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Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church

An organization that hires lobbyists at the Iowa Legislature (2025–26 session). Its lobbyists filed 96 positions on 83 bills, one filing per lobbyist per bill, and again on each refiling, so the two counts differ. Each bill is counted once, under the most recent position filed on it, even when the bill was renumbered mid-session

For 20 · Against 63

Declared for (20 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 144 Concerning the licensing and regulation of gambling games, including a moratorium on the issuance of new licenses, and floor vote recorded
HF 152 The federal summer electronic benefits transfer for children program, making an appropriation, and no floor vote recorded
HF 905 The establishment of the work without worry program under the medical assistance program for employed individuals with disabilities, and no floor vote recorded
HF 920 The double up food bucks program and making an appropriation no floor vote recorded
HF 1019 filed as HF 964 Exempting the sale of toilet paper from the sales tax floor vote recorded
HF 1020 Modifying the child and dependent care credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability… floor vote recorded
HF 1022 filed as HF 963 Exempting the sale of laundry soap or detergent from the sales tax floor vote recorded
HF 1027 Radon by establishing radon mitigation requirements, creating a radon mitigation system tax credit available against the individual and… floor vote recorded
HF 1032 filed as HF 550, HF 59 Creating a grocer reinvestment program, a local produce processing grant program, and a grocer reinvestment and local food processing fund… floor vote recorded
HF 1034 filed as HF 132 Providing for an individual income tax credit for the purchase of firearm safety devices and including retroactive and other applicability… floor vote recorded
HF 2237 The discharge of toxic pollutants associated with coal ash into water sources no floor vote recorded
HF 2297 Radon mitigation in residential buildings signed by governor
HF 2394 Creating a food bank donation matching fund and making appropriations no floor vote recorded
HF 2408 Appropriating moneys to support a water quality monitoring network supervised by the Iowa flood center no floor vote recorded
HF 2502 Paid parental leave for state employees, and including effective date provisions signed by governor
HF 2672 Solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program no floor vote recorded
SF 58 School lunch and breakfast programs provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone… no floor vote recorded
SF 232 The double up food bucks program, and making an appropriation no floor vote recorded
SF 2027 The double up food bucks program, and making appropriations no floor vote recorded
SF 2087 Work search requirements for unemployment benefits for certain individuals with disabilities no floor vote recorded

Declared against (63 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 269 Prohibiting certain requirements for students and faculty at regents institutions relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical… floor vote recorded
HF 384 Providing an exception to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical care or services for a sexually transmitted… no floor vote recorded
HF 439 Citizenship or immigration status for purposes of a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card, and including applicability… no floor vote recorded
HF 521 Obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions no floor vote recorded
HF 536 Firearm, hunting, and wildlife instruction provided to students enrolled in grades six through eight in school districts, accredited… no floor vote recorded
HF 571 Protections for medical practitioners and health care institutions, including those related to the exercise of conscience, whistleblower… signed by governor
HF 572 Establishing the criminal offense of the smuggling of persons, and providing penalties. floor vote recorded
HF 583 Sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, indications of a person’s sex on certain vital… no floor vote recorded
HF 621 Firearms on school property, and no floor vote recorded
HF 712 Liability for injuries caused by vaccines no floor vote recorded
HF 791 Firearm safety instruction in school districts no floor vote recorded
HF 834 Energy systems by modifying electric power generation, energy storage, and transmission facility ratemaking principles, creating tariffs… no floor vote recorded
HF 845 filed as HF 448 Elective social studies courses emphasizing religious scripture that school districts may offer and teach no floor vote recorded
HF 854 Prohibiting private institutions of higher education that participate in the Iowa tuition grant program from establishing diversity,… no floor vote recorded
HF 855 Prohibiting community colleges from establishing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and engaging in certain other activities relating… no floor vote recorded
HF 856 Prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating a private cause of… signed by governor
HF 884 filed as HF 334 Authorizing school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to employ chaplains, or engage volunteer chaplains, to provide… floor vote recorded
HF 924 The minimum age for acquiring or carrying weapons signed by governor
HF 929 School districts, including by modifying provisions related to closed sessions of meetings of the boards of directors of school districts… no floor vote recorded
HF 948 Public assistance programs, work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, an information technology fund, the public assistance… no floor vote recorded
HF 970 filed as HF 796 Double up food bucks program, the supplemental nutrition assistance program and making appropriations and floor vote recorded
HF 2041 State law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement no floor vote recorded
HF 2102 Prohibiting the use of a language other than English for driver’s license examinations floor vote recorded
HF 2108 Discipline for nurses unable to speak English proficiently no floor vote recorded
HF 2123 State entities, including by modifying provisions related to prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and officers and to… no floor vote recorded
HF 2171 Striking elementary and secondary student immunization requirements no floor vote recorded
HF 2296 Restricting counties and cities from issuing a local form of identification signed by governor
HF 2336 Education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students enrolled in school… floor vote recorded
HF 2338 filed as HF 2121 Prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey,… no floor vote recorded
HF 2487 Concerning restrictions on certain activities relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory by state entities and… floor vote recorded
HF 2488 Prohibiting private institutions of higher education that participate in the Iowa tuition grant program from establishing diversity,… floor vote recorded
HF 2489 Directing regents institutions to sign the federal Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education and no floor vote recorded
HF 2541 Local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965 no floor vote recorded
HF 2542 Habitual offenders, and providing penalties signed by governor
HF 2557 Allowing a person to raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex floor vote recorded
HF 2584 Establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penalties. floor vote recorded
HF 2716 Supplemental nutrition assistance program; the medical assistance program; the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants,… floor vote recorded
HF 2718 filed as HF 430 Seizure of firearms, providing penalties, and floor vote recorded
SCR 3 A concurrent resolution relating to the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges no floor vote recorded
SF 175 Incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curricula provided by… signed by governor
SF 282 Prohibiting certain requirements for students and faculty at regents institutions relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical… no floor vote recorded
SF 304 Providing an exception to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical care or services for a sexually transmitted… signed by governor
SF 320 Creating a capital murder offense by establishing the penalty of death for murder in the first degree of a peace officer on duty, and no floor vote recorded
SF 335 Education, including by modifying provisions related to trainings and curricula provided by school districts and prohibited sexual… no floor vote recorded
SF 360 The administration of gene-based vaccines, and providing penalties no floor vote recorded
SF 418 Sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, indications of a person’s sex on certain vital… signed by governor
SF 473 Certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption signed by governor
SF 507 Restricting county and city diversity, equity, and inclusion programs floor vote recorded
SF 510 Elective social studies courses emphasizing religious scripture that school districts may offer and teach no floor vote recorded
SF 585 Energy systems by modifying electric power generation, energy storage, and transmission facility ratemaking principles, creating tariffs… no floor vote recorded
SF 615 filed as SF 599 Work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance… signed by governor
SF 649 And making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, and related provisions and… no floor vote recorded
SF 2003 Prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey,… no floor vote recorded
SF 2097 State law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement no floor vote recorded
SF 2119 Obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions no floor vote recorded
SF 2187 The verification of citizenship and immigration status of persons who apply for or renew a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification… signed by governor
SF 2274 Sale or offer for sale of certain firearm devices floor vote recorded
SF 2303 filed as SF 2063 Providing for a review of undergraduate general education requirements and core curricula at regents institutions and authorizing… no floor vote recorded
SF 2405 filed as SF 2174 Trainings and curricula regarding specific defined concepts provided by public institutions of higher education and school districts no floor vote recorded
SF 2422 Public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition… signed by governor
SJR 6 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa by repealing the natural resources and outdoor… no floor vote recorded
SJR 11 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to requirements for certain state tax law… passed both chambers
SJR 2002 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa prohibiting the power of judicial review no floor vote recorded