Reynolds wraps up final bills of 2025 Iowa legislative session

��vlog EIGHT NEWS STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. IT’S A STORY WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW AT SIX. GOVERNOR REYNOLDS VETOED THE CONTROVERSIAL EMINENT DOMAIN BILL THIS AFTERNOON. IT WOULD HAVE RESTRICTED COMPANIES FROM USING EMINENT DOMAIN TO BUILD PIPELINE PROJECTS UNLESS THEY FOLLOW CERTAIN CRITERIA. ��vlog CHIEF POLITICAL REPORTER AMANDA ROOKER IS HERE WITH US NOW. AMANDA, A SHOCKWAVE OF REACTION TO THIS VETO. THERE IS SO MUCH EMOTION AROUND THIS BEND. AND, STACEY, I’VE BEEN HEARING BOTH OUTRAGE AND RELIEF OVER THIS DECISION. THIS LEGISLATION WAS YEARS IN THE MAKING. I TALKED TO ONE LANDOWNER FROM SHELBY COUNTY WHO SAYS SHE HAS BEEN ASKING LAWMAKERS TO PROTECT HER PROPERTY RIGHTS SINCE 2021, AND SHE SAYS THIS BILL DID THAT, AND SHE’S DISAPPOINTED IN THE GOVERNOR’S DECISION TO VETO IT. WE HAVE A LEGACY IN OUR FAMILY. 125 YEARS THAT LAND HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY, SO OUR LEGACY IS THAT LAND AND HER LEGACY IS THAT SHE TOOK BUSINESS AND BIG MONEY OVER THE FARMERS AND THE LANDOWNERS. NOW, LANDOWNER SHERRIE WEBER SAYS SHE WILL BE BACK AT THE STATEHOUSE NEXT SESSION FIGHTING FOR THIS LEGISLATION AGAIN. UNDER THIS BILL, COMPANIES WOULD HAVE HAD TO PROVE THAT THEY WERE A, QUOTE, COMMON CARRIER TO BE ABLE TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN TO BUILD THEIR PIPELINE PROJECT. IT ALSO WOULD HAVE PUT A 25 YEAR LIMIT ON A PIPELINE’S PERMIT, AND COMPANIES WOULD HAVE ALSO HAD TO FOLLOW NEW INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. IN A LETTER RELEASED TODAY, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE BILL SETS A TROUBLING PRECEDENT THAT THREATENS IOWA’S ENERGY, RELIABILITY AND ECONOMY. SHE SAID, QUOTE, WHILE I SHARE THE BILL’S GOAL OF PROTECTING LANDOWNERS, GOOD POLICY SHOULD DRAW CLEAR, CAREFUL LINES, THIS BILL DOESN’T. THE IOWA RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION IS CELEBRATING REYNOLDS DECISION, SAYING THE LEGISLATION WOULD HAVE HURT IOWANS IN OUR STATE’S ECONOMY. THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, ENERGY COMPANIES, VARIOUS AG GROUPS VOICED THEIR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL IS BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO DRIVE UP COSTS, ENERGY COSTS ON CONSUMERS WAS GOING TO DRIVE UP INPUTS ON FARMERS WHEN WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND, IT’S NOT THE TIME TO DO THAT. NOW, THE FIGHT OVER THIS MAY NOT BE OVER. HOUSE SPEAKER PAT GRASSLEY IS ASKING LAWMAKERS TO RECONVENE FOR A SPECIAL SESSION TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR’S VETO ON THIS BILL. THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY IN BOTH CHAMBERS. BUT SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JACK WHITFORD JUST RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THE BILL WOULD HAVE THE VOTES. HE SAYS, QUOTE, I EXPECT THAT MAJORITY OF OUR CAUCUS WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN ANY ATTEMPT TO OVERRIDE HER VETO. NOW, THE TWO REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE DISAGREED ON THIS ISSUE ALL SESSION. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE VERY MUCH STILL AT ODDS OVER THIS. BEN. YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S SOMETHING T

Updated: 9:41 PM CDT Jun 11, 2025

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Reynolds wraps up final bills of 2025 Iowa legislative session

Updated: 9:41 PM CDT Jun 11, 2025

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Gov. Kim Reynolds wrapped up the last of the bills passed in the 2025 legislative session on Wednesday.She signed 19 bills into law and vetoed two bills, including an eminent domain bill championed by opponents of the Summit CO2 pipeline project.Reynolds signed the following bills:HF 783: A bill for an act implementing requirements related to organizations that sponsor or administer extracurricular interscholastic athletics, including the creation of a conference realignment committee.  HF 516: A bill for an act relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, including priority for admission to the University of Iowa’s Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry, and hospitals and clinics.  HF 644: A bill for an act relating to the delegation of custodial rights and duties with respect to a child.  HF 330: A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for covered individuals for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder and including applicability provisions.  HF 437: A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the University of Iowa.  HF 190: A bill for an act relating to the administration of the statewide summative assessment of student progress to students of online schools by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.  SF 383: A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefit managers, pharmacies, prescription drugs, and pharmacy services administrative organizations, and including applicability provisions. Reynolds signed the following appropriations bills: HF 1039: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund and Technology Reinvestment Fund, providing for related matters including county payment for district court furnishings, and including effective date provisions.  HF 1044: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, including the Department of Administrative Services, Auditor of State, Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing, Department of Insurance and Financial Services, Department of Management, Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, Public Information Board, Department of Revenue, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, and Utilities Commission, and providing for properly related matters including the deposit of captive company premium tax revenue.  HF 1049: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Health and Human Services, and related provisions and appropriations, including aging and disability services; behavioral health, public health, community access and eligibility; the Medical Assistance Program, State Supplementary Assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; sex reassignment surgeries or associated procedures; family well-being and protections; state-operated specialty care, administration and compliance; transfers, cash flows, and nonreversions; prior appropriations; the Beer and Liquor Control Fund, and the Behavioral Health Fund; report on nonreversion of moneys; emergency rules; and a Hospital Directed Payment Program; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.   Watch: Reynolds signs bill preventing Medicaid from covering gender-affirming careSF 626: A bill for an act relating to federal moneys and regulations, including the appropriation of federal moneys made available from federal block grants and other nonstate sources, the allocation of portions of federal block grants, the procedures if federal moneys or federal block grants are more or less than anticipated, and the authorization of certain city regulations when required under federal law, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. SF 628: A bill for an act relating to transportation and the other infrastructure-related appropriations to the Department of Transportation, including location and use of moneys from the Road Use Tax Fund, the Primary Road Fund, and the Statutory Allocations Fund.  SF 644: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing for properly related matters including indigent defense and representation, the Corrections Capital Reinvestment Fund, and a Corrections Federal Receipts Fund, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.  SF 645: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including the Economic Development Authority, Iowa Finance Authority, Department of Workforce Development, and the State Board of Regents and certain regents institutions, and extending the repeal date for the Housing Renewal Pilot Program.  SF 646: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection.   SF 648: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch including judicial office salaries and interpreter or translator fees, and including effective date provisions.  SF 659: A bill for an act relating to state government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers; authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds; providing for properly related matters including crystalline polymorph psilocybin, medical residency and fellowship positions, state membership in the Iowa Individual Health Benefit Reinsurance Association, student abuse by school employees, modified supplemental amounts for school budgets, wagering taxes, a state fire marshal study, certain legislative interim studies, and 911 emergencies communication services; making corrections; and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.  SF 647: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the Department for the Blind, Department of Education, and State Board of Regents, and including contingent effective date provisions.   Gov. Reynolds signed SF 647 into law, with the exception of Section 6(4)(e), which she line-item vetoed. You can view her veto message here. SF 660: A bill for an act relating to sports wagering and tourism, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.    Gov. Reynolds vetoed the following bills: HF 383: A bill for an act relating to the controlled substance crystalline polymorph psilocybin.  HF 639: A bill for an act relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, proceedings under the Iowa Utilities Commission, including commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings, including allowing certain persons to intervene in contested cases, and permit, permit renewal, and operation limitations, and including effective date and applicability provisions.  » Subscribe to ��vlog's YouTube page» Download the free ��vlog app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play

DES MOINES, Iowa —

Gov. Kim Reynolds wrapped up the last of the bills passed in the 2025 legislative session on Wednesday.

She signed 19 bills into law and vetoed two bills, including an eminent domain bill championed by opponents of the Summit CO2 pipeline project.

Reynolds signed the following bills:

: A bill for an act implementing requirements related to organizations that sponsor or administer extracurricular interscholastic athletics, including the creation of a conference realignment committee. 

: A bill for an act relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, including priority for admission to the University of Iowa’s Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry, and hospitals and clinics. 

: A bill for an act relating to the delegation of custodial rights and duties with respect to a child. 

: A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for covered individuals for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder and including applicability provisions. 

: A bill for an act establishing a center for intellectual freedom at the University of Iowa. 

: A bill for an act relating to the administration of the statewide summative assessment of student progress to students of online schools by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools. 

: A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefit managers, pharmacies, prescription drugs, and pharmacy services administrative organizations, and including applicability provisions.

Reynolds signed the following appropriations bills:

: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund and Technology Reinvestment Fund, providing for related matters including county payment for district court furnishings, and including effective date provisions. 

: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, including the Department of Administrative Services, Auditor of State, Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing, Department of Insurance and Financial Services, Department of Management, Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, Public Information Board, Department of Revenue, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, and Utilities Commission, and providing for properly related matters including the deposit of captive company premium tax revenue. 

: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Health and Human Services, and related provisions and appropriations, including aging and disability services; behavioral health, public health, community access and eligibility; the Medical Assistance Program, State Supplementary Assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; sex reassignment surgeries or associated procedures; family well-being and protections; state-operated specialty care, administration and compliance; transfers, cash flows, and nonreversions; prior appropriations; the Beer and Liquor Control Fund, and the Behavioral Health Fund; report on nonreversion of moneys; emergency rules; and a Hospital Directed Payment Program; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.  

Watch: Reynolds signs bill preventing Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care

: A bill for an act relating to federal moneys and regulations, including the appropriation of federal moneys made available from federal block grants and other nonstate sources, the allocation of portions of federal block grants, the procedures if federal moneys or federal block grants are more or less than anticipated, and the authorization of certain city regulations when required under federal law, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

: A bill for an act relating to transportation and the other infrastructure-related appropriations to the Department of Transportation, including location and use of moneys from the Road Use Tax Fund, the Primary Road Fund, and the Statutory Allocations Fund. 

: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing for properly related matters including indigent defense and representation, the Corrections Capital Reinvestment Fund, and a Corrections Federal Receipts Fund, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. 

: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including the Economic Development Authority, Iowa Finance Authority, Department of Workforce Development, and the State Board of Regents and certain regents institutions, and extending the repeal date for the Housing Renewal Pilot Program. 

: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection.  

: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch including judicial office salaries and interpreter or translator fees, and including effective date provisions. 

: A bill for an act relating to state government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers; authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds; providing for properly related matters including crystalline polymorph psilocybin, medical residency and fellowship positions, state membership in the Iowa Individual Health Benefit Reinsurance Association, student abuse by school employees, modified supplemental amounts for school budgets, wagering taxes, a state fire marshal study, certain legislative interim studies, and 911 emergencies communication services; making corrections; and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. 

: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the Department for the Blind, Department of Education, and State Board of Regents, and including contingent effective date provisions.  

Gov. Reynolds signed SF 647 into law, with the exception of Section 6(4)(e), which she line-item vetoed. You can view her veto message .

: A bill for an act relating to sports wagering and tourism, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.   

Gov. Reynolds vetoed the following bills:

: A bill for an act relating to the controlled substance crystalline polymorph psilocybin. 

: A bill for an act relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, proceedings under the Iowa Utilities Commission, including commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings, including allowing certain persons to intervene in contested cases, and permit, permit renewal, and operation limitations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. 

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