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The Family Leader

An organization that hires lobbyists at the Iowa Legislature (2025–26 session). Its lobbyists filed 592 positions on 114 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 · also files as committee The Family Leader PAC

For 101 · Against 12 · No side declared 1

Declared for (101 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 51 Obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances,… no floor vote recorded
HF 76 Incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curriculum provided by… no floor vote recorded
HF 80 Prohibiting school districts and charter schools from taking disciplinary action against employees, contractors, or students for the use of… no floor vote recorded
HF 103 Students who are pregnant or who recently gave birth who attend state institutions of higher education governed by the board of regents and… no floor vote recorded
HF 106 The survival of, and the bringing of a cause of action for, wrongful death of an unborn child no floor vote recorded
HF 166 Public schools, including requiring public schools to display the national motto and the state motto and to start each day of classroom… no floor vote recorded
HF 189 filed as HF 1 The eligibility of students enrolled in nonpublic schools to compete in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions… signed by governor
HF 248 filed as HF 26 The treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable signed by governor
HF 269 Prohibiting certain requirements for students and faculty at regents institutions relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical… floor vote recorded
HF 299 filed as HF 34 The provision of information relating to immunization exemptions signed by governor
HF 306 filed as HF 64 The dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors and providing penalties signed by governor
HF 391 Incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curriculum provided by… no floor vote recorded
HF 401 Providing for general education requirements for undergraduate students at regents institutions and including applicability provisions. floor vote recorded
HF 437 Establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa signed by governor
HF 521 filed as HF 274 Obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions 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 574 filed as HF 202 The driving privileges of unsupervised persons issued a special minor’s restricted driver’s license, and making penalties applicable no 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 649 Human trafficking including services and prostitution, and making penalties applicable signed by governor
HF 751 The disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim restitution fund no floor vote recorded
HF 775 Medication abortions including required informed consent and the dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs to patients within the state no floor vote recorded
HF 782 Electronic devices in schools, including student access during instructional hours and school safety plans, and including effective date… signed by governor
HF 785 Modifying provisions related to charter school board member requirements signed by governor
HF 798 filed as HF 278 Parental authorization for minors to create accounts on social media platforms, providing civil penalties, and including applicability… no floor vote recorded
HF 807 filed as HF 589 Creating the compassion and care for medically challenging pregnancies Act. floor vote recorded
HF 826 filed as HF 81 Obscene materials involving minors, and providing penalties 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 864 filed as HF 62 Requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an internet site or application that contains material… signed by governor
HF 865 filed as HF 149 Modifying provisions related to the harassment or bullying of students enrolled in school districts or accredited nonpublic schools signed by governor
HF 870 Students who attend a course in religious instruction that is provided by a private organization, including by modifying provisions related… 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 888 filed as HF 88 Education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, and dual enrollment, and no floor vote recorded
HF 889 Government employee paid leave signed by governor
HF 891 Obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances,… no floor vote recorded
HF 899 filed as HF 43 Indecent exposure, including the unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material, and providing penalties floor vote recorded
HF 922 filed as HF 594 Discrimination in the provision of financial services, and providing civil penalties no floor vote recorded
HF 926 filed as HF 669 Expungement of certain criminal history records of victims of human trafficking, and including penalties floor vote recorded
HF 932 Requirements for a parent to obtain joint physical custody of a child. floor vote recorded
HF 2078 Resident dependents not enrolled in a public school or receiving an educational savings account payment by creating an opportunity tax… no floor vote recorded
HF 2163 Training requirements for the licensure of individual child foster care providers no floor vote recorded
HF 2172 Modifying testing requirements applicable to pupils who are participating in the education savings account program no floor vote recorded
HF 2186 Modifying provisions related to application periods for the education savings account program no floor vote recorded
HF 2253 Terminology involving a pregnant female signed by governor
HF 2323 Tax credits by creating the maternity group home and the strong families tax credits available against the individual, corporate,… no floor vote recorded
HF 2332 Elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and no floor vote recorded
HF 2336 filed as HF 2106 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 2366 Education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction and dual enrollment, and no floor vote recorded
HF 2541 Local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965 no floor vote recorded
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 2565 filed as HF 1011, HF 831 Establishing a human trafficking investigative task force floor vote recorded
HF 2579 Prohibiting disorderly conduct related to religious services, and providing penalties no floor vote recorded
HF 2606 filed as HF 2274 Requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an internet site or application that contains material… no floor vote recorded
HF 2694 The regulation of certain places and activities by the governor signed by governor
HF 2754 filed as HF 2713 Education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to… signed by governor
HF 2788 filed as HF 2563 Abortions including definitions, informed consent, dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs, and other abortion-related provisions signed by governor
HF 2789 The definition of a religious institution or society for purposes of property taxation and including applicability provisions no floor vote recorded
HF 2794 filed as HF 705 Establishing a sexual assault forensic examination center grant program and trust fund signed by governor
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 6 The provision of information relating to immunization exemptions no floor vote recorded
SF 8 Prohibiting school districts and charter schools from taking disciplinary action against employees, contractors, or students for the use of… no floor vote recorded
SF 37 The driving privileges of unsupervised persons issued a special minor’s restricted driver’s license, and making penalties applicable no floor vote recorded
SF 115 Human growth and development course enrollment at school districts and to pupil attendance at educational conferences or seminars in which… no floor vote recorded
SF 116 Obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances,… no floor vote recorded
SF 150 filed as SF 32 Sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable signed by governor
SF 156 Policies for certain private spaces in facilities of public entities, providing penalties, and 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 176 Participation in cocurricular and extracurricular activities offered by school districts by pupils who open enroll for purposes of… signed by governor
SF 180 Right to refuse certain medical services for reasons of conscience floor vote recorded
SF 181 Establishing requirements related to electronic resources provided by postsecondary schools, public libraries, schools, and state agencies… no floor vote recorded
SF 204 Education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, dual enrollment, and the tuition… no floor vote recorded
SF 220 Protections for medical practitioners, health care institutions, and health care payors including those related to the exercise of… no floor vote recorded
SF 235 Obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions no floor vote recorded
SF 244 Providing for general education requirements for undergraduate students at regents institutions and including applicability provisions no floor vote recorded
SF 280 Students who attend a course in religious instruction that is provided by a private organization, including by modifying provisions related… no floor vote recorded
SF 282 Prohibiting certain requirements for students and faculty at regents institutions relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical… no floor vote recorded
SF 288 filed as SF 12 Students who are pregnant or who recently gave birth who attend state institutions of higher education governed by the board of regents and… signed by governor
SF 370 Electronic devices in schools, including student access during instructional hours, school safety plans, and instruction related to the… no floor vote recorded
SF 400 Schedule III controlled substances, and making penalties applicable no floor vote recorded
SF 407 Membership of district judicial nominating commissions 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 443 filed as SF 207 Certain commercial entities who publish or distribute obscene material on the internet, and providing civil penalties no floor vote recorded
SF 473 filed as SF 236 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 filed as SF 138 Elective social studies courses emphasizing religious scripture that school districts may offer and teach no floor vote recorded
SF 514 filed as SF 294 Temporary orders of child custody in dissolution proceedings floor vote recorded
SF 519 filed as SF 127 Establishing a school of intellectual freedom at the university of Iowa no floor vote recorded
SF 579 Local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965, local civil rights commissions, and local civil rights agencies, and including… signed by governor
SF 2003 Prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey,… no floor vote recorded
SF 2051 The elimination of the exemption of gaming floors from the prohibitions of the smokefree air Act no floor vote recorded
SF 2119 Obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions no floor vote recorded
SF 2172 Marriage, including the grounds for dissolution of marriage no floor vote recorded
SF 2177 Policies and protection measures a library provider or third party contracting with a library provider must take if the library provider or… no floor vote recorded
SF 2197 App store provider and app developer requirements concerning minor users, and providing civil penalties, and including applicability… no floor vote recorded
SF 2231 filed as SF 2060 Education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students, modifying provisions… signed by governor
SF 2300 filed as SF 2062 Education, including by modifying provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students enrolled in school… no floor vote recorded
SF 2495 Creating a maternity group home tax credit available against the individual, corporate, franchise, insurance premium, and moneys and… no floor vote recorded
SF 2501 filed as SF 2425 Education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to… no floor vote recorded

Declared against (12 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 199 Repealing the education savings account program no floor vote recorded
HF 560 The rights of parents, guardians, and minors including those relating to gender transition procedure-related activities for minors, and… no floor vote recorded
HF 671 Eligible parties to a valid marriage 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 2262 Creating the Iowa our care, our options Act, and providing penalties no floor vote recorded
HF 2455 Abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat no floor vote recorded
HJR 10 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right to reproductive care no floor vote recorded
SF 113 Children and students, including by modifying provisions related to a parent’s or guardian’s rights to make decisions affecting the… no floor vote recorded
SF 199 Repealing the education savings account program 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
SJR 1 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right to reproductive care no floor vote recorded
SJR 2003 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right to reproductive care no floor vote recorded

No side declared (1 bill)

Bill Title Status
HF 2542 Habitual offenders, and providing penalties signed by governor

Campaign money given

$13,285.00 across 29 payments to other committees this term (since 2023), as itemized in its own spending reports.

Recipient committee Total
John Rosenfeld Candidate Committee $5,000.00
Ryan Benn for Madison County · files outside this dataset $2,500.00
Holt For House $2,000.00
Wheeler for Representative $800.00
Cerro Gordo County Republican Central Committee · files outside this dataset $500.00
Stone for House $460.00
Gustoff for Iowa $325.00
Citizens for Jesse Green $300.00
Friends of Whitver $250.00
Friends of Jon Dunwell $200.00
Sinclair for Iowa $200.00
Brooke Boden for Iowa House $150.00
Wills for Iowa $150.00
Rowley for Iowa Senate $100.00
Friends For Klimesh $100.00
Gehlbach for Iowa House $50.00
Vote Ryan Weldon $50.00
Hayes for House $50.00
Lawler for Iowa $50.00
Fett For House $50.00