Iowa · Current officeholder
Ruth Ann Gaines
Democratic Iowa House, District 33
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Sponsored legislation
21 bills in the current data (21 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 |
| HR 109 | A resolution honoring the Jordan House Museum for more than 180 years of historical service to the people of Iowa. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 30, 2026 |
| HF 2733 | A bill for an act relating to water quality, including a water quality monitoring network and the water quality initiative, an agricultural best management practices tax credit, an Iowa clean water farm program and property tax credit, and water quality practices loans, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 9, 2026 |
| HF 2223 | A bill for an act relating to local and state government finances by modifying provisions relating to homestead property tax credits, providing a residential property tax rebate, modifying provisions relating to retirement systems, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2026 |
| HF 2373 | A bill for an act establishing a retirement savings plan trust, providing penalties, and including implementation provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2026 |
| HF 2212 | A bill for an act establishing a state minimum hourly wage for direct care professionals. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 29, 2026 |
| HF 2206 | A bill for an act relating to the manufacture, delivery, and possession of marijuana, the licensure of retail marijuana, providing fees, including excise taxes, establishing funds, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 29, 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 18 | A resolution honoring and congratulating the Grand View University wrestling team on its historic National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics wrestling national championship win. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 22, 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 375 | A bill for an act establishing a state minimum hourly wage for direct care professionals. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 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 273 | A bill for an act relating to student access to personal electronic devices in schools. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 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 |
| HF 207 | A bill for an act relating to certain involuntary hospitalization reporting requirements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 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 |