A House subcommittee has advanced a bill that would require vaccine manufacturers to waive their immunity against lawsuits to sell, distribute or administer them in the state.

A pair of bills moving forward at the Statehouse would allow people with weapon permits to have guns on school property.

A hearing scheduled for Tuesday at the Iowa Capitol on a bill that would have banned abortions in Iowa has been canceled. The bill, which would have made it a crime for Iowa doctors to perform abortions, was co-sponsored by 24 Republicans in the Iowa House

A bill has passed out of an Iowa House subcommittee that would require data centers to report to the state how much water and electricity they use and where it comes from.

House Republicans are proposing slightly more funding for K-12 schools than the governor and Senate GOP proposed. Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee approved a 2.25% increase in K-12 school funding.

Self-driving commercial vehicles would need to have a human driver present under a bill advancing in the Iowa House.

An Iowa Senate subcommittee has advanced a bill (SF 2119) that would remove protections in state obscenity laws for schools and libraries. Current law broadly exempts educational and library materials from obscenity claims.

A bill that would regulate state and local governments’ use of Automated License Plate Readers has passed a House subcommittee. Lawmakers say they want to balance law enforcement’s use of technology with individual privacy.

A House subcommittee has advanced a bill that would set statewide standards for placing renewable energy projects like wind and solar farms.

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ bill that would ban some food dyes from school meals advanced through a House subcommittee on Thursday. It would also require nutrition education for doctors and would let pharmacies sell ivermectin over the counter.

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill that would limit government agencies, businesses and schools from requiring medical interventions, like vaccines. The bill, called the Iowa Medical Freedom Act, passed a House Health and Human Services subcommittee on Thursday.

Homeless service providers that receive government funding could be criminally charged and fined if they allow clients to have drugs on their premises under a bill advanced Wednesday by an Iowa House subcommittee.