Young Lawyers Division Legislative Report
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:39 PM
| BILL | TITLE | SUMMARY | STATUS | ISBA Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HF 2331 - Dead | A bill for an act creating an attorney loan repayment program, and making appropriations.(Formerly HSB 532; See HF 2760.) | This bill establishes an attorney loan repayment program to encourage attorneys to remain and practice law in Iowa. The program is to be administered by the college student aid commission. The bill provides that an individual is eligible to apply for the program if the individual is... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2331 (4/13/26) | Support |
| HF 2760 | A bill for an act creating an attorney loan repayment program, and making appropriations.(Formerly HF 2331, HSB 532.) | Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. (4/13/26) | ||
| HF 2706 | A bill for an act relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 722.) Effective date: Enactment, 07/01/2026, 11/01/2026, 06/18/2027. | This bill relates to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation. MAGISTRATES APPOINTED IN JUDICIAL ELECTION DISTRICTS. The bill provides for the appointment and service of magistrates in judicial election districts rather than individual counties and makes conforming... Full Bill Text |
Message from Senate. (4/7/26) | Undecided |
| SF 2401 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 3155.) | This bill relates to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation. MAGISTRATES APPOINTED IN JUDICIAL ELECTION DISTRICTS. The bill provides for the appointment and service of magistrates in judicial election districts rather than individual counties and makes conforming... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (4/7/26) | Undecided |
| HF 2631 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and medical leave reasons for eligible employees of specified employers. | This bill relates to a family leave and medical leave insurance program (program), administered by the director of the department of workforce development, that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and medical leave reasons for eligible employees of specified employers. An employee is... Full Bill Text |
Rereferred to Labor and Workforce. (3/31/26) | Monitor |
| HF 703 | A bill for an act concerning information regarding certain state and federal student loan programs. (Formerly HSB 152.) Effective date: 07/01/2026 | This bill concerns information regarding certain state and federal student loan programs and provides duties of the bureau of Iowa college aid of the department of education (bureau), the Iowa student loan liquidity corporation (corporation), and certain institutions of higher education in Iowa. The bill requires... Full Bill Text |
Message from House. (3/16/26) | |
| HSB 722 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 2706.) | This bill relates to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation. MAGISTRATES APPOINTED IN JUDICIAL ELECTION DISTRICTS. The bill provides for the appointment and service of magistrates in judicial election districts rather than individual counties and makes conforming... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2706 (2/23/26) | Undecided |
| SSB 3155 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 2401.) | This bill relates to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation. MAGISTRATES APPOINTED IN JUDICIAL ELECTION DISTRICTS. The bill provides for the appointment and service of magistrates in judicial election districts rather than individual counties and makes conforming... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2401. (2/18/26) | Undecided |
| HF 2174 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for a task force to address legal services for indigent parties.(See HF 2572.) | This bill directs the judicial branch to establish a task force to investigate the statewide delivery of legal services to indigent parties in criminal, juvenile, and child abuse and neglect proceedings and to develop recommendations to improve service delivery, address public defender conflicts of interest,... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2572. (2/17/26) | Support |
| HF 2572 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for a task force to address legal services for indigent parties.(Formerly HF 2174.) | This bill directs the judicial branch to establish a task force to investigate the statewide delivery of legal services to indigent parties in criminal, juvenile, and child abuse and neglect proceedings and to develop recommendations to improve service delivery, address public defender conflicts of interest,... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, placed on calendar. (2/17/26) | Support |
| HF 2121 - Dead | A bill for an act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation instruction in grades seven through twelve.(See HF 2338.) | This bill prohibits school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation instruction to students in grades 7 through 12, extending the current prohibition that applies to such... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2338 (2/6/26) | |
| HF 2338 - Dead | A bill for an act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation instruction in grades seven through twelve.(Formerly HF 2121.) | This bill prohibits school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation instruction to students in grades 7 through 12, extending the current prohibition that applies to such... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, placed on calendar. (2/6/26) | |
| HSB 532 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the university of Iowa college of law, including priority for admission and reporting requirements.(See HF 2331.) | This bill relates to the university of Iowa college of law, including priority for admission and reporting requirements. The bill requires the state board of regents to adopt a policy providing that not less than 80 percent of students accepted into the college of law be... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2331 (2/6/26) | Undecided |
| HF 2225 | A bill for an act creating a new graduate nonresident tuition tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability provisions. | This bill creates a new graduate nonresident tuition tax credit available against the individual income tax. The bill defines "institution" to mean an institution of higher education governed by the board of regents. The bill defines "new graduate" to mean an individual who is a graduate of... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. (1/30/26) | |
| SF 2003 - Dead | A bill for an act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation instruction in grades seven through twelve. | This bill prohibits school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation instruction to students in grades 7 through 12, extending the current prohibition that applies to such... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (1/21/26) |