LABOR & BUSINESS RELATIONS – week of Feb. 10, 2014
SSB 3005 – PERB Electronic Filing and Notice System COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3005 amends section 20.24 of the Code of Iowa to allow the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to implement an...
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SF 127 – Restoration of Voting Rights SSB 3056 – City Elections SSB 3059 – Private Construction Contracts – Prompt Pay SSB 3108 – Fantasy Sports SSB 3151 – Native Horses COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 127...
View ArticleTRANSPORTATION – week of Feb. 10, 2014
SF 2059 – Definition of motorized bike or moped COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2059 – Currently, a motorized bicycle (moped) is defined as a motor vehicle having a saddle or seat for the rider, designed to...
View ArticleVETERANS AFFAIRS – week of Feb. 10, 2014
SF 2138 – Disabled veterans homestead credit, military property tax exemptions COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2138 (SSB 3122) relates to military property tax exemptions. It would expand eligibility for the...
View ArticleJUDICIARY – week of Feb. 17, 2014
SF 2051 – Life Insurance Proceeds and Felonies Committed Against the Insured SF 2199- Court Interpreters SF 2200 – Business Corporation Act amendments SF 2201 – Kidnapping SF 2207 – Adoption Records SF...
View ArticleLABOR & BUSINESS RELATIONS – week of Feb. 17, 2014
SF 191–Wage Theft SSB 3194 – Minimum Wage COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 191 puts the burden of proof on the employer to establish the legality of deductions from employee wages and requires that the employer...
View ArticleLOCAL GOVERNMENT – week of Feb. 17, 2014
SSB 3140 – County Treasurers’ technical bill SSB 3171 – Vehicle registration and delinquent parking fines SSB 3187 — City property disposition SF 2069 – County bonding flexibility SF 2177 –...
View ArticleNATURAL RESOURCES – week of Feb. 17, 2014
SF 2159 – Emerald Ash Borer task force and interim committee SF 2197 – Eliminating conditional air and water permits for electric utilities SF 2198 – Paddlefish fishing licenses and tags SF 2212 – Land...
View ArticleTRANSPORTATION – week of Feb. 17, 2014
SF 2076 – Employment rides initiative SF 2101 – Computing tax on compressed natural gas SF 2108 – Special license plate for Sullivan brothers’ award of valor SSB 3018 – Definition of vehicle scrapping...
View ArticleVETERANS AFFAIRS – week of Feb. 17, 2014
SF 2111– Response and reporting requirements for sexual abuse allegations SF 2242 – Military homeownership assistance program SSB 3124 – Disabled veterans license plates COMMITTEE ACTION: SF...
View ArticleWAYS & MEANS – week of Feb. 17, 2014
SSB 3117 – Department of Revenue technical update bill COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3117 makes several technical changes to state laws on taxes. These changes include: • Allowing the director of the...
View ArticleSTATE GOVERNMENT – week of Feb. 17, 2014
SSB 3104 – Mass Notification & Emergency Messaging System SF 2288 – Government Efficiency SSB 3057 – Sleep Professionals SSB 3159 – Public Pensions SF 2054 – Confidential Employees SF 2157 –...
View ArticleHUMAN RESOURCES – week of Feb. 17, 2014
SF 2002 – Breast Density Task Force SF 2066 – Medicaid Consumer Directed Care Provider Eligibility SF 2081 – Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Exceptions to Policy SF 2084 – State Training...
View ArticleStrong workforce builds a strong economy
Senate Democrats want to put more Iowans back to work, strengthen our middle class and grow our state’s economy. Several proposals we worked on this week would do just that. 1. Keep childcare...
View ArticleStudent poverty increases classroom needs
The number of Iowa kids growing up in poverty is at a 50-year high, and our state’s childhood poverty rate is climbing faster than the national average. In fact, 41 percent of students in Iowa schools...
View ArticleProtecting seniors from abuse & exploitation
Thousands of older Americans are abused, neglected and exploited every year in the U.S. Many victims are particularly vulnerable, depending on others to help them with the most basic activities of...
View ArticleHelping victims of human trafficking
Human trafficking is a form of slavery that often involves making money off the sexual exploitation of children. These atrocities take place right here in Iowa. Human trafficking is thought to be the...
View ArticleSodders: broadband access is a necessity of life today
State Sen. Steve Sodders (D-State Center) says access to high-speed broadband is needed for business and economic development, helping draw people to live in small communities and rural areas, as well...
View ArticleEliminate texting while driving to make roads safer
Drivers who text endanger all road users and pedestrians. In 2010, Iowa made it a crime to write, read or send a text message while driving. However, Iowa’s texting while driving law is a secondary...
View ArticleAgriculture – week of Feb. 24, 2014
SF 2055 – Drainage districts financing FLOOR ACTION: SF 2191 increases the amount to be paid in a single warrant from $1,000 to $5,000 for drainage district projects. Each month, estimates of work...
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