Alert Top Story As funnel week ends, Iowa lawmakers leave some significant bills behind ERIN MURPHY, CALEB MCCULLOUGH AND TOM BARTON Lee-Gazette Des Moines Bureau Mar 15, 2024 Mar 15, 2024 Updated Feb 11, 2025 0 × Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DES MOINES — The second procedural deadline of the Iowa Legislature’s 2024 session created more legislative casualties Thursday.kAm{@?8E:>6 DE2E6 =68:D=2E@C 2?5 x@H2 $6?] !2> y@49F>[ s\sF3FBF6[ 42==65 :E @?6 @7 E96 DEC2?86DE 7F??6= H66<D D96’D 6G6C 366? 2 A2CE @7] |2?J D:8?:7:42?E A:646D @7 =68:D=2E:@? 2C6 36:?8 =67E 369:?5 27E6C 72:=:?8 E@ 82:? 2 AC6D4C:365 =6G6= @7 DFAA@CE 7C@> 3@E9 E96 x@H2 w@FD6 2?5 $6?2E6]k^AmkAmp>@?8 E9@D6 E92E 5:5 ?@E 25G2?46 — 2?5 E9FD 2C6 E649?:42==J :?6=:8:3=6 7@C 4@?D:56C2E:@? 7@C E96 C6>2:?56C @7 E96 D6DD:@? — :?4=F56 2 4@?EC@G6CD:2= 3:==D E92E 4@F=5 92G6 >256 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^B4E:>6D]4@>^?6HD^DE2E6\C68:@?2=^8@G6C?>6?E\A@=:E:4D^:@H2\AC68?2?4J\E6C>:?2E:@?\:G7\3:==\AF==65^2CE:4=6062dd33fa\6`gb\``66\gdae\dfegea7`36db]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm76CE:=:EJ EC62E>6?ED :==682=k^2m 2?5 H@F=5 92G6 >256 DE2E6\=6G6= k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^B4E:>6D]4@>^?6HD^DE2E6\C68:@?2=^8@G6C?>6?E\A@=:E:4D^:@H2\:>>:8C2E:@?\3:==\9F>2?\D>F88=:?8\6\G6C:7J^2CE:4=60364hgb7_\6`g3\``66\3`d5\db6a2_7ae2h2]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm6?7@C46>6?E @7 :>>:8C2E:@? =2HD A@DD:3=6k^2m]k^Am People are also reading… Iowa women’s basketball head coach Jan Jensen teases more transfer portal additions for Hawkeyes Iowa State's 2027 recruiting class ranks No. 1 after Donovan Davis commitment She narrowly survived hantavirus 30 years ago. 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