Iowa Capital Dispatch
The Iowa Statehouse. (Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Nearly three weeks into overtime and after three back-to-back nights of debate, Iowa’s 2021 legislative session is over.
House Speaker Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, told reporters early Thursday he wasn’t sure yet what Republicans would focus on next session, though he listed broadband and child care as issues that still needed work. He also said the proposed transgender sports ban, as proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, would be “part of the conversation between now and next session.”
The Legislature will return for a special session, tentatively in August, to deal with redistricting, Grassley said. Normally, the Legislature would have handled that once-a-decade task during regular session, but the U.S. Census Bureau’s data was delayed.
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