As Iowa passed the first funnel deadline of this legislative session, some controversial proposals will no longer be considered. Our Quad Cities News correspondent Teodora Mitov looks at why bills on ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The first funnel deadline at the Statehouse has officially passed, and while some bills are no longer ...

The first funnel is in place to weed out ideas that may not have a chance at passing.

State lawmakers are facing their first deadline this week to get bills approved by committees to keep them alive this legislative session. Bills must be approved by a committee in the chamber they ...

Iowa lawmakers took on hundreds of bills in the first six weeks of the 2026 legislative session, though several measures named as top priorities heading into the year, like eminent ...

State lawmakers have finished their first 'funnel' of the 2026 legislative session.The 'funnel' is a deadline where bills have to make it out of a subcommittee ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ legislative priorities all survived the first major legislative deadline in one form or another. The governor’s proposals on K-12 literacy education improvements, her plan to ...

Three health care measures introduced by state Rep. Ann Meyer, R-Fort Dodge, survived Thursday’s legislative deadline called the funnel and are eligible for future debate. Two of those bills would ...

Iowa Senate lawmakers killed several Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and House Republicans legislative priorities this week after failing to advance a slew of bills past a critical deadline on Friday. Reynolds ...