Representative • Democrat
John Forbes
Iowa • District HD-040
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
44
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
100% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 277
Other: 6
Yea: 1594
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Sponsored Bills
IA HF2632•Introduced
A bill for an act establishing a retirement savings plan trust, providing penalties, and including implementation provisions.
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IA HF2527•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to pet insurance and pet wellness programs.
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IA HF2498•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to election misconduct, and providing penalties.
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IA HF2499•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the publication of synthetic media concerning an election, and providing penalties.
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IA HF2496•Introduced
A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the responsibilities of nonpublic schools.
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IA HF2497•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to drivers who fail to slow or stop when approaching a school bus displaying flashing lights or a stop signal arm, and providing penalties.
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IA HF2511•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to reimbursement for dental services under the Medicaid program.
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IA HF2467•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the eligibility to participate in varsity interscholastic athletic contests and athletic competitions of pupils who participate in open enrollment due to the death of the pupil's friend or relative.
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IA HF2435•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to court records of actions that have been found to be frivolous and actions for slander or libel.
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IA HF2252•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to ensuring the provision of accessible prescription-related measures for persons who are blind, have a visual impairment, or otherwise have print disabilities.(See HF 2456.)
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IA HF2414•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the support of police and community response teams, and making an appropriation.
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IA HF2352•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the amount of tuition and mandatory fees charged by institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents and making appropriations.
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IA HF2356•Introduced
A bill for an act providing for access to feminine hygiene products in public school restrooms.
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IA HF2293•Introduced
A bill for an act increasing the state minimum hourly wage.
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IA HF2300•Introduced
A bill for an act modifying the sales tax holiday.
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IA HF2338•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance for children of certain child care personnel.
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IA HF2297•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the creation of an extreme risk protective order against a person in possession of a firearm who presents a significant danger to the person's self or others, and providing penalties.
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IA HF2296•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the provision of harm reduction vending machines.
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IA HF2245•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to practitioners who have been employed as practitioners for at least thirty years.
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IA HF2178•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to required guidance counselor staffing in school districts.
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IA HF2140•Introduced
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.
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IA HF695•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to economic development including child care, grants and tax credits relating to child care, and state child care assistance, and including applicability provisions.
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IA HF694•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs.
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IA HF693•Introduced
A bill for an act establishing a neighborhood housing renovation grant program and fund, and making appropriations.
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IA HF696•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to enforcement of the Iowa wage payment collection law.
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IA HF697•Introduced
A bill for an act establishing an Iowa housing tax credit program and increasing first-time homebuyer tax incentives, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
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IA HF689•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to provision of the state family planning services under the Medicaid program, and including effective date and repeal provisions.
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IA HF691•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the prescribing and dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives.
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IA HF692•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the staffing of brain health professionals in primary and secondary schools and making appropriations.
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IA HF690•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the Medicaid extended postpartum coverage option, making an appropriation, and including effective date provisions.
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IA HF509•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to eligible parties to a valid marriage.
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IA HF326•Introduced
A bill for an act prohibiting the possession, sale, and use of consumer fireworks, providing penalties, and including transition and effective date provisions.
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IA HF194•Introduced
A bill for an act providing for minority impact statements to be attached to appropriations bills and including effective date provisions.
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IA HF2191•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the commutation of sentence procedure for class "A" felons.
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IA HF2363•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the medical cannabidiol Act.
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IA HF817•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the exclusion of certain unemployment compensation from the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
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IA HF687•Introduced
A bill for an act related to health insurance coverage for the assessment or diagnosis of a health condition, illness, or disease related to COVID-19, and for the administration of COVID-19 vaccines, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
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IA HF689•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to oversight of expenditures of federal funds relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, and including effective date provisions.
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IA HF688•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to COVID-19 vaccine clinics, making an appropriation, and providing effective and applicability dates.
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IA HF659•Introduced
A bill for an act establishing a school district pandemic recovery competitive grant program in the department of education and making appropriations.
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IA HF668•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the Iowa child and dependent care credit by increasing the Iowa net income threshold levels for purposes of calculating the Iowa child and dependent care credit available against the individual income tax, making appropriations, and including retroactive applicability provisions.
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IA HF657•Introduced
A bill for an act making an appropriation to the Iowa finance authority for the Iowa eviction and foreclosure prevention program, extending the temporary halt on residential evictions, and including effective date provisions.
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IA HF609•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to nonprofit food banks, and making an appropriation.
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IA HF617•Introduced
A bill for an act providing small businesses with income, franchise, moneys and credits, and gross premiums tax credits for providing child care benefits to employees of the small business, making appropriations, and including retroactive applicability date provisions.
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