Allow counties to collect driver's license fees (HF419)

' Modify lighting devices on snow plows (HF654)

' Create public safety equipment fund (HF708/SF489)

' Create civil remedy when sexually explicit images disclosed without consent (SF324/HSB31)

' Grant liability immunity for veterinarians aiding authorities in a civil/criminal case (HF746/SF340)

' Beef up criminal/civil enforcement of massage therapy activities (SF388/HF452)

' Implements process for collection/tracking of sexual abuse evidence collection kits (HF426/SF451)

' Create Department of Public Safety cold case investigation unit (HF312/SF561)

' Create sexual assault forensic examiner program (HF603/SF570)

' Bar harassment by filing false police report (HF821)

' Add crimes of assault/financial exploitation of older Iowans (SF522)

Dead

' Provide state-funded 'students first” scholarships to private-school families (SF159)

' Allow student-athletes to profit from use of name/image/likeness (SF245)

' Prohibit/remove most automated traffic enforcement cameras (SF516)

' Bar employers from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations (SF555)

' Establish daylight saving time as the eventual official time in Iowa (SF335)

' End faculty tenure at regent universities (HF490/SF41)

' Legalize e-sports wagering (HSB200)

' Reduce penalty for first offense marijuana possession conviction (SF533)

' Restore voting rights for eligible felons (HF818)

' Post information on medication abortions at medical facilities (HF383)

' Eliminate statute of limitation on criminal actions involving sexual abuse of minors (SF572)

' Cut off state funds for cities/counties that 'defund” police (SF479)

' Create offense for slower drivers who 'camp” in divided highway left lane (HF494)

' Allow smoking at Iowa Veterans Home under certain circumstances (SF257)

' Instruct Department of Transportation to install adult changing stations in highway rest stops (HF492)

' Create Department of Human Services asset/identity verification system for public assistance (SF389)

' Bar employers from noncompete agreements with low-wage employees (SF496)

' Place four-year limit on term of Iowa Veterans Home commandant (SSB1097)

' Bar loaded firearm when operating electric scooter (HF738)

' Amend Iowa Constitution guaranteeing right to hunt/fish/enjoy resources (HJR8)

' Change front license plate requirement for some vehicles (SF419)

' Expand protections for mobile-home owners (SF469)

' Establish new remote worker grant fund/program (SF491)

' Require in-person regent university graduation ceremonies (HSB246)

' Amend state constitution to clarify lieutenant governor line of succession (SJR2003)

' Bar employers from knowingly hiring 'unauthorized aliens” (SF339)

' Pare back state board appointees/commissioners subject to Senate confirmation (SF423)

' Halt privileges to hunt/fish/camp for up to a year for Iowa convicted of littering (SF465)

' Amend state constitution to restore felon voting rights (HJR11)

' Make over-the-counter birth control available at pharmacies for adult women (HSB121)

' Allow override of presidential executive orders (HF815)

' Block strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) libel actions (HF456)

' Give utilities authority to trim trees interfering with power lines (HF460)

' Require regent universities to hire a public policy events director (HF153)

' Require mental health insurance parity for telehealth services (HF294)

' Allow landlords to pay delinquent water bills with security deposit (HF749)

' Change law on confidential law enforcement reports (SF513)

' Allow more frequent veterans card game tournaments (SF510)

' Require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers (SF485)

' Change window tint standards/procedures for motor vehicles (SF332)

* Bill signed into law by governor