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{{short description|Legislative branch of the state government of Iowa}}
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{{Infobox legislature
| name              = Iowa General Assembly 
|legislature=
| coa_pic           = Iowa-StateSeal.svg
| session_room      = Iowa capitol.jpg
| house_type        = [[Bicameralism|Bicameral]] 
| houses            = {{plainlist|
* [[Iowa Senate|Senate]]
* [[Iowa House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
}}
| leader1_type      = Senate President
| leader1           = [[Amy Sinclair]]
| party1            = ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
| election1         = January 9, 2023
| leader2_type      = [[List of speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives|House Speaker]]
| leader2           = [[Pat Grassley]]
| party2            = ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
| election2         = January 13, 2020
| house1            = Senate
| house2            = House of Representatives
| structure1        = Iowa Senate 2022.svg
| structure1_res    = 270
| political_groups1 = 
* {{Color box|#DD0000|border=darkgray}}&nbsp;[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]&nbsp;(35)
* {{Color box|#0000DD|border=darkgray}}&nbsp;[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]&nbsp;(16)
| last_election1    = [[2024 Iowa Senate election|November 5, 2024]]<br>(25 seats)
| next_election1    = November 3, 2026<br>(25 seats)
| term_length1      = 4 years
| members2          = 100
| structure2        = Iowa House 2022.svg
| structure2_res    = 270
| political_groups2 = 
* {{Color box|#DD0000|border=darkgray}}&nbsp;[[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican]]&nbsp;(67)
* {{Color box|#0000DD|border=darkgray}}&nbsp;[[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]]&nbsp;(33)
 | term_length2     = 2 years
 | last_election2   = [[2024 Iowa House of Representatives election|November 5, 2024]]
 | next_election2   = November 3, 2026
 | meeting_place    = [[Iowa State Capitol]]<br />[[Des Moines]]
 | website          = [https://www.legis.iowa.gov/ Iowa General Assembly]
}}
The '''Iowa General Assembly''' is the [[State legislature (United States)|legislative branch]] of the [[state government]] of [[Iowa]]. Like the federal [[United States Congress]], the General Assembly is a [[bicameral]] body, composed of the [[upper house]] [[Iowa Senate]] and the [[lower house|lower]] [[Iowa House of Representatives]] respectively. The Senate consists of four year terms and the House consists of two year terms. The General Assembly convenes within the [[Iowa State Capitol]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] since the capital was moved there in 1857.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The General Assembly {{!}} Iowa PBS |url=http://www.iowapbs.org/iowapathways/mypath/2577/general-assembly |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=www.iowapbs.org |language=en}}</ref> The assembly convenes annually on the second Monday in January.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Central/Guides/gaguide.pdf|format=PDF|title=Legislative Guide to the Iowa General Assembly|date=December 2006|publisher=Legal Services Division, Iowa Legislative Services Agency|access-date=2012-11-17|pages=20–21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612030428/http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Central/Guides/gaguide.pdf|archive-date=2009-06-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Composition==
The Iowa General Assembly consists of 50 senators and 100 representatives. Each senator represents about 63,848 people and each representative about 31,924 people as of the [[2020 United States census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa Legislative Maps |url=https://gis.legis.iowa.gov/Plan2/Plan2Statewide22x34.pdf |access-date=2024-02-24}}</ref> The current legislative maps were enacted on November 4, 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Iowa Redistricting - 2021 |url =https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/redistricting |url-status=dead |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121029165127/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/Resources/Redist/redistricting.aspx |archive-date =2012-10-29 |access-date =2024-02-24 |publisher =Iowa General Assembly}}</ref> for the [[2022 Iowa elections|2022 elections]] and the 90th General Assembly.

Officials in the Senate are President [[Amy Sinclair]] (R), and President Pro Tempore [[Brad Zaun]] (R).  Partisan Senate leaders include Majority Leader [[Jack Whitver]] (R) and Democratic Leader [[Pam Jochum]] (D). In the House, the Speaker is [[Pat Grassley]] (R), and the Speaker Pro Tempore [[John Wills (politician)|John Wills]] (R).  Partisan House leadership includes Majority Leader [[Matt Windschitl]] (R), and Minority Leader [[Jennifer Konfrst]] (D).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa Legislature - Leadership |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/leadership |website=Iowa Legislature}}</ref> The Republican Party currently{{when?|date=January 2025}} holds a 2/3rds [[Supermajority|super-majority]] in the Senate.

=== Composition of the 90th General Assembly of Iowa (2023–2024) ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Affiliation (Senate)
! Members
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican Party]]
| 34
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]
| 16
|-
|style="background:#b0b0b0"|&nbsp;
| ''Independent''
| 0
|-
|style="background:#b0b0b0"|&nbsp;
| ''Vacant''
| 0
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | &nbsp;'''Total'''<br>
| '''50'''
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Affiliation (House)
! Members
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican Party]]
| 64
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]
| 36
|-
|style="background:#b0b0b0"|&nbsp;
| ''Independent''
| 0
|-
|style="background:#b0b0b0"|&nbsp;
| ''Vacant''
| 0
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | &nbsp;'''Total'''<br>
| 100
|}

==See also==
*[[Iowa Senate]]
*[[Iowa House of Representatives]]
*[[Governor of Iowa]]
*[[List of Iowa General Assemblies]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Iowa General Assembly}}
* [http://www.legis.iowa.gov/ Iowa Legislature] ''official government website''
* [http://www.legis.iowa.gov/ Iowa General Assembly official website]
* [https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/iowaCode Iowa Code]
* [https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/statutory/constitution Iowa Constitution]

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