Posts Tagged ‘House Update’

House Update, January 25th

News conference – Protecting pets & pet owners @ 11:00 am, Room 22

Committee Highlights

Human Resources @ 2 pm (supreme Court Chamber) — HSB 520,  licensure of emergency medial providers 

Local Government @ 2 pm (Room 19) – HF 434, reporting requirements of endow Iowa grants

Education @ 3 pm (Supreme Court chamber) – HF 589, school start dates and calendar

Subcommittee Highlights (House Lobby Lounge unless noted)

Noon – HF 589, school start date and calendar

Noon (Supreme Court Chamber) – HSB 594, state employee early retirement package

12:30 — HF 2040, expanding use of PPEL levy for schools for two years 

1:30 pm — HF 2051, long-term care insurance standardization and consumer guide

4:30 — HSB 604, protection for pets and regulation of commercial breeding facilities

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House Update, January 21

Leaders’ News Conference @ 10:30 am, Senate Majority Leader’s Office

Committee Highlights

Veterans Affairs @ 2 pm (Room 19) — HSB 540,  veterans trust fund expenditures exempt from state income taxes

Commerce @ 3 pm (Supreme Court chambers) – HSB 223, requiring insurance coverage for children’s hearing aids

Subcommittee Highlights (House Lobby Lounge unless noted)

9:15 am — HSB 512, requiring disclosure of flood plain and sewer back-up insurance and flood damage before selling property

1 pm (or immediately following State Gov’t Committee) — Supreme Court Chamber, HSB 565 – state government reorganization

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Category 2010 Session Information |

House Update, January 20

Committee Highlights

Ethics @ 11 am (Sup. Court Consultation) — HSB 506, lobbyist disclosure requirements

Human Resources @ 1 pm (Supreme Court chambers) – HF 234, requiring insurance coverage for substance abuse and mental health treatments

Subcommittee Highlights (House Lobby Lounge unless noted)

11 am — HF 2021 and HF 2020, cell phones and texting while driving

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House Update, March 26

Committee Highlights

Appropriations @ 10:30 (Sup. Court Chamber)

• SF 2286, Block Grant Funding
• SF 2394, Transportation Budget

Ways & Means @ 10:30 (Sup. Court Consultation)

• HF 2518, discharge of wastewater from water well drilling sites
• HF 2536, state foundation aid changes
• SF 2174, income tax checkoff for child abuse prevention
• HF 898, sales and use taxes on operation of bingo games
• SF 385, excluding unarmed combat fighting from boxing and wrestling regulations

Education @ 1 pm (Sup. Court Chamber) — SF 2279, Healthy Kids Act

Natural Resources @ 1 pm (Room 19)

• SJR 2002, constitutional amendment for natural resources
• SF 310, civil damages for unlawful taking of fish and animals

Environmental Protection @ 1 pm (Sup. Court Consultation Room) — SF 2321, recycling of mercury lamps

Agriculture @ 3 pm (Sup. Court Consultation)

• HF 2638, separation distance requirements between confinement operations and wetlands
• SF 2133, Iowa crop improvement association
• SF 2363, regulating livestock markets as animal feeding operations
• SF 2381, open feedlot operations
• SF 2369, regulations for transport, handle, storage and application of manure
• SF 2337, liability insurance for Iowa fairs

Local Government @ 3 pm (Room 19) — SF 2339, civil penalties for abandoned vehicles found near bodies of water

Human Resources @ 3 pm (Sup. Court Chamber)

• SF 2340, identity documents for children in out-of-home placement
• SF 2252, adds marital and family therapists to behavioral health participating providers in the medical assistance program
• SF 2319, Healthy Kids Act

Subcommittee Highlights (House Lobby Lounge unless noted)

8:30 am — HSB 782, renewable energy and wind energy production facilities

8:30 am — SF 2392, viatical settlements

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House Update, March 25

Committee Highlights

Judiciary @ 10 am (Sup. Court Consultation)

• SF 2281, prohibits employment discrimination against an employee witness in civil proceedings
• SF 2214, child custody orders while a parent is on active duty

Veterans Affairs @ 10 am (Sup. Court Chamber)

• SF 2333, veterans commemorative property
• SF 2354, home ownership assistance program

Labor @ 2 pm (Sup. Court Consultation)

• SF 2002, waiving employer charges for unemployment claims from temporary workers replacing active duty military employees
• SF 417, licensure of elevator contractors and mechanics

Commerce @ 2 pm (Sup. Court Chamber)

• SF 2308, identity theft and notification of security breach
• SF 2179, professional licensing
• SF 2277, identity theft and credit freeze
• SF 2248, cable or video services franchise
• HF 2538, investment tax credit for housing businesses and energy efficiency
• SF 544, state energy efficiency efforts
• SF 517, energy conservation efforts and the state building code

Public Safety @ 3:30 pm (Room 19) — SF 2132, disposition of seized property

State Gov’t @ 3:30 pm (Sup. Court Chamber) — SF 2129, commission on status of Iowans of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage

Subcommittee Highlights

9:15 am — SF 2279, Healthy Kids Act 

4:30 pm — SF 2319, disease prevention, wellness and gov’s council on physical fitness and nutrition

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