Iowa House of Representatives

Committee Highlights

Health & Human Services Budget @ 8 am (Room 22)– 2009 HHS Budget

Oversight @ 8 am (Sup. Court Consultation Room)

• HF 917, grants enterprise management
• HSB 788, student loan issues, including Iowa Student Loan Liquidity complying with open meetings law, protecting parent and students from loan institutions with conficts of interest

Appropriations @ 11 am (Sup. Court Chamber)

• HSB 787, education appropriations
• HF 2487, teacher quality program changes

Ways & Means @ 11 am (Sup. Court Consultation)

• HF 903, insurance industry jobs tax credit
• HF 2632, renewable fuels infrastructure
• HSB 781, property assesment appeal board
• HF 2562, TIME 21
• HF 2623, compusory school attendance age up to 18
• HF 2566, dropout prevention programs

The Iowa House today approved a security freeze and requirement for businesses and government entities to notify Iowa consumers of a security breach of their personal information.

“In today’s high-tech world, Iowans need additional protections from identity theft. In 2007 alone, 127 million credit card holders were affected by security breaches and a victim of identity theft spends, on average, 175 hours and $808 to correct the situation. I’m confident that the bills we approved today will help consumers protect their personal information and prevent identity theft,” said State Representative Doris Kelley, D-Waterloo, who managed the bill in the House. (more…)

Notice of Security Breach, SF 2308

Credit Security Freeze, SF 2277

• SF 2277, identity theft and secure credit information
• SF 2308, identity theft and notification of a breach in the security of personal information
• SF 2129, duties of the commission on the status of Iowans of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage regarding interpreter qualifications.
• HF 2267, coverage of closing protection letters in real estate transactions
• SF 2179, professional licensing and regulation under the purview of the banking division of the department of commerce
• HF 2269, real estate broker trust accounts
• HF 2396, preservation of electronic records, establishing local cultural committees, and creating a civil war sesquicentennial advisory committee
• SF 2249, local hotel and motel tax elections
• HF 2413, increased penalties for speeding violations committed by a motor vehicle operator in a road work zone
• SF 2281, prohibiting employment discrimination against an employee witness in certain civil proceedings.
• HF 2486, health-related activities and regulation by the department of public health
• HF 2497, establishment of a council on homelessness
• SF 2301, revisions and modifications to uniform finance procedures for bonds issued by the state
• SF 2325, grow Iowa values fund by allocating moneys for the physical infrastructure assistance program and changing certain job and wage requirements
• HF 2530, committees to formulate plans for a state research and development prekindergarten through grade twelve school
• SF 2333, regulation of veterans commemorative property
• SF 2349, preneed sale of cemetery and funeral merchandise and funeral services
• SF 2354, home ownership assistance program for members of the military
• SF 2361, procurement of designated biobased products by state government
• SF 2380, low head dam public hazard program
• HF 2576, Iowa uniform prudent management of institutional funds Act
• HF 2605, regulation of health-related professions
• HF 2636, regulation of the practice of certified public accounting

Iowa Governor Chet Culver signed Senate File 2347 into law today. The bill, which costs $4.6 million, will ensure a verified paper trail for every vote cast in the November 2008 election.  The bill was managed in House by State Representative Dennis Cohoon, D-Burlington.

The scoop from Radio Iowa’s O. Kay Henderson:

“Paper trail” should be in place by November
Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 3:27 PM
By O.Kay Henderson (more…)

• SF 473, allowing a competent adult to execute a written instrument directing the final disposition of that person’s remains
• SF 505, civil liability for damages relating to the use of an automated external defibrillator in sudden cardiac arrest emergencies (more…)

House Debate @ 9 am

Committee Highlights

Human Services Budget @ 10 am — 2009 HHS Budget Bill

Appropriations @ 2 pm (Sup. Court Chamber)

• SF 2400, Administration & Regulation Budget
• HF 2654, Water permit fees

Ways & Means @ 2 pm (Sup. Court Consultation)

• HF 2632, renewable fuels, infrastructure, and tax credits
• HF 2525, waster oil filters
• HF 2329, recycling mercury thermostats
• HSB 662, department of revenue bill
• HSB 783, department of revenue clean up bill

Subcommittee Highlights

1:30 pm — HF 2562, TIME 21

Agriculture

HF 2551 Aerial Applicator Licenses. Allows the department of agriculture to set rules for out of state applicators. Also eliminates the option for an out of state applicator to operate without a commercial license and to operate under Iowa supervision. (passed House 97-0) to Senate Agriculture Committee

HF 2553 Per Diem Compensation for Iowa Soybean Board. Codifies per diem of the board to be $100 instead of set in rule. (passed House 94-1) to Senate Agriculture Committee

HF 2554 Drainage District Thresholds. Raises the ceiling amount that a drainage district board can utilize for minor repairs or improvements by $5000 from $15,000 to $20,000 that is accessed out of the secondary road fund. (passed House 94-2) to Senate Agriculture Committee

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Key legislators from the Iowa House and Senate say the 2008 session has made or is about to make major accomplishments in making Iowa a leader in the new energy economy while making the state more energy independent.

“These measures will continue the progress we’ve made in renewable energy and move us a closer to our goal of energy independence,” said State Representative Donovan Olson, Boone, the chair of the House Environmental Protection Committee. “From good-paying jobs to a cleaner environment to added value to our agricultural products, renewable energy and energy efficiency efforts are good for our state.” (more…)

• HF 2600, eluding or attempting to elude a pursuing law enforcement vehicle operated by a special security officer employed by a board of regents institution
• HF 2580, sustainable natural resource funding advisory committee
• HF 2581, donation of food to the department of natural resources or county conservation boards
• HF 2570, solid waste disposal and environmental management
• HF 2558, economic development and confidentiality of certain details contained in contracts and applications for financial assistance
• HF 2523, deer depredation management and deer study advisory committee
• HF 2571, greenhouse gas reduction levels