NEWS

Legislators introduced 1,791 bills this year - that's an average of 12 per legislator or 112 per week of the legislative session.  It's a lot.  Especially considering only a fraction of them are being sent to the Governor. Historically about 11% of the bills introduced each year are signed into law.  That's one out of every 11 bills.  

The Iowa Legislature sent Governor Reynolds 206 bills this year; she signed all but five into law.  You can read more about what was signed into law and vetoed in our Bill Tracker.

• The Governor signed 200 bills into law.  She line-item vetoed parts of four budget bills:
• HHS Budget (Item Veto)
• Education Budget (Item Veto)
• Standings Budget (Item Veto)
• Infrastructure Budget (Item Veto)
• The Governor vetoed five bills entirely:
• SF 2207 would have changed the date for the Governor and Departments to file legislation (Veto)
• SF 2299 would have changed requirements for high school students taking community college courses (Veto)
• SF 2320 would have made other changes to community college courses taken by high school students (Veto)
• SF 2453 would have limited state university investments (Veto)
• HF 2667 would have changed the state's building code (Veto)