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Iowa Rep. Ralph C. Watts (R)

19th district

January 14, 2026 at 12:00pm CST

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Commerce

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January 14, 2026 at 12:15pm CST

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January 15, 2026 at 8:00am CST

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January 15, 2026 at 2:30pm CST

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January 14, 2026 at 3:00pm CST

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January 14, 2026 at 1:00pm CST

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Veterans Affairs

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Email Address: ralph.watts@legis.iowa.gov

Phone: (515) 281-3221

Office Address:
28232 Prospect Ave, Adel, IA 50003

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IA - HF219 A bill for an act relating to the procedures and requirements for condemnation of property and for disposition of certain condemned property and including effective date and applicability provisions.

IA - HF224 A bill for an act relating to the excise tax on diesel fuel used for nonhighway purposes.

IA - HF135 A bill for an act relating to the application of foreign laws, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HSB191 In Commerce

IA - HF195 A bill for an act relating to revitalization areas designated by cities and counties and including applicability provisions.

IA - HF58 A bill for an act establishing prerequisites to the performance of an abortion.

IA - HF92 A bill for an act relating to the justifiable use of reasonable force and providing a remedy.

IA - HF94 A bill for an act eliminating a requirement that taxpayers indicate on their tax returns the presence or absence of health care coverage for their dependent children and apply for certain public health care coverage, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

IA - HF99 A bill for an act relating to the possession of a pistol, revolver, or ammunition by a person under fourteen years of age.

IA - HF101 A bill for an act relating to the granting of a marriage license when the parties are of the same gender and the related appellate jurisdiction of the supreme court.

IA - HF137 A bill for an act relating to the operation of a rescue vehicle when responding to an emergency.

IA - HF140 A bill for an act relating to student discipline and student conduct policies adopted by school districts.

IA - HF141 A bill for an act mandating drug testing of applicants for and certain recipients of assistance under the family investment program.

IA - HF175 A bill for an act relating to administration of a civics examination by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools as a condition of high school graduation and including applicability provisions.

IA - HF264 A bill for an act relating to the parental rights of an individual whose parentage is the result of sexual abuse.

IA - HF272 A bill for an act relating to the Iowa core curriculum and core content standards applicable to students in kindergarten through grade twelve and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF273 A bill for an act relating to academic and assessment standards for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.

IA - HF312 A bill for an act relating to statewide assessments of student progress administered by school districts for purposes of the core academic indicators.

IA - HF320 A bill for an act relating to school district transportation costs by establishing supplementary weighting for pupils in certain school districts and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF321 A bill for an act modifying school budget review committee authority to recommend fiscal reviews.

IA - HF342 A bill for an act relating to the use of the district management levy and including applicability provisions.

IA - HF2047 A bill for an act relating to the use of a straight wall cartridge rifle to hunt deer and including penalties.

IA - HF2053 A bill for an act relating to statewide student assessments and to student data collection by the department of education, school districts, and accredited nonpublic schools.

IA - HF2054 A bill for an act relating to core science standards adopted by the state board of education.

IA - HF2057 A bill for an act relating to the carrying and possession of weapons and providing penalties.

IA - HF2084 A bill for an act relating to the performance of medical abortions and providing penalties.

IA - HF2103 A bill for an act relating to licensure and inspection requirements for assisted living programs that prepare meals for off-site delivery.

IA - HF2108 A bill for an act requiring the natural resource commission to allow the use of certain shotguns and muzzleloading shotguns when hunting wild turkey and providing a penalty.

IA - HF2110 A bill for an act relating to parent-taught driver education.

IA - HF2126 A bill for an act increasing the speed limit on rural highways.

IA - HF2140 A bill for an act relating to fetal deaths, prohibitions against the buying, selling, or experimentation on an unborn infant or bodily remains, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF2143 A bill for an act relating to the seizure of property by the department of natural resources.

IA - HF2144 A bill for an act prohibiting the purchase of weapons seized as a public nuisance by certain persons affiliated with the department of natural resources.

IA - HF2193 A bill for an act requiring search warrants for certain activities under the jurisdiction of the natural resource commission.

IA - HF2200 A bill for an act relating to the standard of judicial review and providing a claim or defense when a state action burdens a person's exercise of religion, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF2207 A bill for an act establishing the government nondiscrimination Act, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF2290 A bill for an act delaying a requirement relating to an annual assessment of public school student progress.

IA - HR8 A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the milestone achieved by the first African Americans to serve in the Iowa General Assembly, the Honorable Willie Stevenson Glanton and the Honorable James H. Jackson.

IA - HR32 A resolution recognizing April 2015 as Financial Literacy Month.

IA - HR35 A resolution recognizing and congratulating Kyven Gadson on his outstanding achievements in college wrestling and as a student-athlete at Iowa State University.

IA - HR103 A resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

IA - HCR104 A concurrent resolution amending the joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives relating to session timetable changes.

IA - HCR105 A concurrent resolution claiming state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain mandates imposed on the states by the federal government.

IA - HCR107 A concurrent resolution urging Congress and the President of the United States to reclassify cannabis as a schedule II controlled substance under the United States Controlled Substances Act to facilitate research and testing on the potential benefits of medical cannabis.

IA - HJR4 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa specifying marriage between one man and one woman as the only legal union that is valid or recognized in the state.

IA - HJR5 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to funding for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways.

IA - HJR8 A joint resolution applying for an Article V convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints, and limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and requesting Congress to similarly propose such amendments.

IA - HSB78 In Labor

IA - HSB80 In Labor

IA - HSB113 In State Government

IA - HSB120 In Commerce

IA - HSB135 In State Government

IA - HSB148 In State Government

IA - HSB158 In State Government

IA - HSB180 In Veterans Affairs

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