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Matt Blake
Democratic · Senator

Matt Blake

Represents District 22 in the State Senate.

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Votes with Democrats
91%
on 261 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 94%
Cast a vote
96%
Yea or Nay on 864 of 904 roll calls · Senate median 96%
Their bills that became law
0 of 68
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 0
Roll calls on record
904
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 Matt Blake 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 Matt Blake sits in the Senate

Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Matt Blake is circled.

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

24 of 261 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

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 35–11 · most Democrats voted the other way
SF2378 · A bill for an act relating to the ability of property owners to protest proposed changes in zoning districts. (Formerly SF 2091.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-04-29 · Passed 34–12 · most Democrats voted the other way
SF2218 · A bill for an act relating to state regulatory compliance and eligibility requirements, including by modifying provisions related to the verification of the identity and employment eligibility of individuals by the board of educational examiners, school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools; the provision of a false social security number to an employer, prospective employer, or a potential employee; qualifications for employment, professional licensure, voter registration, and bail; making penalties applicable; and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3015.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026.
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-04-28 · Passed 37–10 · most Democrats voted the other way
HF960 · A bill for an act relating to the sales tax exemption for the purchase of central office equipment or transmission equipment used by certain entities primarily in the furnishing of telecommunications services on a commercial basis. (Formerly HSB 235.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-04-20 · Passed 33–11 · most Democrats voted the other way
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? · 2026-04-16 · Passed 32–15 · most Democrats voted the other way
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
Senate Appropriations Report · 2026-04-15 · Passed 15–5 · most Democrats voted the other way
SF2286 · A bill for an act relating to the investment of public funds, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 3075.)
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-04-08 · Passed 32–13 · most Democrats voted the other way
HF2329 · A bill for an act relating to interest rates and charges on regulated loans, and consumer credit transaction service charges. (Formerly HSB 524.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-04-07 · Passed 34–11 · most Democrats voted the other way
SF2466 · A bill for an act relating to veterans services and making appropriations.(Formerly SF 2282, SSB 3079.)
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-03-10 · Passed 34–12 · most Democrats voted the other way
HF2215 · A bill for an act relating to natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of powers and duties concerning state preserves, and age requirements for hunting deer with pistols or revolvers. (Formerly HSB 553.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Yea
Shall the bill pass? · 2026-03-09 · Passed 31–14 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

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

HF2694 · A bill for an act relating to the regulation of certain places and activities by the governor. (Formerly HF 2145.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Nay
Senate State Government Report · 2026-03-23 · Passed 10–8
SF2389 · A bill for an act relating to the payment of per diem to members of the general assembly.(Formerly SF 2209.)
Nay
Senate State Government Report · 2026-02-19 · Passed 10–8
SF544 · A bill for an act relating to salaries and allowances of state elected officials, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SF 464.)
Nay
Senate State Government Report · 2025-03-06 · Passed 10–8
SF646 · A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection. (Formerly SSB 1230.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Nay
Senate Appropriations Report · 2025-05-01 · Passed 12–9
SF645 · A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, Iowa finance authority, department of workforce development, and the state board of regents and certain regents institutions, and extending the repeal date for the housing renewal pilot program. (Formerly SSB 1236.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Nay
Senate Appropriations Report · 2025-04-30 · Passed 12–9
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.

Charlie McClintockRepublican · District 42 · 159 shared contested votes
35%
Mark LofgrenRepublican · District 48 · 227 shared contested votes
25%
Cherielynn WestrichRepublican · District 13 · 243 shared contested votes
23%
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 (40 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 8 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-02: 58 roll calls, 6 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 149 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 175 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 54 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-01: 17 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 124 roll calls, 11 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 140 roll calls, 10 without a Yea or Nay2026-04: 140 roll calls, 4 without a Yea or Nay2026-05: 39 roll calls, 9 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jan 2026May 2026
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Matt Blake 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.

Introduced68
Out of committee0
Passed one chamber0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee68

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

A bill for an act relating to partial payments of property taxes and including applicability provisions.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Dawson, Bisignano, and Gruenhagen. S.J. 393. · 2026-02-24
A bill for an act relating to charter school requirements, including reporting requirements, governance standards, financial accountability, and oversight by the state board of education.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Sinclair, Donahue, and Pike. · 2026-02-16
A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including the establishment and requirements of qualified nonpublic schools.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Evans, Kraayenbrink, and Winckler. · 2026-02-16
A bill for an act providing for a veterans' benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Reichman, Costello, and Townsend. S.J. 279. · 2026-02-12
A bill for an act relating to clean water projects and programs by requiring agencies to publish data regarding progress in meeting certain benchmarks.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Zumbach, Costello, and Staed. S.J. 279. · 2026-02-12
A bill for an act relating to audits of governmental subdivisions by the state auditor concerning suspected embezzlement, theft, or other significant financial irregularities.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Rozenboom, Bisignano, and Schultz. S.J. 277. · 2026-02-12
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to corporate participation in the political process.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Rozenboom, Blake, and Schultz. S.J. 277. · 2026-02-12
A bill for an act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Driscoll, Petersen, and Reichman. S.J. 278. · 2026-02-12
A bill for an act relating to the operation of state government, including the commencement of audits, information made available to the auditor of state, and disputes between governmental agencies.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Rozenboom, Drey, and Schultz. S.J. 277. · 2026-02-12
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 committeeSubcommittee: Driscoll, Donahue, and Schultz. S.J. 277. · 2026-02-12
A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Driscoll, Bousselot, and Quirmbach. S.J. 257. · 2026-02-11
A bill for an act relating to property law, including rental properties, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, and actions relating to such properties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Webster, Dickey, and Weiner. S.J. 244. · 2026-02-10
A bill for an act relating to lost or stolen firearms, and providing penalties.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 160. · 2026-01-28
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of all youths of this state to a comprehensive public education.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Rozenboom, Schultz, and Townsend. S.J. 132. · 2026-01-22
A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs.
Not out of committeeSubcommittee: Webster, Driscoll, and Knox. S.J. 132. · 2026-01-22

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

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HF2788 · 2026-05-03
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 · 30-11
Absent
SF2472 · 2026-05-03
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 · 41-1
Absent
HF2800 · 2026-05-03
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 · 29-11
Absent
HF2788 · 2026-05-02
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. (Senate Appropriations Report)
Passed · 14-3
Absent
HF2694 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of certain places and activities by the governor. (Formerly HF 2145.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 31-14
Nay
HF1036 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and report, depositions of victims, restitution, restorative facilities and protective services, and investigation and prosecution, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 908, HF 452.) Effective date: 07/01/2026, 07/01/2027. (Shall amendment S–5251 be adopted?)
Failed · 17-28
Yea
HF1036 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and report, depositions of victims, restitution, restorative facilities and protective services, and investigation and prosecution, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 908, HF 452.) Effective date: 07/01/2026, 07/01/2027. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 45-0
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 · 46-0
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 the bill pass?)
Passed · 38-8
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 · 35-11
Yea
HF2756 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to licensing of service companies, motor vehicle service contracts, and residential service contracts, and providing civil penalties and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2714, HSB 517.) Effective date: 01/01/2027. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 46-0
Yea
HF2787 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 780.) Effective date: 06/02/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 31-12
Absent
SF654 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, snares, and tree stands, maximum fur dealer license fees, and deer depredation, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 260, SSB 1093.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 32-12
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 · 39-6
Yea
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 · 43-2
Yea
HF2615 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to thoroughbred and quarter horse racing seasons. (Formerly HSB 658.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 30-16
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 · 29-17
Nay
SF2453 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act providing for investment by regents institutions in certified innovation funds and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3180.) Vetoed 6-2-26. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 39-5
Absent
HF2781 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund. (Formerly HF 2537, HF 2315.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 34-9
Nay
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 · 45-0
Yea
HF2598 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to a required course of instruction regarding human trafficking prevention for persons applying for the initial issuance of certain commercial driver's licenses, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 697.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: Conditional. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 44-0
Yea
HF2493 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to the statewide preschool program by modifying provisions relating to eligibility, funding, and compulsory attendance and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2092.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2027. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 46-0
Yea
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 · 45-1
Yea
HF2782 · 2026-05-02
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 · 30-14
Nay
HF2602 · 2026-05-02
A bill for an act relating to the licensure of massage establishments, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 671.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 45-0
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 · 45-0
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 · 44-0
Absent
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 · 45-0
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 the bill pass?)
Passed · 29-17
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 · 41-0
Absent
SF2507 · 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 SSB 3199.) (Senate Appropriations Report)
Passed · 14-3
Absent
HF2526 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents. (Formerly HF 2036.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 44-0
Yea
HF2787 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 780.) Effective date: 06/02/2026. (Senate Judiciary Report)
Passed · 11-6
Nay
SF2474 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the Iowa dyslexia board and requiring the department of education to prepare a report related to cardiac emergency response plans and automated external defibrillators. (Formerly SF 2390, SF 2092.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 42-0
Yea
HF1003 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to child placements. (Formerly HF 638, HSB 146.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 43-0
Yea
HF2617 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to abandoned vehicles. (Formerly HSB 667.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 43-0
Yea
HF2781 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund. (Formerly HF 2537, HF 2315.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Senate Appropriations Report)
Passed · 16-4
Nay
SF2488 · 2026-05-01
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 · 28-15
Nay
SF2502 · 2026-05-01
A bill for an act establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund.(Formerly SSB 3197.) (Senate Appropriations Report)
Passed · 20-0
Yea
HF2757 · 2026-04-30
A bill for an act relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemptions and refunds, making appropriations to the state board of regents for establishing and maintaining a nuclear energy workforce, making penalties applicable, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 767.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 01/01/2026, 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 39-4
Yea
SF2284 · 2026-04-30
A bill for an act relating to the use of automated systems that detect traffic violations or registration plate information, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 2034.) (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 31-9
Absent
HF1028 · 2026-04-30
A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 756, HSB 72.) Effective date: 07/01/2026, 07/01/2027. Applicability date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 44-0
Yea
SF2422 · 2026-04-30
A bill for an act relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition assistance program, Medicaid, and the Iowa health and wellness plan, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3140.) Contingent effective date, effective 06/02/2026, 01/01/2027. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 27-16
Nay
HF2230 · 2026-04-30
A bill for an act relating to teacher education and licensing, including by modifying provisions related to practitioner preparation programs and licenses issued by the board of educational examiners. (Formerly HSB 555.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 28-15
Nay
HF2783 · 2026-04-30
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of education, state board of regents, department of workforce development, and Iowa special education council. (Formerly HSB 778.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 27-15
Absent
SF2168 · 2026-04-30
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 · 40-0
Absent
HF2694 · 2026-04-29
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of certain places and activities by the governor. (Formerly HF 2145.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall amendment S–5123 be adopted?)
Passed · 30-15
Nay
HF2694 · 2026-04-29
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of certain places and activities by the governor. (Formerly HF 2145.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 30-15
Nay
HF2348 · 2026-04-29
A bill for an act relating to animal torture, and providing penalties. (Formerly HF 557.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 46-0
Yea
HF2678 · 2026-04-29
A bill for an act providing for certain persons acting under the jurisdiction of the secretary of state, including by providing for information from required filings, and the administrative dissolution of certain entities, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 665.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 46-0
Yea
HF2711 · 2026-04-29
A bill for an act relating to state policies and programs with race or gender requirements. (Formerly HSB 668.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 31-15
Nay
HF864 · 2026-04-29
A bill for an act requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an internet site or application that contains material pornographic for minors to perform reasonable age verification. (Formerly HF 62.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 46-0
Yea
HF2297 · 2026-04-29
A bill for an act relating to radon mitigation in residential buildings. (Formerly HF 82.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 46-0
Yea
SF2378 · 2026-04-29
A bill for an act relating to the ability of property owners to protest proposed changes in zoning districts. (Formerly SF 2091.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 34-12
Yea
HF2199 · 2026-04-29
A bill for an act relating to level II law enforcement academy training programs. (Formerly HSB 509.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 46-0
Yea
HF2757 · 2026-04-28
A bill for an act relating to nuclear electric generation facilities by creating sales and use tax exemptions and refunds, making appropriations to the state board of regents for establishing and maintaining a nuclear energy workforce, making penalties applicable, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 767.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 01/01/2026, 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 43-4
Yea
HF2772 · 2026-04-28
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, Iowa finance authority, department of workforce development, and state board of regents and certain regents institutions, and codifying the housing renewal program. (Formerly HSB 773.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 30-16
Absent
SF2465 · 2026-04-28
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 · 47-0
Yea
SF2289 · 2026-04-28
A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3040.) Effective date: 05/15/2026, 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 47-0
Yea
SF2218 · 2026-04-28
A bill for an act relating to state regulatory compliance and eligibility requirements, including by modifying provisions related to the verification of the identity and employment eligibility of individuals by the board of educational examiners, school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools; the provision of a false social security number to an employer, prospective employer, or a potential employee; qualifications for employment, professional licensure, voter registration, and bail; making penalties applicable; and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3015.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026. (Shall the bill pass?)
Passed · 37-10
Yea
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