Education Committee Report – Week 10, 2018
SF 2130 – Expiration date of beginning teacher license modification; SF 2360 – Dyslexia taskforce and report; HF 2235 – Codifies the statewide student assessment; HF 2280 – Eliminates the Praxis...
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HF 2171 – Electronic “stop payment” option; HF 2234 – Foreclosure timeline; HF 2236 – Insurance Division “service of process” clean-up; HF 2305 – Telemedicine health insurance coverage; HF 2307 –...
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SF 2326 – Motor vehicle enforcement officers; HF 2196 – Using a phone while driving a commercial motor vehicle; HF 2193 – Text notification and payment system for certain court fines; HF 2304 – Adds...
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SSB 1169 – Food safety and hotel sanitation fees and inspections; SSB 3076 – DNR authority to set pricing for camping and rental fees; SSB 3152 – Ending central assessment of telecommunication...
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SF 2241 – Parole violations or criminal; SF 2247 – Grandparent visitation; SF 2321 – Carrying a stun gun; SF 2374 – Joint physical care; HF 2238 – Insurers as victims of insurance fraud; HF 2255 –...
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Jochum named 2018 Uncommon Public Servant by Hoover Presidential Foundation
Iowa Senate Democrats News Release For Immediate Release: March 20, 2018 Senator Pam Jochum named 2018 Uncommon Public Servant by Hoover Presidential Foundation Senator Pam Jochum and her daughter,...
View ArticleAgriculture Committee Report – Week 11, 2018
HF 2407 – Lake pesticides; HF 2422 – Noxious weed updates. FLOOR ACTION: HF 2407 creates a new civil penalty for applying pesticides in natural lakes without a license. [3/19: 47-0 (Excused:...
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SF 2177 – Security freezes; HF 2305 – Telemedicine health insurance coverage; HF 2446 – IUB omnibus; HF 2458 – Future Ready Iowa. FLOOR ACTION: SF 2177 eliminates fees to place, temporarily lift or...
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SF 2113 – Educator training on suicide and ACE awareness; HF 2354 – Student data privacy protections. FLOOR ACTION: SF 2113 requires training for educators on suicide awareness and prevention. The...
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HF 2285 – Ground Emergency Medical Transportation; SF 2309 – Dual eligible hospice payments; HF 2356 – Primary care agreements; HF 2449 – Department on Aging substitute decision maker name change; HF...
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HF 2383– Alcohol testing for private sector employees. FLOOR ACTION: HF 2383 relates to private employer alcohol testing of employees. Under current law, if an employer has a policy on alcohol...
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HF 2365– Conservation and recreation policies for Department of Natural Resources. FLOOR ACTION: HF 2365 clarifies that Iowa Department of Natural Resources can enter into agreements by giving it...
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SF 2333 – Amusement concession prize award increase (“Dave and Buster’s”); HF 2252 – Secretary of State’s technical cleanup bill; HF 2253 – Prohibition on governmental use of lease purchase building...
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SF 2117—GOP FY18 Deappropriations. FLOOR ACTION: SF 2117 is the Republican plan to cut appropriations to various departments and state agencies for FY18, transfer money from the General Fund to the...
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HF 2125 – Distribution of decedent’s property by affidavit; HF 2232 – Mortgage releases; HF 2318 – Redemption of parcels sold at tax sales; HF 2342 – Seizure and disposition of property by the DNR; HF...
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SF 329 – Industrial hemp; SF 2100 – Pilot project for park user fees at Lake Manawa; SF 2202 – Fees allowed under Land Recycling Program administered by DNR; SF 2216 – SAVE Extension, Property Tax...
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HF 2254 – 911 emergency telephone systems. FLOOR ACTION: HF 2254 makes changes to the 911 emergency telephone communication systems. During the 2017 session, SF 500 required Iowa Homeland Security...
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SF 2388 – Ending central assessment of telecommunication property; transfer to local assessment and valuation; SF 2389 – DNR authority to set pricing for camping and rental fees. FLOOR ACTION: SF...
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HF 2281 – Fish CAFO. FLOOR ACTION: HF 2281 amends the animal agriculture compliance act to assign an equivalency factor of .00006 to fish weighing less than 25 grams. Fish weighing more than 25...
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SF 2349 – MEWAs and health benefit plans; HF 2239 – Insurance Division regulated industries technical update. FLOOR ACTION: SF 2349 relates to association health plans, a type of multiple employer...
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