Iowa Down Ballot with Dave Price 4/4/26 Iowa's Busy Week: Rob Sand's Reform Package, Zach Lahn's Launch, and a Legislature Eyeing the Exit

New "Iowa Down Ballot" podcast just dropped.

Rob Sand, Zach Lahn, and more:
#Iowa #iapolitics #ialegis #iagov
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Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley didn't have a "gaggle" last week, but he did take questions from reporters today about a wide range of topics. My video:
#ialegis #Iowa #iapolitics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsI...

My heart is full. Made it home for almost the entire #transdayofvisibility event in Iowa City, surrounded by amazing friends.

Tomorrow, I'll be back in Des Moines for more #ialegis work, but the feeling here is well worth the round trip drive.

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Five lessons learned from Iowa's 2026 ballot access problems Laura Belin: Future candidates can learn from mistakes that ended four campaigns and nearly cost two others their spot on the ballot.

New post: My takeaways from the mistakes that tripped up four Iowa candidates in 2026, and nearly ended the campaigns of two others. #iagov #IA03 #ialegis

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Here's the video of today's Iowa Senate Ethics Committee meeting, where members deadlocked 3-3 on a complaint filed against Republican State Senator Scott Webster:
5/5 #ialegis www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHv...

Can't recall seeing this happen: the Iowa Senate Ethics Committee just split 3-3 (along party lines) over a complaint filed against GOP Senator Scott Webster.
Rs on committee wanted to dismiss complaint, Ds wanted to reprimand Webster and instruct him not to do that again. 1/ #ialegis

Sen. Weiner and I will be at the South District Market on Friday! Come fill us in, ask your questions, and touch base as we head into April!

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Looking ahead to my focus during budget season in the #ialegis.

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In 11th week of #ialegis 2026 session, the rules say "Senate considers only House bills, House joint resolutions, and unfinished business"
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GOP leader called up the Senate bill on HMO tax (which would have been substituted for the House bill) 2/

Iowa's State Objection Panel rejected a challenge to State Sen Mike Bousselot's petitions. He submitted 122 signatures; while 15 were from voters outside his district, the remainder were validated. (He needed 100)
Bousselot will face Wes Enos on the GOP primary ballot in Iowa SD23. #ialegis

How open are the Iowa House and Senate? A Sunshine Week review For Sunshine Week, Laura Belin examines public and media access at the Iowa legislature, and what each chamber could learn from the other.

Who's up early?
For Sunshine Week, I looked at public and media access at the Iowa legislature, and what each chamber could learn from the other to make #ialegis more transparent. #SunshineWeek
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Where bills on property tax, pipelines and more stand after second funnel Iowa Capital Dispatch reporters review the policy bills that did and did not advance past a legislative deadline on March 20.

Just posted the @iowacapitaldispatch.com roundup of where things stand after the #Iowa legislature's second funnel deadline: #ialegis
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Truth bomb from State Senator Janet Petersen @janet4iowa.bsky.social during the Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee's discussion of a "three strikes" criminal sentencing bill on Thursday.
(Rs advanced the bill on a party-line vote but plan to amend it before floor debate) #ialegis

On Thursday, Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Klimesh took reporter questions about a wide range of issue pending in #ialegis. My video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuV2...

Here’s which Iowa Statehouse bills survived the funnel deadline and what comes next A major deadline at the Iowa Statehouse is reshaping what could become law this year.

Which bills survived the Iowa Statehouse second funnel deadline and what happens next?

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Today after the Iowa House approved a bill raising taxes on health insurance companies to help fill a projected Medicaid shortfall, House Speaker Pat Grassley took Qs from reporters about that bill and other issues pending in #ialegis.
My video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynGY...

This afternoon the Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the House sentencing bill creating modified "three strikes" system. But Republicans plan to amend bill before floor debate.
Dems voted no, explained their opposition during committee discussion: #ialegis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=heYR...

This morning Democrats in the Iowa House and Senate spoke to reporters about several pending issues in #ialegis.
(Tomorrow's a major legislative deadline for policy bills not related to taxes or spending)
My video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bi5...

On Tuesday morning an Iowa Senate subcommittee advanced a Republican bill that would prohibit the governor from regulating churches during an emergency.
State Sen Ken Rozenboom said he plans to amend the bill to remove language related to vaccinations. #ialegis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_x4...

Lawmakers consider mandating DNA swabbing at arrest instead of after conviction Some argue the proposal, dubbed "Katie's Law," would expedite cases. But others share privacy concerns.

Iowa Lawmakers consider mandating #DNA swabbing at arrest instead of after conviction

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House passes bill expanding DNA collection by law enforcement Law enforcement would collect DNA samples of people arrested for felonies or certain violent crimes under a bill advanced by the Iowa House. Currently, DNA is collected when people are convicted of th...

Iowa House passes bill expanding DNA collection by law enforcement

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Iowa House approves 'Katie's Law' allowing DNA collection after arrests • Iowa Capital Dispatch The bill would require DNA samples be taken from people arrested, but not yet convicted, of certain crimes.

Iowa House approves ‘Katie’s Law’ allowing DNA collection after arrests

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Split a donation between Rep #AimeWichtendahl and the Iowa House Victory Fund @iowahousedems.bsky.social

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Another survivor of conversion therapy testified at Thursday's Iowa Senate subcommittee on House File 2557, "an act allowing a person to raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex."
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I interviewed Michael Hurley, government affairs counsel for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression @thefireorg.bsky.social, about three of Iowa's proposed higher education bills that threaten academic freedom. #Iowa #highered #ialegis
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Iowa governor signs bill restricting local civil rights protections Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill today that prevents local governments in Iowa from providing civil rights protections to groups not covered under state law.

Iowa governor signs bill restricting local civil rights protections

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Iowa House and Senate advance different plans to address disruptive students in classrooms Teachers say classroom violence is rising. Iowa lawmakers advance competing school discipline plans.

Iowa House and Senate advance different plans to address disruptive students in classrooms

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Only six Iowa House Republicans voted against over-the-counter ivermectin Laura Belin: The Iowa House debate about ivermectin illustrated how conspiracy theories now drive the mainstream Republican agenda.

Readers: "Sad."
"These are not serious people."
"What strikes me most is that three medical professionals — a pharmacist, a dentist, and a nurse — voted to keep ivermectin language in the bill. These are people who took oaths to do no harm." #ialegis
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I've been running into Tom O'Donnell all over SEIA for years now- looking forward to getting used to him at the #ialegis!!

Tom embodies #ConsiderCompassion, and today he filled almost 9 TIMES the required number of signatures, because he's been OUT, actively talking to his future constituents! 🤞