NEWS

The Iowa Legislature ended its 2025 session at 6:31 a.m. on May 15, just two weeks past its 110-day goal. Collectively, the House and Senate passed all nine budget bills, the federal block grant bill, opioid settlement spending, a ban on the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines, Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) reform, sports betting revenue spending, the Governor’s rural health initiative, the Governor’s unemployment tax reduction, state government employee paid leave, Iowa Health & Wellness Plan work requirements, the Governor’s tax credit bill, local government DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) ban, crypto-currency ATM regulation, an expanded state adoption tax credit, and 32 other bills in the final three days of session. They did not end up making changes to the state’s property tax system (look for that next year). 

We have updated the bill descriptions and status in the bill tracker. Most laws passed this year will go into effect on July 1, but we have noted this in the bill tracker descriptions.  Remember:

• The default "active" list shows bills that were sent to the Governor.
• You can see bills that didn't make it this year by switching to the "inactive" list.
• Bills that didn't make it this year will be eligible for debate again in the 2026 legislative session.
• If you see something you like that didn't make it to the Governor this year, now is the time to advocate for its passage in 2026! You can use our Take Action Center to do that.

If you want to read more detail on the budget bills, you can read the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau's "Notes on Bills and Amendments" (also called NOBAs). 

• Administration & Regulation*
• Agriculture & Natural Resources*
• Economic Development
• Education*
• Federal Block Grants*
• Health & Human Services
• Judiciary (courts)
• Justice Systems
• Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund (RIIF)
• Standings
• Transportation

* Waiting for final version to come out - but the information in the linked document is accurate.