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Iowa House reads dozens of new bills covering infrastructure, education, health and public safety
Summary
During a session of the 2026 Iowa House of Representatives the clerk read a long calendar of new measures — ranging from infrastructure rate-making and child-care reimbursement to offender registry changes — and sent them to standing committees for study.
The House of Representatives convened and the clerk read a lengthy calendar of new measures and a joint resolution, sending each to the committees named for first consideration.
The reader announced "House Joint Resolution 2003 by Bagneski," described in the reading as "a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the state of Iowa providing for the rights to donate private property to public entities or non profit corporations." The clerk then read dozens of House files covering a range of policy areas and specified committee referrals, including commerce, education, community health and human services, judiciary, natural resources, public safety and state government.
Notable measures read into the record included proposals on infrastructure-rate recovery for water and wastewater utilities (House File 2032), expanded prescription access measures for people who are blind or have print disabilities (House File 2033), open-enrollment and interscholastic eligibility (House File 2034), increased reimbursement rates for child-care providers through the state child-care assistance program (House File 2035), confidentiality protections for foster parents' residential addresses (House File 2036), and a standing appropriation for pediatric cancer research at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (House File 2057). The reader also presented bills dealing with delayed-deposit service fee limits (House File 2039), damage awards against health-care providers (House File 2040), and study committees on wildlife crossings and other local-government issues (House File 2063).
The transcript lists bill sponsors by last name as the reader announced each item (for example, "by Bagneski," "by Collins," "by Barker"). The reading specified committee referrals but did not include bill text or fiscal details in the session; dollar amounts, effective dates and some program details were not specified in the oral reading and will be developed in committee.
Next steps for the items read into the record are the committee process indicated by the clerk: first reading and referral to the standing committees named in the announcements. No floor debate or roll-call votes on any of the listed bills occurred in this session; the clerk's reading was a procedural step to place the measures into committee consideration.
The reader (identified only in the transcript as an unnamed speaker handling introductions) completed the calendar reading and the House moved to other business.
