During a session of the Iowa House of Representatives, members adopted House Resolution 12 honoring Representative Keenan Judge with the Herbert Hoover Uncommon Public Service Award.

Representative Kaufman, who introduced the resolution, said the award "recognizes one member of the Iowa House and one member of the Iowa Senate every year who exemplify Herbert Hoover's humanitarian work and commitment to uncommon service." Kaufman described the award as inspired by Hoover's 1948 Wilmington College speech and praised Judge's bipartisan leadership and work on education, health care and job growth initiatives.

Kaufman said the award, established in February 2007, recognizes legislators who have "selflessly gone above and beyond their duty as a legislator to the people of Iowa." He noted that Representative Judge represents House District 27 and called Judge a "respected bipartisan legislator." Kaufman also recounted Judge's pre-legislative career, saying he spent 38 years at Hy-Vee, rising "from meat cutter to group vice president."

Representative Keenan Judge briefly addressed the chamber after the presentation, saying, "Thank you. Thank you very much," and called receiving the honor "an honor." Representative Coffin moved adoption of the resolution. The motion passed by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded on the floor and the chair announced, "The ayes do have it. The resolution is adopted."

Following the resolution's adoption, the clerk read introductions for several Senate measures. The clerk announced Senate Bill 572 (by the committee on commerce), described in the reading as a bill to prohibit licensure of certain entities of the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to establish or operate hospitals or health-care facilities. The clerk also read Senate File 574 (committee on commerce; description truncated in the record), Senate Bill 592 (committee on local government; relating to county and city regulations of accessory dwelling units) and Senate File 595 (committee on local government; described as relating to construction regulations, state building codes, contractor licenses and stormwater management). Details and full texts of those bills were not provided on the chamber floor during the reading.

Votes at a glance

- House Resolution 12: Motion to adopt presented by Representative Coffin; adopted by voice vote; no roll-call recorded. The resolution names Representative Keenan Judge as the 2025 recipient of the Herbert Hoover Uncommon Public Service Award.

Introductions (floor reading)

- Senate Bill 572 (by committee on commerce): Described on the floor as prohibiting licensure of certain foreign entities to establish or maintain hospitals or health-care facilities (full text not provided).
- Senate File 574 (by committee on commerce): Text truncated in the chamber reading; details not specified.
- Senate Bill 592 (by committee on local government): Relates to county and city regulations of accessory dwelling units (full text not provided).
- Senate File 595 (by committee on local government): Described as relating to construction regulations, state building codes, contractor licenses and stormwater management requirements (full text not provided).