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Jeff Cooling
Democratic · Representative

Jeff Cooling

Represents District 77 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Democrats
98%
on 381 party-line votes · House Democrats median 96%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 1,053 of 1,069 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
0 of 46
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 0
Roll calls on record
1,069
91st General Assembly
Votes and bills updated Oct 4, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 91st General Assembly.

How Jeff Cooling votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Jeff Cooling sits in the House

Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Jeff Cooling is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

7 of 381 party-line votes.

SF2490 · A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling orders, negotiation of surface damage, imposition and distribution of a tax, and jurisdiction, and providing civil penalties. (Formerly SF 2449, SF 546, SF 268.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-05-02 · Passed 65–21 · most Democrats voted the other way
HF2254 · A bill for an act relating to the prohibition of noncompete clauses in certain employment contracts entered into by the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2072.) Effective date: 06/02/2026.
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-04-13 · Passed 70–20 · most Democrats voted the other way
HF2719 · A bill for an act relating to the collection and publication of judicial officer performance information. (Formerly HSB 631.)
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-03-04 · Passed 73–19 · most Democrats voted the other way
SF2399 · A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly SSB 3162.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-03-04 · Passed 74–19 · most Democrats voted the other way
HF924 · A bill for an act relating to the minimum age for acquiring or carrying weapons. (Formerly HSB 262.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2025-03-25 · Passed 79–18 · most Democrats voted the other way
HF530 · A bill for an act authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons. (Formerly HSB 166.)
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2025-03-12 · Passed 79–17 · most Democrats voted the other way
HF206 · A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle window tint, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 766.)
Yea
House Committee On Transportation Report · 2025-02-19 · Passed 13–7 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

HSB657 · A bill for an act requiring the department of natural resources to identify specific animal sources of pollutants to a water of the state when determining the water's inclusion on a list of impaired waters.(See HF 2530.)
Nay
House Committee On Agriculture Report · 2026-02-11 · Passed 12–11
HF438 · A bill for an act concerning persons appointed to a convention called by the United States Congress to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States, making appropriations, and providing penalties.(See HF 654.)
Nay
House Committee On State Government Report · 2025-02-26 · Passed 13–10
HJR6 · A joint resolution calling for an Article V convention in order to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the number of terms that a person may serve in Congress or as a federal official.(See HJR 11.)
Nay
House Committee On State Government Report · 2025-02-26 · Passed 13–10
HF2537 · A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund.(Formerly HF 2315; See HF 2781.)
Nay
House Committee On Appropriations Report · 2026-04-08 · Passed 14–10
HF2739 · A bill for an act relating to state finances by modifying the taxes imposed on health maintenance organizations, making transfers from the taxpayer relief fund, making and supplementing appropriations to the department of health and human services, and including effective date, contingent effective date, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 762.) Contingent effective date, effective 03/25/2026. Applicability date: 01/01/2026.
Nay
House Committee On Appropriations Report · 2026-03-16 · Passed 14–10
Republicans they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Brian LohseRepublican · District 45 · 339 shared contested votes
23%
Matt RinkerRepublican · District 99 · 285 shared contested votes
22%
David BlomRepublican · District 52 · 372 shared contested votes
20%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (16 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 7 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-02: 81 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 215 roll calls, 1 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 105 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 88 roll calls, 15 without a Yea or Nay2026-01: 4 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 138 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 202 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-04: 169 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-05: 60 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jan 2026May 2026
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Jeff Cooling was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced46
Out of committee0
Passed one chamber0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee46

For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 0 bills that became law this session.

A bill for an act relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and medical leave reasons for eligible employees of specified employers.
Not out of committeeRereferred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 784. · 2026-03-31
A bill for an act relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit year.
Not out of committeeRereferred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 784. · 2026-03-31
A bill for an act increasing the state minimum hourly wage and providing for subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefits.
Not out of committeeRereferred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 784. · 2026-03-31
A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of certain information filed with the secretary of state by foreign persons holding agricultural land.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 675. · 2026-03-17
A bill for an act relating to water quality, including a water quality monitoring network and the water quality initiative, an agricultural best management practices tax credit, an Iowa clean water farm program and property tax credit, and water quality practices loans, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 604. · 2026-03-09
A bill for an act relating to local and state government finances by modifying provisions relating to homestead property tax credits, providing a residential property tax rebate, modifying provisions relating to retirement systems, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Nordman, Jacoby and Lundgren. H.J. 570. · 2026-03-04
A bill for an act relating to driver's licenses marked to reflect veteran status.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 295. · 2026-02-16
A bill for an act relating to franchisee compensation and time allowances for motor vehicle warranty services, and including applicability provisions.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 173. · 2026-01-29
A resolution honoring Staff Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard, Staff Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, and their families.
Not out of committeeResolution adopted. H.J. 101. · 2026-01-15
A resolution recognizing and commending the National Conference of State Legislatures on its fiftieth anniversary.
Not out of committeeResolution adopted. H.J. 881. · 2025-04-02
A bill for an act requesting that the legislative council establish an interim study committee to plan an Iowa education summit to be held in 2026.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, referred to Education. H.J. 540. · 2025-03-06
A bill for an act relating to rent increases under residential landlord and tenant rental agreements and in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 512. · 2025-03-05
A bill for an act relating to the maximum finance charge on a consumer credit sale.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, referred to Commerce. H.J. 491. · 2025-03-04
A bill for an act establishing a wage and hour division in the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 478. · 2025-02-28
A bill for an act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 478. · 2025-02-28

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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HSB784 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to state government and finances, including by making corrections, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 2800.) (House Committee On Appropriations Report)
Passed · 15-8
Nay
HF639 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission, including commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings, including allowing certain persons to intervene in such proceedings, including sanctions on intervenors in contested cases, and permit, permit renewal, and operation limitations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 240.) Vetoed 6-11-25. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 79-6
Yea
HF2765 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of mining, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2595, HSB 731.) Effective date: 06/02/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 86-0
Yea
SF2472 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions of revenue, and funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund, establishing a program for first-time homebuyers, modifying and making appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3001.) Effective date: 05/18/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027. Applicability date: 01/01/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027, 07/01/2027, 07/01/2028. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 62-22
Nay
SF2478 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund. (Formerly SSB 3186.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 85-1
Yea
SF639 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act creating a specialty business court, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 570, SSB 1203.) Effective date: 09/01/2026. (Shall amendment H–8456 be adopted?)
Failed · 8-77
Nay
SF2490 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling orders, negotiation of surface damage, imposition and distribution of a tax, and jurisdiction, and providing civil penalties. (Formerly SF 2449, SF 546, SF 268.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall amendment H–8477 be adopted?)
Failed · 25-61
Yea
SF2490 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling orders, negotiation of surface damage, imposition and distribution of a tax, and jurisdiction, and providing civil penalties. (Formerly SF 2449, SF 546, SF 268.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 65-21
Yea
SF2465 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the regulation of the transportation of agricultural items, the use of agricultural land, sales and use taxes, and veterinary practice and income taxes, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 2420, SSB 3123.) Effective date: 06/01/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027. Applicability date: 01/01/2027. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 81-4
Yea
HF1003 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to child placements. (Formerly HF 638, HSB 146.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the House concur in the Senate amendment 111th Day SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2026 1091 H–8459?)
Passed · 57-28
Nay
HF1003 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to child placements. (Formerly HF 638, HSB 146.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 85-0
Yea
SF2480 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3193.) Effective date: 01/01/2027. (House Committee On Appropriations Report)
Passed · 20-1
Yea
SF2480 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3193.) Effective date: 01/01/2027. (Shall amendment H–8467 be adopted?)
Failed · 30-55
Yea
SF2480 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3193.) Effective date: 01/01/2027. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 67-18
Nay
SJR11 · 2026-05-02
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) (Shall amendment H–8483 be adopted?)
Failed · 21-57
Yea
SJR11 · 2026-05-02
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) (Shall amendment H–8487 be adopted?)
Failed · 21-57
Yea
SJR11 · 2026-05-02
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) (Shall amendment H–8490 be adopted?)
Failed · 21-57
Yea
SJR11 · 2026-05-02
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) (Shall the joint resolution be adopted and agreed to?)
Passed · 57-21
Nay
SJR11 · 2026-05-02
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) (Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8481?)
Failed · 21-57
Yea
SJR11 · 2026-05-02
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) (Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8482?)
Failed · 22-56
Yea
SJR11 · 2026-05-02
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) (Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8484?)
Failed · 21-57
Yea
SJR11 · 2026-05-02
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) (Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8485?)
Failed · 21-57
Yea
SJR11 · 2026-05-02
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) (Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8486?)
Failed · 22-56
Yea
SJR11 · 2026-05-02
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law changes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) (Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8488?)
Failed · 21-57
Yea
HF2542 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 666.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the House concur in the Senate amendment H–8470?)
Passed · 68-18
Nay
HF2542 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 666.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 66-20
Nay
HF2771 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection, and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 772.) Effective Date: Conditional, 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 66-18
Nay
HF2617 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to abandoned vehicles. (Formerly HSB 667.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 85-0
Yea
HF2480 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act providing for a veterans' benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace. (Shall amendment H–8468 be adopted?)
Failed · 28-57
Yea
SF469 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (Formerly SSB 1121.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 58-27
Nay
HF2785 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act extending the biodiesel blended fuel tax credit.(Formerly HSB 688.) (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 84-1
Yea
HF2786 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production.(Formerly HF 2071.) (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 83-2
Yea
HF2769 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch. (Formerly HSB 776.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall amendment H–8449 be adopted?)
Passed · 56-29
Nay
HF2769 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch. (Formerly HSB 776.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 56-29
Nay
HF2769 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch. (Formerly HSB 776.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8454, to amendment H–8449?)
Failed · 27-57
Yea
SF2493 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to the excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for use in an implement of husbandry used in agricultural production. (Formerly SF 2188, SSB 3025.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 85-1
Yea
SF2488 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, making appropriations, convening an early childhood Iowa interim study committee, and including applicability, retroactive applicability, and effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2462, SSB 3111.) Effective date: 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2025. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 83-2
Yea
SF2484 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, technology reinvestment fund, and renewable fuel infrastructure fund, providing for related matters including financial assistance eligibility for regional sports authority districts, department of health and human services information technology systems, the railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and eligibility for entities to receive financial assistance from both the Iowa major events and tourism fund and the sports tourism infrastructure program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3187.) Effective date: 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 59-26
Nay
HF2531 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to interests in minerals owned by counties and cities, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2213.) Effective date: 06/02/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 83-1
Yea
SF2497 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act providing for an assignment of assets for the benefit of creditors, exempting the related tax on the transfer of real estate, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2213.) Effective date: 01/01/2027. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 86-0
Yea
HF2797 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing fees. (Formerly HSB 770.) Effective date: 06/02/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2021. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 85-0
Yea
SF2492 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act creating a state corporate income tax deduction for net controlled foreign corporation tested income, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 2292, SSB 3105.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 01/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 85-0
Yea
HF2791 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act permitting an exchange of the cash reserve levy for another local levy within the school budget for certain school districts to correct for an extreme circumstance and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 781.) (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 85-0
Yea
HF2794 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund. (Formerly HF 705, HF 458.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 85-0
Yea
HF2770 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 775.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026. (Shall amendment H–8416, to amendment H–8414, be adopted?)
Failed · 27-58
Yea
HF2770 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 775.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026. (Shall amendment H–8417, to amendment H–8414, be adopted?)
Failed · 29-56
Yea
HF2770 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 775.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026. (Shall amendment H–8451, to amendment H–8414, be adopted?)
Passed · 82-3
Yea
HF2800 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, making corrections, and providing for properly related matters including the national electrical code, local civil rights laws, political party state central committees, noxious weeds, nonresident deer hunting licenses, proprietary treatment systems, poultry associations, tax credits, alternative nicotine and vapor products, public assistance programs, judicial branch and county attorney salaries, civil litigation abuse, human trafficking, federal grants and loans notifications, quarterly payments to area education agencies, civic proficiency in higher education, charter schools under the Iowa public employees' retirement system, school district incentives, extracurricular interscholastic eligibility, and levy increases, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 784.) Contingent effective date, effective 06/02/2026, 06/19/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027. Applicability date: 01/01/2026, 05/12/2026, 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026, 07/01/2028. (Shall amendment H–8494, to amendment H–8491, be adopted?)
Failed · 28-56
Yea
HF2800 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers, authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds, making corrections, and providing for properly related matters including the national electrical code, local civil rights laws, political party state central committees, noxious weeds, nonresident deer hunting licenses, proprietary treatment systems, poultry associations, tax credits, alternative nicotine and vapor products, public assistance programs, judicial branch and county attorney salaries, civil litigation abuse, human trafficking, federal grants and loans notifications, quarterly payments to area education agencies, civic proficiency in higher education, charter schools under the Iowa public employees' retirement system, school district incentives, extracurricular interscholastic eligibility, and levy increases, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 784.) Contingent effective date, effective 06/02/2026, 06/19/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027. Applicability date: 01/01/2026, 05/12/2026, 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026, 07/01/2028. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 58-26
Nay
HF2799 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority, the utilities commission, and the department of education, including creation of the headquarters expansion and development for growth and employment program, and the business incentives for growth program training fund; repeal of the new jobs tax credit program; the major economic growth attraction program; load forecasting and analysis of electric transmission system expansion plans; creation of the electric transmission system expansion planning and analysis and load forecasting fund; the industrial new jobs training program; and establishing the new jobs training program interim study committee; and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 755.) Effective date: 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 78-7
Yea
HF2770 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 775.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 54-31
Nay
HF2793 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations.(Formerly HF 882, HF 729.) (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 85-0
Yea
HF2788 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs, and other abortion-related provisions. (Formerly HF 2563, HSB 704.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 58-29
Nay
HF2771 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection, and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 772.) Effective Date: Conditional, 07/01/2026. (Shall amendment H–8455, to amendment H–8404, be adopted?)
Passed · 86-0
Yea
HF2771 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection, and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 772.) Effective Date: Conditional, 07/01/2026. (Shall amendment H–8464, to amendment H–8404, be adopted?)
Failed · 27-59
Yea
HF2771 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection, and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 772.) Effective Date: Conditional, 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 65-21
Nay
SF2168 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and other career training, unemployment insurance, and membership of the state workforce development board, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3044.) Effective date: 06/30/2026, 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 87-0
Yea
HF2782 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; behavioral health expenditure report; opioid settlement fund; emergency rules; graduate medical education; and special population nursing facilities; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 777.) Effective date: 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2025. (Shall amendment H–8465, to amendment H–8461, be adopted?)
Failed · 24-59
Yea
HF2782 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; behavioral health expenditure report; opioid settlement fund; emergency rules; graduate medical education; and special population nursing facilities; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 777.) Effective date: 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2025. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 59-24
Nay
HF2782 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; behavioral health expenditure report; opioid settlement fund; emergency rules; graduate medical education; and special population nursing facilities; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 777.) Effective date: 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2025. (Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8466, to amendment H–8461?)
Failed · 25-58
Yea
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