Iowa · Current officeholder
Liz Bennett
Democratic Iowa Senate, District 39
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Sponsored legislation
79 bills in the current data (79 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF 2415 | A bill for an act relating to provider requirements concerning the mental health of users of an artificial intelligence chatbot, and providing civil penalties. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2026 |
| SF 2360 | A bill for an act relating to partial payments of property taxes and including applicability provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2026 |
| SF 2414 | A bill for an act relating to automated decision systems used by employers. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 23, 2026 |
| SF 2398 | A bill for an act relating to the defense of justification for violent crimes. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| SF 2397 | A bill for an act relating to a public entity’s purchase or collection of health information from an entity not subject to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| SF 2381 | A bill for an act relating to nonmedical pregnancy resource centers, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2026 |
| SF 2244 | A bill for an act relating to the education savings account program, including the establishment and requirements of qualified nonpublic schools. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 16, 2026 |
| SF 2241 | A bill for an act relating to charter school requirements, including reporting requirements, governance standards, financial accountability, and oversight by the state board of education. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 16, 2026 |
| SJR 2009 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to corporate participation in the political process. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2272 | A bill for an act providing for a veterans’ benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2270 | A bill for an act regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2267 | A bill for an act relating to clean water projects and programs by requiring agencies to publish data regarding progress in meeting certain benchmarks. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2266 | A bill for an act relating to clean water monitoring by requiring agencies to publish disaggregated data, including data associated with contributions by nonpoint sources. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2262 | A bill for an act relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for partially roofed structures and prohibiting the construction, including expansion, of structures, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2261 | A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations by requiring the installation and operation of pollution monitoring systems, and making penalties applicable. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2259 | A bill for an act regulating confinement feeding operations by providing for construction permits, and making penalties applicable. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2249 | A bill for an act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2245 | A bill for an act relating to audits of governmental subdivisions by the state auditor concerning suspected embezzlement, theft, or other significant financial irregularities. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2243 | A bill for an act relating to the operation of state government, including the commencement of audits, information made available to the auditor of state, and disputes between governmental agencies. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2239 | A bill for an act relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and medical leave reasons for eligible employees of specified employers. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2026 |
| SF 2269 | A bill for an act appropriating moneys to Iowa state university of science and technology for use by the Iowa nutrient research center in supporting the Iowa water quality information systems. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2026 |
| SF 2260 | A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2026 |
| SF 2226 | A bill for an act relating to the use of automated adjudication systems by health carriers, and including civil penalties. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2026 |
| SF 2210 | A bill for an act relating to sexual abuse by fraud, concealment, or artifice regarding marital status, and providing penalties. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2026 |
| SF 2108 | A bill for an act relating to facial coverings worn by peace officers and providing penalties. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2026 |
| SF 2106 | A bill for an act relating to residential rental property price fixing, and providing civil penalties. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2026 |
| SF 2110 | A bill for an act relating to the natural organic reduction of human remains. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 26, 2026 |
| SF 2104 | A bill for an act relating to water usage reporting requirements for large water use facilities. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 26, 2026 |
| SF 2047 | A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 22, 2026 |
| SF 2048 | A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage for annual lung cancer screenings for at-risk individuals. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 21, 2026 |
| SR 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 |
| SF 2046 | A bill for an act relating to wage payment collection issues arising between employers and employees, providing penalties and remedies, and including effective date provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 14, 2026 |
| SF 2045 | 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 | January 14, 2026 |
| SF 505 | A bill for an act codifying a firsthome program administered by the Iowa finance authority. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2025 |
| SF 485 | A bill for an act establishing requirements related to nonpublic schools that receive tuition payments from parents or guardians whose students are participating in the education savings account program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2025 |
| SF 463 | A bill for an act relating to drug paraphernalia. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2025 |
| SF 452 | A bill for an act relating to employment matters involving public employees including collective bargaining, educator employment matters, personnel records and settlement agreements, city civil service requirements, and health insurance matters, and including effective date, applicability, and transition provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2025 |
| SF 441 | A bill for an act relating to the payment of dependent care expenses from campaign funds, and making penalties applicable. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| SF 437 | A bill for an act relating to certain persons who leave legislative or executive branch service, including prohibiting certain employment, lobbying activities, and use of influence, and making penalties applicable. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| SF 401 | A bill for an act relating to the defenses of justification and diminished capacity for certain violent crimes. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2025 |
| SF 381 | A bill for an act relating to youth employment and providing penalties. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| SF 357 | A bill for an act establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa finance authority. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| SF 353 | A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance income eligibility requirements, and child care provider reimbursement rates. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| SF 352 | A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance program benefits. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| SF 339 | A bill for an act relating to eligibility of pregnant women and infants for the Medicaid program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| SF 358 | A bill for an act relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit year to an individual laid off due to an employer going out of business. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| SF 355 | A bill for an act relating to overtime pay earned by state employees. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| SF 264 | A bill for an act relating to prescription drug affordability, including the creation of a prescription drug affordability board. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2025 |
| SF 263 | A bill for an act relating to employment matters involving public employees including collective bargaining, educator employment matters, and city civil service requirements, and including effective date, applicability, and transition provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SF 223 | A bill for an act appropriating moneys to the department of health and human services for refugee resettlement assistance. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2025 |
| SF 188 | A bill for an act relating to health insurance coverage for contraceptive devices, drugs, and services. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| SF 185 | A bill for an act establishing a retirement savings plan trust, and including implementation provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| SF 192 | A bill for an act relating to authorized uses of moneys in the victim compensation fund. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SF 191 | A bill for an act relating to sexual abuse evidence collection kits, including testing, retention, and inventory requirements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SF 190 | A bill for an act establishing certain privileges for communications made regarding incidents of sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination and creating a special motion for expedited relief in such actions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SF 189 | A bill for an act relating to medical malpractice by exempting claims involving sexual assault from the limitations on noneconomic damages. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SF 187 | A bill for an act relating to wage discrimination under the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965 and making penalties applicable. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SF 184 | A bill for an act modifying the periods of time to bring civil actions by victims of sexual abuse, human trafficking, or sexual exploitation. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SF 183 | A bill for an act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| SF 99 | A bill for an act relating to the regulation of tanning facilities, and making penalties applicable. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |
| SF 157 | A bill for an act relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit year. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |
| SF 147 | A bill for an act relating to wage payment collection issues arising between employers and employees, providing penalties and remedies, and including effective date provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |
| SF 134 | A bill for an act requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and providing civil penalties. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |
| SF 133 | A bill for an act relating to the provision of period products. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |
| SF 132 | A bill for an act relating to Medicaid coverage of maternity care including doula care. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |
| SF 131 | A bill for an act relating to evidence-based maternal and infant home visiting services. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |
| SF 129 | A bill for an act relating to the submission and posting of certain hospital policies. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |
| SF 122 | A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of children of a minor parent for the state child care assistance program. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 30, 2025 |
| SF 144 | A bill for an act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 29, 2025 |
| SF 58 | A bill for an act relating to school lunch and breakfast programs provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2025 |
| SF 124 | A bill for an act relating to the issuance of a subpoena or search warrant for menstrual health data. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2025 |
| SF 123 | A bill for an act relating to funding of approved local preschool programs and including applicability provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2025 |
| SJR 1 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right to reproductive care. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 27, 2025 |
| SF 130 | A bill for an act relating to health insurance coverage for infertility. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 27, 2025 |
| SF 66 | A bill for an act relating to testimony by certain witnesses by two-way closed-circuit equipment. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 23, 2025 |
| SF 65 | A bill for an act relating to background investigations for certification or recertification as a law enforcement officer. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 23, 2025 |
| SF 109 | A bill for an act relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and medical leave reasons for eligible employees of specified employers. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 23, 2025 |
| SF 101 | 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 | January 23, 2025 |
| SF 63 | A bill for an act relating to the creation of an Iowa cancer research program, and making an appropriation. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 21, 2025 |