Relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2026, modifying provisions relating to property tax replacement payments, transportation equity aid fun ding, funding for school district budget adjustments, and school district enrollment, establishing an education support personnel salary supplement, making appropriations, and including effective date and applicability provisions

What it does: Sets the school funding growth percent at 2 percent for the budget year starting July 1, 2026, caps transportation equity aid at $1 million per district, appropriates $7 million for education support personnel pay, and adds a January adjusted-enrollment count. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 27 · No 20 · Democrats 0–17 · Republicans 27–3

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

What it does: Adds the federal SAVE system to the sources used to verify public assistance eligibility, limits retroactive Medicaid eligibility to two months for pregnant women, children, and nursing facility residents, and requires legislative approval for Medicaid waivers that raise costs or expand coverage. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 27 · No 16 · Democrats 0–16 · Republicans 27–0

Relating to the approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisors

What it does: Requires a county board of supervisors' proceedings to be approved before publication, by the board at its next meeting or by the chairperson beforehand, and the county auditor to furnish them for publication after approval. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 29 · No 17 · Democrats 0–17 · Republicans 29–0

Relating to the use of personal flotation devices on personal watercraft

What it does: Requires everyone aboard a personal watercraft to wear a life jacket while under way, except passengers 18 or older when the craft is going 10 miles per hour or slower or is in a no-wake zone; violations carry a $30 fine. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 29 · No 17 · Democrats 0–17 · Republicans 29–0

Relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2026, modifying provisions relating to property tax replacement payments, the regul ar program state cost per pupil, funding for school district budget adjustments, and school district enrollment, and including effective date and applicability provisions

What it does: On the version voted Feb 23, 2026: Sets the school funding growth percent at 2 percent for the budget year starting July 1, 2026, caps transportation equity aid at $1 million per district, appropriates $7 million for education support personnel pay, and adds a January adjusted-enrollment count. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 28 · No 20 · Democrats 0–17 · Republicans 28–3

Relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption

What it does: Bars the state from requiring foster-parent or adoption applicants to accept sexual-orientation or gender-identity policies that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, or rejecting them over those beliefs; religious agencies under state contract need not provide services contrary to their beliefs. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 28 · No 16 · Democrats 0–16 · Republicans 28–0

Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students, modifying provisions related to the duties of the department of education, and modifying eligibility and participation requirements for certain education programs, preschool programs, and tax provisions, providing civil penalties, and including retroactive applicability provisions

What it does: Bars schools from penalizing students for religious, political or ideological speech, allowing lawsuits with penalties of at least $5,000; requires schools to follow federal religious-expression guidance; removes religious exclusions from several education programs and tax credits; and requires districts to partner with requesting community-based preschools. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 28 · No 16 · Democrats 0–16 · Republicans 28–0

Repealing certain programs and other matters relating to higher education

What it does: Repeals higher education programs and functions, including the College Bound Program, the Regents' Minority and Women Educators Enhancement Program, laboratory schools, and various purchasing, policy and reporting requirements. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 30 · No 17 · Democrats 0–17 · Republicans 30–0

Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to summative testing in schools and the educational program provided to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve, and including applicability provisions

What it does: Adds grade 8 and 11 social studies assessments (from 2027-28), drops "common core" from assessment alignment, ends state equity coordinator standards, removes "multicultural, gender-fair" and global-perspectives language from accreditation rules, and lets agriculture coursework count toward math units. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 30 · No 17 · Democrats 0–17 · Republicans 30–0

Relating to the commission on uniform state laws

What it does: Restructures the commission on uniform state laws into three members appointed by the governor, House speaker, and Senate president, sets two-year terms, and requires the commission to report its expenses and recommended legislation. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 28 · No 17 · Democrats 0–16 · Republicans 28–1

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

What it does: Appropriates FY 2026-27 money to the Department for the Blind, Department of Education, and regents universities. Caps the at-risk children appropriation at $10,524,389, sets the work-study appropriation to zero, and repeals the for-profit college tuition grant program. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall the bill pass?

Yes 27 · No 15 · Democrats 0–15 · Republicans 27–0

Relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions

What it does: On the version voted Apr 13, 2026: Removes the 10-day limit on subacute mental health care stays, requires treatment plans within 24 hours of admission, sets deadlines for Medicaid prior-authorization decisions, creates a bed-tracking system for children's psychiatric institutions, and directs a review of adding services at the Independence mental health institute. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall amendment S–5145 be adopted?

Amends the bill to require a treatment plan within 24 hours of admission to subacute mental health facilities, set 48-hour to 10-day deadlines for prior-authorization decisions, create a bed-tracking system for children's psychiatric institutions, and order a rules review. (AI-written)

Yes 29 · No 16 · Democrats 0–16 · Republicans 29–0