2025 Iowa Populations Key Votes

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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
May 14, 2025 IA SF 607 Reduces the Percent of the Iowa's Average Weekly Wage Used to Calculate Unemployment Benefits Bill Passed - House (60 - 27)
May 14, 2025 IA HF 889 Establishes Paid Parental Leave for State Employees in Iowa Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 1)
May 14, 2025 IA HF 1049 Increases Medicaid Beneficiaries' Monthly Personal Needs Allowance from $50 to $55 Each Month Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 15)
May 14, 2025 IA SF 607 Reduces the Percent of the Iowa's Average Weekly Wage Used to Calculate Unemployment Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
May 13, 2025 IA HF 1049 Increases Medicaid Beneficiaries' Monthly Personal Needs Allowance from $50 to $55 Each Month Bill Passed - House (63 - 28)
April 21, 2025 IA SF 513 Prohibits Courts from Ordering Parties Involved in a Dissolution of a Marriage to Pay a Post-Secondary Education Subsidy for Dependents Bill Passed - House (85 - 6)
April 17, 2025 IA SF 369 Requires High School Students to Pass a Civics Test Identical to the U.S. Citizenship Test to Graduate Bill Passed - House (60 - 33)
April 16, 2025 IA HF 472 Establishes Legal Protections for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) Bill Passed - Senate (47 - 0)
April 14, 2025 IA SF 369 Requires High School Students to Pass a Civics Test Identical to the U.S. Citizenship Test to Graduate Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 7)
April 8, 2025 IA HF 309 Authorizes Nursing Homes to Provide Additional Context and Evidence before the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 9)
March 26, 2025 IA HF 946 Requires the Attorney General to Investigate Any Law Enforcement Officer Who Intentionally Fails to Comply With the Requirements of State Immigration Law Bill Passed - House (61 - 35)
March 26, 2025 IA HF 970 Limits SNAP Benefits Bill Passed - House (56 - 40)
March 25, 2025 IA SF 473 Establishes Protections for Religious and Moral Beliefs of Foster and Adoptive Parents Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14)
March 20, 2025 IA HF 572 Establishes the Criminal Offense of Human Smuggling Bill Passed - House (75 - 14)
March 20, 2025 IA HF 889 Establishes Paid Parental Leave for State Employees in Iowa Bill Passed - House (87 - 2)
March 19, 2025 IA SF 603 Prohibits Local Governments from Requiring Workforce Training Standards for Contractors on Public Projects Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 15)
March 19, 2025 IA SF 513 Prohibits Courts from Ordering Parties Involved in a Dissolution of a Marriage to Pay a Post-Secondary Education Subsidy for Dependents Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 4)
March 18, 2025 IA SF 603 Prohibits Local Governments from Requiring Workforce Training Standards for Contractors on Public Projects Bill Passed - House (64 - 34)
Feb. 27, 2025 IA SF 418 Prohibits the Recognition of Gender Identity as a Protected Class Bill Passed - House (60 - 36)
Feb. 27, 2025 IA SF 418 Prohibits the Recognition of Gender Identity as a Protected Class Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 15)
Jan. 30, 2025 IA HF 117 Establishes National Guard Scholarship Opportunities Bill Passed - House (99 - 0)
Jan. 30, 2025 IA HF 118 Amends the Monetary Limits of the National Guard Service Scholarship Program Bill Passed - House (99 - 0)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/14 SF 607 Reduces the Percent of the Iowa's Average Weekly Wage Used to Calculate Unemployment Benefits Bill Passed - House (60 - 27)
5/14 HF 889 Establishes Paid Parental Leave for State Employees in Iowa Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 1)
5/14 HF 1049 Increases Medicaid Beneficiaries' Monthly Personal Needs Allowance from $50 to $55 Each Month Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 15)
5/14 SF 607 Reduces the Percent of the Iowa's Average Weekly Wage Used to Calculate Unemployment Benefits Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
5/13 HF 1049 Increases Medicaid Beneficiaries' Monthly Personal Needs Allowance from $50 to $55 Each Month Bill Passed - House (63 - 28)
4/21 SF 513 Prohibits Courts from Ordering Parties Involved in a Dissolution of a Marriage to Pay a Post-Secondary Education Subsidy for Dependents Bill Passed - House (85 - 6)
4/17 SF 369 Requires High School Students to Pass a Civics Test Identical to the U.S. Citizenship Test to Graduate Bill Passed - House (60 - 33)
4/16 HF 472 Establishes Legal Protections for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) Bill Passed - Senate (47 - 0)
4/14 SF 369 Requires High School Students to Pass a Civics Test Identical to the U.S. Citizenship Test to Graduate Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 7)
4/08 HF 309 Authorizes Nursing Homes to Provide Additional Context and Evidence before the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 9)
3/26 HF 946 Requires the Attorney General to Investigate Any Law Enforcement Officer Who Intentionally Fails to Comply With the Requirements of State Immigration Law Bill Passed - House (61 - 35)
3/26 HF 970 Limits SNAP Benefits Bill Passed - House (56 - 40)
3/25 SF 473 Establishes Protections for Religious and Moral Beliefs of Foster and Adoptive Parents Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14)
3/20 HF 572 Establishes the Criminal Offense of Human Smuggling Bill Passed - House (75 - 14)
3/20 HF 889 Establishes Paid Parental Leave for State Employees in Iowa Bill Passed - House (87 - 2)
3/19 SF 603 Prohibits Local Governments from Requiring Workforce Training Standards for Contractors on Public Projects Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 15)
3/19 SF 513 Prohibits Courts from Ordering Parties Involved in a Dissolution of a Marriage to Pay a Post-Secondary Education Subsidy for Dependents Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 4)
3/18 SF 603 Prohibits Local Governments from Requiring Workforce Training Standards for Contractors on Public Projects Bill Passed - House (64 - 34)
2/27 SF 418 Prohibits the Recognition of Gender Identity as a Protected Class Bill Passed - House (60 - 36)
2/27 SF 418 Prohibits the Recognition of Gender Identity as a Protected Class Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 15)
1/30 HF 117 Establishes National Guard Scholarship Opportunities Bill Passed - House (99 - 0)
1/30 HF 118 Amends the Monetary Limits of the National Guard Service Scholarship Program Bill Passed - House (99 - 0)

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