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SENATE FILE 2453 Vetoed

Providing for investment by regents institutions in certified innovation funds. Vetoed 6-2-26

Sponsor   Senate Commerce Committee Formerly   SSB 3180 Last action   Vetoed by Governor. S.J. 1037. — June 2, 2026 Full text   Iowa Legislature ↗
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Lobbyist declarations

7 declarations filed on this bill
● 2 For ● 1 Against ● 4 Undecided

Related legislation

Part of a group of 2 related bills
SSB 3180 Providing for investment by regents institutions in certified innovation funds.(See SF 2453.)
Passed committee
Date Chamber Action
Feb 23, 2026 Senate Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 360.
Feb 23, 2026 Senate Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 364.
Mar 9, 2026 Senate Amendment S-5082 filed. S.J. 526.
Mar 10, 2026 Senate Amendment S-5082 withdrawn. S.J. 543.
Mar 10, 2026 Senate Amendment S-5091 filed, adopted. S.J. 544.
Mar 10, 2026 Senate Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0. S.J. 544.
Mar 10, 2026 Senate Immediate message. S.J. 545.
Mar 11, 2026 House Message from Senate. H.J. 635.
Mar 12, 2026 House Read first time, referred to Higher Education. H.J. 639.
Mar 18, 2026 House Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 686.
Mar 18, 2026 House Committee vote: Yeas, 7. Nays, 4. H.J. 686.
Mar 18, 2026 House Placed on calendar. H.J. 686.
Mar 18, 2026 House Amendment H-8232 filed. H.J. 689.
Mar 26, 2026 House Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 760.
Mar 30, 2026 House Amendment H-8270 filed. H.J. 766.
Mar 31, 2026 House Fiscal note.
Mar 31, 2026 House Amendment H-8270 to amendment H-8232 adopted. H.J. 782.
Mar 31, 2026 House Amendment H-8232 adopted, as amended. H.J. 782.
Mar 31, 2026 House Passed House, yeas 55, nays 37. H.J. 782.
Mar 31, 2026 House Immediate message. H.J. 783.
Mar 31, 2026 Senate Message from House, with amendment S-5149. S.J. 687.
Apr 7, 2026 Senate Fiscal note.
May 3, 2026 Senate Senate concurred with S-5149. S.J. 1003.
May 3, 2026 Senate Passed Senate, yeas 39, nays 5. S.J. 1004.
May 3, 2026 Senate Immediate message. S.J. 1004.
May 2, 2026 House Message from Senate. H.J. 1139.
May 11, 2026 Senate Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 1028.
May 28, 2026 House Fiscal note.
Jun 2, 2026 Senate Vetoed by Governor. S.J. 1037.

Vote summaries

Date Chamber Vote Result Yea Nay Not voting Democrats Republicans Pattern
Mar 10, 2026 Senate Floor Passage Passed 45 0 5 16–0 29–0 Unanimous
Mar 31, 2026 House Floor Passage Passed 55 37 8 1–29 54–8 Bipartisan Support and Opposition
May 2, 2026 Senate Floor Passage Passed 39 5 6 8–5 31–0 Bipartisan Support
Party columns count yea–nay. Committee votes are not shown.

Individual votes

Shall the bill pass?
Passed 45 to 0 · Democrats 16 yea, 0 nay · Republicans 29 yea, 0 nay · 5 not voting
How each senator voted (50)
District Legislator Party Vote
1 Catelin Drey Democrat Yea
2 Jeff Taylor Republican Yea
3 Lynn Evans Republican Yea
4 Tim Kraayenbrink Republican Yea
5 Dave Rowley Republican Absent
6 Jason Schultz Republican Yea
7 Kevin Alons Republican Yea
8 Mark Costello Republican Yea
9 Tom Shipley Republican Yea
10 Dan Dawson Republican Yea
11 Julian Garrett Republican Absent
12 Amy Sinclair Republican Absent
13 Cherielynn Westrich Republican Yea
14 Sarah Trone Garriott Democrat Yea
15 Tony Bisignano Democrat Yea
16 Renee Hardman Democrat Yea
17 Izaah Knox Democrat Yea
18 Janet Petersen Democrat Yea
19 Ken Rozenboom Republican Yea
20 Mike Pike Republican Yea
21 Mike Bousselot Republican Yea
22 Matt Blake Democrat Yea
23 Jack Whitver Republican Yea
24 Jesse Green Republican Yea
25 Herman Quirmbach Democrat Yea
26 Kara Warme Republican Yea
27 Annette Sweeney Republican Yea
28 Dennis Guth Republican Yea
29 Sandy Salmon Republican Yea
30 Doug Campbell Republican Yea
31 William Dotzler Democrat Yea
32 Mike Klimesh Republican Yea
33 Carrie Koelker Republican Yea
34 Daniel Zumbach Republican Yea
35 Mike Zimmer Democrat Yea
36 Thomas Townsend Democrat Yea
37 Molly Donahue Democrat Yea
38 Dave Sires Republican Yea
39 Liz Bennett Democrat Yea
40 Art Staed Democrat Yea
41 Kerry Gruenhagen Republican Yea
42 Charlie McClintock Republican Absent
43 Zach Wahls Democrat Absent
44 Adrian Dickey Republican Yea
45 Janice Weiner Democrat Yea
46 Dawn Driscoll Republican Yea
47 Scott Webster Republican Yea
48 Mark Lofgren Republican Yea
49 Cindy Winckler Democrat Yea
50 Jeff Reichman Republican Yea
Shall the bill pass?
Passed 55 to 37 · Democrats 1 yea, 29 nay · Republicans 54 yea, 8 nay · 8 not voting
How each representative voted (100)
District Legislator Party Vote
1 J.D. Scholten Democrat Yea
2 Robert Henderson Republican Yea
3 Thomas Jeneary Republican Nay
4 Skyler Wheeler Republican Yea
5 Zachary Dieken Republican Yea
6 Megan Hess Jones Republican Yea
7 Wendy Larson Republican Yea
8 Ann Meyer Republican Yea
9 Henry Stone Republican Yea
10 John Wills Republican Yea
11 Craig Williams Republican Yea
12 Steven Holt Republican Yea
13 Travis Sitzmann Republican Yea
14 Jacob Bossman Republican Yea
15 Matt Windschitl Republican Absent
16 David Sieck Republican Yea
17 Devon Wood Republican Yea
18 Tom Moore Republican Nay
19 Brent Siegrist Republican Yea
20 Josh Turek Democrat Absent
21 Brooke Boden Republican Yea
22 Samantha Fett Republican Yea
23 Ray Sorensen Republican Yea
24 Sam Wengryn Republican Yea
25 Hans Wilz Republican Yea
26 Austin Harris Republican Yea
27 Kenan Judge Democrat Nay
28 David Young Republican Nay
29 Brian Meyer Democrat Nay
30 Megan Srinivas Democrat Nay
31 Mary Madison Democrat Nay
32 Jennifer Konfrst Democrat Nay
33 Ruth Ann Gaines Democrat Absent
34 Rob Johnson Democrat Nay
35 Sean Bagniewski Democrat Nay
36 Austin Baeth Democrat Nay
37 Barb Kniff McCulla Republican Yea
38 Jon Dunwell Republican Yea
39 Rick Olson Democrat Nay
40 Bill Gustoff Republican Yea
41 Ryan Weldon Republican Yea
42 Heather Matson Democrat Nay
43 Eddie Andrews Republican Absent
44 Larry McBurney Democrat Nay
45 Brian Lohse Republican Yea
46 Dan Gehlbach Republican Yea
47 Carter Nordman Republican Yea
48 Chad Behn Republican Nay
49 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Democrat Nay
50 Ross Wilburn Democrat Nay
51 Brett Barker Republican Nay
52 David Blom Republican Yea
53 Dean Fisher Republican Yea
54 Joshua Meggers Republican Yea
55 Shannon Latham Republican Nay
56 Mark Thompson Republican Yea
57 Pat Grassley Republican Yea
58 Charley Thomson Republican Nay
59 Christian Hermanson Republican Yea
60 Jane Bloomingdale Republican Yea
61 Timi Brown-powers Democrat Nay
62 Jerome Amos Democrat Absent
63 Michael Bergan Republican Yea
64 Jason Gearhart Republican Yea
65 Shannon Lundgren Republican Yea
66 Steven Bradley Republican Yea
67 Craig Johnson Republican Yea
68 Chad Ingels Republican Nay
69 Tom Determann Republican Yea
70 Norlin Mommsen Republican Yea
71 Lindsay James Democrat Nay
72 Jennifer Smith Republican Yea
73 Elizabeth Wilson Democrat Nay
74 Eric Gjerde Democrat Nay
75 Bob Kressig Democrat Nay
76 Derek Wulf Republican Yea
77 Jeff Cooling Democrat Nay
78 Angel Ramirez Democrat Nay
79 Tracy Ehlert Democrat Nay
80 Aime Wichtendahl Democrat Nay
81 Daniel Gosa Democrat Nay
82 Bobby Kaufmann Republican Yea
83 Cindy Golding Republican Yea
84 Thomas Gerhold Republican Absent
85 Amy Nielsen Democrat Nay
86 Dave Jacoby Democrat Nay
87 Jeff Shipley Republican Absent
88 Helena Hayes Republican Yea
89 Elinor Levin Democrat Nay
90 Adam Zabner Democrat Nay
91 Judd Lawler Republican Yea
92 Heather Hora Republican Yea
93 Gary Mohr Republican Yea
94 Mike Vondran Republican Yea
95 Taylor Collins Republican Yea
96 Mark Cisneros Republican Yea
97 Ken Croken Democrat Nay
98 Monica Kurth Democrat Nay
99 Matthew Rinker Republican Absent
100 Blaine Watkins Republican Yea
Shall the bill pass?
Passed 39 to 5 · Democrats 8 yea, 5 nay · Republicans 31 yea, 0 nay · 6 not voting
How each senator voted (50)
District Legislator Party Vote
1 Catelin Drey Democrat Yea
2 Jeff Taylor Republican Yea
3 Lynn Evans Republican Yea
4 Tim Kraayenbrink Republican Yea
5 Dave Rowley Republican Absent
6 Jason Schultz Republican Yea
7 Kevin Alons Republican Yea
8 Mark Costello Republican Yea
9 Tom Shipley Republican Yea
10 Dan Dawson Republican Yea
11 Julian Garrett Republican Absent
12 Amy Sinclair Republican Yea
13 Cherielynn Westrich Republican Yea
14 Sarah Trone Garriott Democrat Absent
15 Tony Bisignano Democrat Yea
16 Renee Hardman Democrat Nay
17 Izaah Knox Democrat Yea
18 Janet Petersen Democrat Nay
19 Ken Rozenboom Republican Yea
20 Mike Pike Republican Yea
21 Mike Bousselot Republican Yea
22 Matt Blake Democrat Absent
23 Jack Whitver Republican Yea
24 Jesse Green Republican Yea
25 Herman Quirmbach Democrat Nay
26 Kara Warme Republican Yea
27 Annette Sweeney Republican Yea
28 Dennis Guth Republican Yea
29 Sandy Salmon Republican Yea
30 Doug Campbell Republican Yea
31 William Dotzler Democrat Yea
32 Mike Klimesh Republican Yea
33 Carrie Koelker Republican Yea
34 Daniel Zumbach Republican Yea
35 Mike Zimmer Democrat Yea
36 Thomas Townsend Democrat Yea
37 Molly Donahue Democrat Absent
38 Dave Sires Republican Yea
39 Liz Bennett Democrat Yea
40 Art Staed Democrat Yea
41 Kerry Gruenhagen Republican Yea
42 Charlie McClintock Republican Yea
43 Zach Wahls Democrat Absent
44 Adrian Dickey Republican Yea
45 Janice Weiner Democrat Nay
46 Dawn Driscoll Republican Yea
47 Scott Webster Republican Yea
48 Mark Lofgren Republican Yea
49 Cindy Winckler Democrat Nay
50 Jeff Reichman Republican Yea
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Date Time Type Description Location
Mar 18, 2026 9:00 AM Hearing House Higher Education Committee RM 19