The Iowa House adopted a resolution recognizing Representative Jennifer Conferst of Windsor Heights as the 2026 Herbert Hoover Uncommon Public Service Award recipient; Representative Kaufman moved the resolution, which was adopted by voice vote, and Conferst briefly accepted the honor.

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A quick reference listing key bills approved on the floor, their primary focus and final House vote tallies: SF2189 (nonresident vehicle registration), SF2284 (automated enforcement), HF2754 (education), SF2263 (weapons).

The House passed a set of bills on final passage and ordered several to the Senate, including IT/administration and consumer/transportation measures; many passed with substantial majorities and several amendments were adopted.

The Iowa House on April 7 approved a package of bills addressing business‑filing fraud protections, school discipline and special‑education pilot rules, election‑administration changes including voter‑attestation language, and student athletic eligibility; several floor amendments were adopted and multiple members gave retirement remarks.

The Iowa House passed multiple bills on a single day: measures on maintenance reporting, scenic byways, a rural health transformation fund, transmission-line emergency plans, fluid‑milk truck weight, motocross facility liability and dental sedation permitting, most by unanimous or near‑unanimous votes.

The House recorded votes and approved a package of bills covering teacher preparation, licensing, education data and local rules. Below are the measures the chamber passed and their recorded tallies.

The 2026 House of Representatives gave first reading to four bills — including measures to create a scenic byway enhancement fund and an Iowa rural health transformation fund — and placed them on the appropriations calendar before adjourning until Monday, March 23 at 1 p.m.

The Iowa House passed multiple bills including HF 2624 (arrest-based DNA collection), SF 2198 (health-care power of attorney), HF 2619 (family-law arbitration), HF 2623 (move local elections), HF 2720 (name changes in divorce decrees), HF 2200 (ABD employment rules), HF 2670 (education assessment changes), HF 2694 (emergency powers limits), and HF 2716 (public-assistance revisions). Vote tallies are listed below.

On the floor the House clerk read a long list of first‑reading House files covering topics from property tax valuation and renewable power siting to open enrollment and public‑safety provisions; most measures were placed for committee referral and no floor debate on the measures was recorded.

During a brief Feb. 17 session, members observed a moment of silence for the late Reverend Jesse Jackson and for Parker Sutherland, a first-year student who died after a medical emergency. After those remarks the House approved a motion to adjourn until Feb. 18, 2026.

Clerk read a long list of House files for committee referral covering water reporting, K–12 health instruction, school funding changes, firearms on school property, contractor performance assessments and other subjects; Representative Kaufman moved to adjourn and the House adjourned by voice vote until 2026-02-12 at 8:30 a.m.

Israel’s consul general to the Midwest addressed the Iowa House, thanked Iowa leaders for bipartisan support, condemned rising antisemitism, recounted the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks and hostage returns, and urged deeper cooperation on trade, agriculture and technology.

Members of the Iowa House of Representatives gave first readings to more than two dozen bills covering organ-donor insurance, law enforcement academy membership, data center tax disclosure, AI chatbot rules, pharmacist authority, and other topics; most measures were referred to committees with no floor debate or votes on the measures.

The Iowa House read numerous bills on Jan. 26, 2026, including a joint resolution calling for an Article V convention, proposals on artificial intelligence and elections, education funding measures, public-safety and election-related bills; committee referrals and 'not recommended' notations were recorded, with no floor votes on the measures.