Education Committee Report – Week 4, 2018
SSB 3002 – Increases maximum time students are to ride school bus; SSB 3027 – Beginning teacher license date change; SSB 3030 – Expands the Iowa Learning Online (ILO) initiative to homeschoolers; SF...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Committee Report – week 5, 2018
SSB 3052 – Public Defense omnibus technical updates; SSB 3067 – Veterans benefits services, events disclosure. COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3052 is a recommendation by the Department of Public Defense. It...
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SF 2168 – Foreclosure timeline; SF 2169 – Alcoholic beverages licensee liability; SF 2170 – Electronic ‘stop payment’ option; SF 2172 – Mezzanine loans in life insurance legal reserve; SF 2177 – CRA...
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Livestream on Wednesday – More changes to Iowa Medicaid
At 3 PM tomorrow, Wednesday, February 7, Michael Randol, director of the state’s Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, will answer questions from members of the Senate Human Resources Committee. Director Randol...
View ArticleHuman Resources Committee Report – week 5, 2017
SSB 3005 — Licensing of genetic counselors; SSB 3070 — Limited Nursing Authorization (Board of Nursing); SSB 3071 — Prescription Monitoring Program (Board of Pharmacy). COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3005...
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SSB 3069 – Groundwater hazard statements with county recorder; SSB 3083 – County resolution publication. COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3069 amends the Iowa Code to include groundwater hazard statements on the...
View ArticleRestoring rights to working Iowans
Iowa Senate News Release For immediate release: February 7, 2018 (Des Moines) State Senator Nate Boulton, the ranking member of the Senate Labor and Business Committee, is sponsoring two bills to...
View ArticleState Government Committee Report – Week 5, 2018
SF 494 – Copyright protection limited by open records law; SSB 3090 – Restricting point-of-sale mandates; SSB 3111 – Ethics and campaign electronic filing and foreign agent transparency; SSB 3117 –...
View ArticleTransportation Committee Report – Week 5, 2018
SF 296 – Operating a snowmobile or ATV while carrying a firearm; SF 2093 – Expands list of rescue vehicles; SSB 3046 – Continues to allow the DOT to use third-party testers for CDLs. COMMITTEE...
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SF 2164 – FY19 basic school funding (SSA). FLOOR AND COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2164 sets the basic school funding for the 2018-2019 school year at 1 percent for both the regular state aid to schools and...
View ArticleRepublican Senators reject proposal to ensure community college students...
Iowa Senate News Release For Immediate Release: February 8, 2018 DES MOINES – All 29 Republican State Senators today rejected a proposal to ensure that community college students aren’t on the hook...
View ArticleJudiciary Committee Report – Week 5, 2018
SF 281 – Grandparent visitation SF 421 – Mistreatment of animals SF 426 – Blocking traffic SF 432 – Possession of small amounts of marijuana SF 2086 – Transporting to and from school grounds while...
View ArticleAppropriations Committee Report – Week 6, 2018
SF 2117—Senate Republican FY18 midyear cuts. FLOOR ACTION: SF 2117 is the Senate Republican proposal that cuts appropriations to various departments and state agencies for FY18, makes a transfer...
View ArticleSenate Democrat responds to Governor’s new tax plan
Iowa Senate News Release For Immediate Release: February 13, 2018 DES MOINES — Senator Pam Jochum of Dubuque, the lead Democrat in the Iowa Senate on tax issues, responded to Governor Kim Reynolds’s...
View ArticleAgriculture Committee Report – Week 6, 2018
SF 2242 – Sale of eggs by grocery stores. COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2242 codifies the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) benefit that grocery stores maintain a sufficient inventory of conventional eggs....
View ArticleNatural Resources Committee Report – Week 6, 2018
SSB 3091 – Updates to various programs administered by DNR; SSB 3108 – Boat registration process improvements. COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3091 contains a number of provisions updating programs...
View ArticleLocal Government Committee Report – Week 6, 2018
SSB 3140 – Municipal utility retirement systems; SSB 3171 –Religious exemption; SSB 3172 – County supervisor representation & districting plans. COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3140 allows only new...
View ArticleLabor & Business Relations Committee Report – Week 6, 2018
SF 2110–Disqualification for unemployment benefits (Misconduct); SF 2190—Limiting Administrative Rules; SSB 3156—Electronic wage statements. COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2110 establishes a new definition of...
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SF 2368 – Insurance Coverage for Mammograms SF 2369 – County of Residence COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2368 defines mammogram, including two-dimensional and three-dimensional images. Currently, insurance...
View ArticleLabor & Business Relations Committee Report – Week 7, 2018
SF 2353/SSB 3189—WIOA Federal Conformity SF 2370/SSB 3193—DHS Public Assistance Programs COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2353/SSB 3189 brings Iowa Code into conformity with the federal Workforce Innovation and...
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