The Iowa Legislature concluded its work Friday, June 5, after spending 145 days doing the work of Iowans.
According to Rep. Joel Fry, R-Osceola, this legislative session will be remembered as one that took Iowans’ priorities and turned them into realities by working together and finding common ground.
The highlights include:
• For the fifth year in a row, the Iowa Legislature made a serious commitment to Iowans to not spend more than the state takes in.
• Significant work on Medicaid cost containment measures that will be vital to the ongoing stability of state resources.
• The most substantial pro-life language to Iowa law in over a decade.
“Iowans work hard to earn their money and I take my responsibility to protect the taxpayers and families who go to work, play by the rules and pay their taxes very seriously,” Fry said. “Every dollar the Legislature spends that it doesn’t have puts the financial security of those taxpayers and families in jeopardy. I’m pleased we were once again able to hold the line on state spending.”
Rep. Fry encouraged constituents to contact him during the interim at: Joel.fry@legis.iowa.gov