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The following bills are in subcommittee in the Iowa Senate on Thursday, Feb. 5.
| 2/05/2026 8:30 AM | SSB 3102 | Transportation | Room 217 Conference Room | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production. Shipley – CH, Costello , Zimmer
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| 02/05/2026 9:30 AM | SF 2107 | State Government | Room 217 Conference Room | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act permitting a city to create entertainment districts allowing for the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain public places. Koelker – CH, Bisignano , Webster
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| 02/05/2026 10:00 AM | SSB 3070 | Local Government | Room 217 Conference Room | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act relating to county and city regulation of accessory dwelling units. Webster – CH, Driscoll , Knox
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| 02/05/2026 10:30 AM | SF 2118 | Education | Room 315 | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act relating to student participation in non-school-sponsored athletic contests or competitions. Salmon – CH, Pike , Trone Garriott
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| 02/05/2026 10:30 AM | SSB 3087 | Judiciary | Room 217 Conference Room | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, and establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and providing penalties. Webster – CH, Bisignano , Bousselot
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| 02/05/2026 11:00 AM | SF 2167 | Transportation | Room 217 Conference Room | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act relating to human trafficking prevention training for persons applying for certain commercial driver’s licenses. Costello – CH, Kraayenbrink , Winckler
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| 02/05/2026 11:30 AM | SSB 3009 | Local Government | Room 315 | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act relating to duties of certain political subdivisions, including duties of fence viewers, stewardship of certain cemeteries, and provision of fire protection and emergency medical services, and including transition and effective date provisions. Webster – CH, Driscoll , Knox
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| 02/05/2026 12:00 PM | SSB 3092 | Commerce | Room 315 | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program. Gruenhagen – CH, Bisignano , Driscoll
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| 02/05/2026 12:00 PM | SSB 3052 | Transportation | Room 217 Conference Room | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act relating to the operation of driverless-capable vehicles, including associated civil and criminal liability, and making penalties applicable. Webster – CH, Rozenboom , Winckler
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| 02/05/2026 12:30 PM | SF 546 | Commerce | Room 315 | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders.(Formerly SF 268.) Bousselot – CH, Petersen , Sweeney
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| 02/05/2026 12:30 PM | SSB 3078 | State Government | Room 217 Conference Room | Comments | Agenda |
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| 02/05/2026 1:00 PM | SSB 3084 | Health and Human Services | Room 315 | Comments | Agenda |
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| 02/05/2026 3:00 PM | SSB 3017 | Health and Human Services | Room 217 Conference Room | Comments | Agenda |
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A bill for an act relating to the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants, and making penalties applicable. Warme – CH, Costello , Petersen
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