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Joel Fry

Joel Fry

Representative
Iowa HD-024
Republican
C
75%
Freedom Score
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Reports

2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa: House
Score: 82

Eminent Domain Protection From Pipelines

Allows property owners in eminent domain cases to seek a court review of legal rights before the Iowa Utilities Board's final decision.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
HF2664 Roll Call 1417242 Passed 86 to 7 on 3/28/2024 See Fifth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

Film Tax Credits

Creates the Iowa Film Production Incentive Program, offering up to 30% rebates for film, TV, and documentary production expenses in Iowa, with a $10 million total rebate limit.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
HF2662 Roll Call 1415407 Passed 87 to 8 on 3/26/2024 See Fifth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

Real Money

Amends Iowa's tax code to exclude capital gains from the sale of bullion, coins, or currency from an individual's taxable income.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
HF2626 Roll Call 1426687 Passed 63 to 32 on 3/19/2024 See Article I Section 10 Article I Section 8 10th Amendment

Illegal Immigration

Criminalizes illegal reentry, with penalties based on prior offenses; allows deportation orders; and grants immunity to officials enforcing the law, except for misconduct. It also bans deferred or suspended sentences for these convictions.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
SF2340 Roll Call 1411212 Passed 64 to 30 on 3/19/2024 See Article I Section 8 Article IV Section 4 Article VI 10th Amendment

Protecting the Unborn

Replaces "human pregnancy" with "unborn person" in Iowa law and increases penalties for harming or killing an unborn person during crimes, with life sentences for killing unborn deaths.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
HF2575 Roll Call 1405889 Passed 58 to 36 on 3/7/2024 See Fifth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

Ending Wokeness

Repeals a 1987 law mandating gender balance, political diversity, and racial representation in appointments to state boards and commissions, rolling back these "woke" requirements.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
SF2096 Roll Call 1395156 Passed 62 to 33 on 2/26/2024 See 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

School Transparency

Mandates the Department of Education (DE) to oversee the review of library materials for explicit content in schools, requiring parental consent for access to certain books, introducing curriculum changes, including restrictions on gender identity and sexuality instruction before grade five, removing specific sexual education content, and implementing a civics test requirement.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
SF496 Roll Call 1306465 Passed 57 to 38 on 4/20/2023 See 14th Amendment Ninth Amendment Declaration of Independence

Raw Milk

Allows raw milk dairies that comply with safety standards to sell raw milk and products derived from raw milk directly to consumers.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
SF315 Roll Call 1299100 Passed 64 to 35 on 4/12/2023 See First Amendment Fifth Amendment Ninth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence Article VI

Gun Rights

Allows guns to be in vehicles in school parking lots.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
HF654 Roll Call 1299093 Passed 62 to 37 on 4/12/2023 See Second Amendment 14th Amendment

Carbon-Capture Pipelines

Required companies seeking to build carbon-capture pipelines to secure voluntary easements for 90 percent of the needed land before eminent domain could be used for the remainder.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: None
HF565 Roll Call 1281375 Passed 73 to 20 on 3/22/2023 See Fifth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

Sex Changes for Minors

Prohibits activities regarding gender transition procedures relative to minors.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
SF538 Roll Call 1271290 Passed 58 to 39 on 3/8/2023 See Fifth Amendment Ninth Amendment 14th Amendment Declaration of Independence

Private-school Funding

Creates education programs and funding by establishing an education savings account program.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
HF68 Roll Call 1234574 Passed 55 to 45 on 1/23/2023 See 14th Amendment Ninth Amendment 10th Amendment Declaration of Independence
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