IOWA LEGISLATURE
Governor Reynolds' tax plan lacks excitement, momentum
DES MOINES - After spending 40 days clearing away legislative underbrush, majority Republicans are finding the path ahead still isn't very clear as they wrestle with an approaching...
Iowa Legislature 2020: Funnel claims abortion, religious freedom, cigarette tax hike proposals
DES MOINES - Iowa women will not be required to wait three days to receive an abortion....
Iowa Legislature 2020 first funnel's survivors and victims
Here is a scorecard on the status some of issues proposed during the Iowa Legislature's 2020 session...
Utilities, solar advocates reach accord on rate, usage bill in Iowa Legislature
DES MOINES - A year ago, Senate File 583 was one of the most contentious bills considered by the Iowa Legislature....
Medical cannabis changes diverge in bills OK'd by Iowa House, Senate subcommittees
By James Lynch and Erin Murphy, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau...
Mobile home park rent regulation won't advance in Iowa Legislature
DES MOINES - Nearly two hours after key lawmakers declared legislation to regulate mobile home park owners dead, tenants called on the Legislature to give them more protections fro...
Iowa bill would recognize out-of-state licenses for various professions
DES MOINES - Legislation recognizing out-of-state licenses for several occupations and limiting the reasons for disqualifying a person from receiving a professional license for a c...
Proposed bills would give more time to punish pedophiles in Iowa
DES MOINES - Iowa lags behind other states when it comes to aiding childhood victims of sexual abuse by adults - oftentimes family members, teachers, clergy or other close associat...
For both sides in Iowa abortion debate, current legislation is part of something bigger
DES MOINES - A trio of abortion-related bills were approved on party-line votes in the Republican-controlled House Human Resources Committee on Tuesday, making them eligible for co...
Bill gives Iowans chance to 'forget' bad tweets
DES MOINES - Carson Kings of the world, take note....
Mobile home park owners, tenants weigh in on proposed Iowa regulation
DES MOINES - A three-member House panel agreed to regulating mobile home park owners despite a warning that the proposal would be 'industry altering' legislation....
Iowa Senate panel debates 'religious freedom restoration act'
DES MOINES - Individuals and businesses in Iowa would be granted broader legal protection to take actions guided by their religious beliefs under a bill approved Thursday by a Sena...
Abortion-related bills move forward in Iowa House
DES MOINES - Two bills that opponents called attacks on women's right to an abortion were moved forward in the Iowa House on Thursday by lawmakers who said the proposals promote th...
Gov. Kim Reynolds takes tax swap plan on the road
DES MOINES - Gov. Kim Reynolds is taking her top legislative priority on the road in hopes of convincing Iowans of her plan to fund water quality projects, mental health care and o...
Iowa House panel passes abortion resolution; Senate likely to debate 'life amendment' Thursday
DES MOINES - It appears the Iowa Senate on Thursday will debate a proposed constitutional amendment to specify there is no fundamental right in the Iowa Constitution to abortion or...
Iowa lawmakers unveil bills to reform manufactured housing park laws
When it comes to protections for manufactured housing park tenants, Iowa lawmakers have picked up where they left off last year, and then some. ...
Iowa legislators consider criminalizing 'creepy' adult relationships with teens
DES MOINES - Creepy or criminal?...
Higher speed limit idea stalls in Iowa Legislature
DES MOINES - A House transportation panel balked at giving a speed limit bill the fast-track legislative treatment Tuesday, choosing instead to park the issue by the wayside for th...
Iowa legislative proposals would raise medical cannabidiol THC cap to as much as 25 grams
DES MOINES - Legislation to increase the THC level in medical cannabis to as much as 25 grams over a 90-day period has been proposed in the Iowa House and Senate....
Gun buyers wouldn't pay Iowa sales tax around Independence Day, bill proposes
DES MOINES - Iowans purchasing a new gun or ammunition could have a sales tax-free holiday similar to the one families get every August on clothing, shoes and some school-related i...
Are therapeutic classrooms the same as seclusion? Iowa bill has advocates concerned
An education bill that has cleared early hurdles in the Iowa Senate would push challenging students out of general education classrooms rather than provide services to keep them wi...
Parents could pull students from sexual orientation lessons under Iowa bill
DES MOINES - A proposal requiring schools to notify students and parents of upcoming lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity advanced Monday in the Iowa House....
Amid gun-safety push, Senate panel clears way for weapons on school grounds
DES MOINES - Iowans seeking to end gun violence came to the Capitol on Monday to press for gun safety laws while gun-rights proponents pressed ahead with proposals to allow more si...
Senate passes 2.1 percent increase in education funding
DES MOINES - Majority Senate Republicans pushed ahead Monday with their plan to increase base state aid for K-12 public schools by 2.1 percent next fiscal year - a position that pu...
Iowa Senate OKs $20 million in flood aid
DES MOINES - The GOP-run Iowa Senate on Thursday passed a $20 million flood aid package to repair damaged levees and help struggling communities, but minority Democrats called it a...
Business, Legislature focus on Iowa's workforce shortage
DES MOINES - State legislators began work Thursday on the next phase of Gov. Kim Reynolds' Future Ready Iowa initiative, the same day a business group issued a yearly report indica...
Iowa lawmakers seek ways to address school violence
DES MOINES - Educators say they welcome legislative policy changes to help deal with increased reports of violence in K-12 schools, but many speakers at a public meeting Wednesday ...