Iowa · Current officeholder
Lindsay James
Democratic Iowa House, District 71
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Sponsored legislation
50 bills in the current data (50 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HJR 2008 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to worker rights. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 31, 2026 |
| HF 2385 | A bill for an act prohibiting the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 31, 2026 |
| HF 2384 | A bill for an act relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit year. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 31, 2026 |
| HF 2380 | A bill for an act providing for a community-based wage enforcement program for purposes of the state wage payment collection and minimum wage laws. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 31, 2026 |
| HF 2378 | A bill for an act increasing the state minimum hourly wage and providing for subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefits. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 31, 2026 |
| HF 2740 | A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of certain information filed with the secretary of state by foreign persons holding agricultural land. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2026 |
| HF 263 | A bill for an act relating to physical activity requirements applicable to students enrolled in public schools and accredited nonpublic schools. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2026 |
| HF 2318 | A bill for an act relating to eligibility for unemployment benefits for participants in strikes or other labor disputes. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 6, 2026 |
| HF 2267 | A bill for an act relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit year. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HF 2265 | A bill for an act modifying provisions related to eligibility for payments under the education savings account program, and including effective date provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HF 2264 | A bill for an act relating to the minimum per hour wage provided to home health aides under the Medicaid program, and making an appropriation. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HF 2259 | A bill for an act relating to an insurer’s use of credit information for a motor vehicle financial liability coverage policy. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HF 2258 | A bill for an act relating to health insurance coverage for infertility. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HF 2234 | A bill for an act requesting a legislative interim study committee on affordability. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2026 |
| HF 2217 | A bill for an act relating to radon testing in schools, including responsibilities of nonpublic schools, applicability to charter and innovation zone schools, establishing a school testing and mitigation of radon grant program within the department of education, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2026 |
| HR 101 | A resolution honoring Staff Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard, Staff Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, and their families. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 15, 2026 |
| HR 16 | A resolution recognizing and commending the National Conference of State Legislatures on its fiftieth anniversary. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 2, 2025 |
| HR 14 | A resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children who were born outside the United States. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 27, 2025 |
| HCR 7 | A concurrent resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children who were born outside the United States. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 12, 2025 |
| HF 812 | A bill for an act requesting that the legislative council establish an interim study committee to plan an Iowa education summit to be held in 2026. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 6, 2025 |
| HF 481 | A bill for an act relating to rent increases in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HR 8 | A resolution to recognize Archie and Nancy Martin and the contributions of the Martin family to the education of Black students in Iowa. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HF 727 | A bill for an act relating to the maximum finance charge on a consumer credit sale. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2025 |
| HF 482 | A bill for an act relating to the ability of landlords to terminate rental agreements of tenants of mobile home parks and manufactured home communities, and including applicability provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| HF 688 | A bill for an act relating to products and materials purchased by state agencies. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 687 | A bill for an act relating to projects involving state moneys or tax credits. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 685 | A bill for an act relating to state agency contracts involving steel. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 684 | A bill for an act relating to the purchase of steel by state agencies. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 682 | A bill for an act relating to the recapture of tax expenditures and disbursed by departments of the state to businesses that violate child labor laws. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 681 | A bill for an act establishing a wage and hour division in the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 676 | A bill for an act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 675 | A bill for an act requiring employers to provide employees with meal periods and rest periods and providing penalties. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 673 | A bill for an act requiring certain weekly workers’ compensation benefits to be calculated by including an employee’s overtime and premium pay, and to include an annual cost-of-living adjustment. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 672 | A bill for an act relating to mandatory subjects of negotiation for public employee collective bargaining and including applicability provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 671 | A bill for an act relating to eligible parties to a valid marriage. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 662 | A bill for an act appropriating moneys to the department of health and human services for refugee resettlement assistance, and including effective date provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 661 | A bill for an act relating to child care, including the child and dependent care tax credit, a child care workforce matching grant program, a small business child care tax credit, and state child care assistance, and including applicability provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 658 | A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 28, 2025 |
| HF 554 | A bill for an act relating to public schools, including by modifying provisions related to school district library programs and requests to remove educational materials from classrooms and school libraries. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HF 412 | A bill for an act relating to unhoused persons participating in the state child care assistance program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 411 | A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance program copayments for unhoused persons. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 410 | A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance program reimbursements to certain child care providers. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HF 333 | A bill for an act providing for access to feminine hygiene products in public school restrooms and making an appropriation. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| HF 324 | A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse threat evaluation and deterrence. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2025 |
| HF 283 | A bill for an act increasing the state minimum hourly wage and providing for subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefits. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |
| HF 275 | A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the enrollment of eligible children in the statewide preschool program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |
| HF 267 | A bill for an act concerning benefits associated with cancer diagnoses of members of certain public retirement systems. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 6, 2025 |
| HF 251 | A bill for an act requiring the state board of education to publish information related to nonpublic schools that are accredited by an approved independent accrediting agency. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 6, 2025 |
| HJR 5 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to citizen initiatives to amend the Constitution of the State of Iowa and the Iowa Code and referendums to approve certain bills passed by the general assembly. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |
| HF 152 | A bill for an act relating to the federal summer electronic benefits transfer for children program, making an appropriation, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |