Iowa House passes restrictions on foreign involvement in health care, ballot issues

By: Robin Opsahl

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 599

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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The Iowa House passed two measures Monday restricting foreign entities from health care ownership and ballot issue campaigns.

House File 2601, passed unanimously, requires that political committees advocating for or against a ballot measure to confirm with donors that they are not foreign nationals, and that the donor has not “knowingly or willfully” accepted more than $100,000 in total from one or multiple foreign nationals within four years before the contribution was made.

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