DES MOINES — Working in a bipartisan manner, State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott today supported legislation to crack down on reproductive fraud against Iowa families. Trone Garriott of Windsor Heights, a Democrat, worked with Senator Annette Sweeney of …
SF 260 – Medicaid reimbursement process by receiving school district SF 260 is a Department of Education technical correction bill that requires school districts to work together to make sure the sending district for a student with an Individualized …
March 17, 2021 Senate Staff Blog, Human Resources Committee, Votes 0 SF 296 – Pharmacists Providing Vaccines; Collaborative Pharmacy Practice SF 296 – Currently, pharmacists can only order and administer immunizations and vaccinations to patients 18 and …
HF 201 – Sex Offender Registry Requirements and Sexually Motivated Extortion HF 201 comes from the Iowa County Attorneys Association and relates to the sex offender registration. The bill: Makes sexually motivated extortion a Tier III sex offense for …
March 17, 2021 Senate Staff Blog, Labor & Business Relations Committee, Votes 0 SF 361 makes changes to the private sector employee drug testing, Iowa Code section 730.5. The bill, as amended on the floor, changes the way an employer provides …
March 17, 2021 Senate Staff Blog, Local Government Committee, Votes 0 SF 252 – Section 8 Housing city ordinance SF 252 prevents Iowa cities from mandating participation in the Section 8 Federal Housing Program. This action would allow landlords to turn …
SF 425 – Expanding notification of open meetings SF 425 was an Iowa Public Information Board prefile bill. As amended by Senate Republicans, IPIB has withdrawn their support. It amends the definition of an “open” meeting to include any deliberations or …
SF 342 – Officer Discipline and “Brady Lists” SF 342 adds language to Chapter 80F, the Peace Officers’ Bill of Rights. The bill: Adds a definition of “Brady list” to the code. It is a list of officers maintained by a county attorney’s office, including …
March 10, 2021 Senate Staff Blog, Transportation Committee, Votes 0 SF 419 – Front license plates SF 419 (formerly SSB 1156) prohibits a peace officer from stopping or detaining a vehicle for not displaying two registration plates—one in front and one in …
March 9, 2021 Senate Staff Blog 0 Last week, the Legislature passed a key deadline, the “first funnel.” For Senate policy bills to remain eligible for consideration, they had to be approved by a Senate committee, and House policy bills had to be approved …
March 10, 2021 Senate Staff Agriculture Committee, Blog, Votes 0 SF 482 – Pesticides application certification SF 482 amends provisions in the “Pesticides Act of Iowa” to include private applicators. Under this bill, a public (independent farmer) …
SF 466 – Adds to health care providers for athletic concussion policies SF 466 adds occupational therapists to the definition of “licensed health care provider” for purposes of state law regarding concussion and brain-injury policies for extracurricular …
March 10, 2021 Senate Staff Blog, Local Government Committee, Votes 0 FLOOR ACTION SF 384 – Sharing of County Assessors SF 384allows two or more counties to enter into a sharing agreement for joint assessors by a 28E agreement. For counties that decide to …
March 10, 2021 Senate Staff Blog, Natural Resources & Environment Committee, Votes 0 HF 560– Requirements for waste tire collectors and processors HF 560 would increase the required surety bond for waste tire haulers from $10,000 to $150,000. It also …
SF 322 – DOM to decide effectiveness of Code chapter 8E SF 322 requires the Department of Management (DOM) to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of Code chapter 8E, the Accountable Government Act, and to submit a report on its findings and …
March 10, 2021 Senate Staff Blog, Veteran Affairs Committee, Votes 0 SF 321 – Veterans Trust Fund investments SF 321 authorizes the investment of Veterans Trust Fund (VTF) moneys in any investments authorized for the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement …
SSB 1250 – Removal of triggers for Contingent Income Tax System; Inheritance Tax phase-out SSB 1250 would remove the “triggers” that must be met to move to the contingent individual income tax system that was established as part of SF 2417 in 2018 and make …
SF 564 – Electronic consent by corporate boards of directors SF 564 (SSB 1216) allows corporate boards of directors to accept electronic signatures in transactions relating to the conduct of business, commercial or governmental affairs specified under the …
March 10, 2021 Senate Staff Blog, Human Resources Committee, Votes 0 SF 461 – Mental Health and Disability Services Region Board members SF 461 limits the voting rights of the voting members of a governing board so that only board members holding the …
March 10, 2021 Senate Staff Blog, Labor & Business Relations Committee, Votes 0 SF 494 – Barbering apprenticeship SF 494 allows barbershops to provide barbering apprenticeship training programs, which are registered by the Office of Apprenticeship of …
