As Iowa passed the first funnel deadline of this legislative session, some controversial proposals will no longer be ...

See which bills lived and died after the Iowa Legislature's first "funnel" deadline of 2026.

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

Policy bills that were not passed out of a committee by Friday are considered no longer eligible for further consideration this year ...

Iowa's first legislative funnel deadline passed last week, narrowing the field of bills that can become law this session. Why it matters: Several measures have direct implications for Des Moines ...

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

Close Up: Bills that survived the first funnel of the 2026 session ...

Monday kicked off the first funnel week of the 2026 Iowa legislative session. The major deadline funnels down the number of bills that state lawmakers can continue to work on.

It's "funnel week" at the Iowa Legislature: do or die for many bills that haven't made it far enough through the session.

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 ...