In another step toward adjournment, lawmakers finished the 2^nd self-imposed deadline to winnow the number of bills still eligible for debate last week. Except for bills dealing with taxes and appropriations, the only bills still eligible for debate this year have been approved by a House and Senate Committees.

This list includes bills still alive in both the House and Senate are below and also available in this pdf.

List of Eligible Bills

HF 2344        Drainage district mergers, annexation of land, bidding procedures, and providing limited liability (Senate Calendar)

HF 2401        Changes to Beginning Farmer Tax Credit (House Ways and Means Committee)

HF 2405        Spay and neuter program for pets of low-income owners (House Ways and Means Committee)

HF 2427        Increases corn promotion check-off and establishes an Iowa Corn Check-off Task Force (Senate Calendar)

SF 2191         Drainage or levee district financing (House Calendar)

SF 2273         Drainage or levee district trustees (House Calendar)

All Bills in Appropriations Committee are Eligible

SF 2110         Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Supplemental (House Appropriations Committee)

SF 2130         FY 2015 Transportation Budget (Senate Unfinished Business Calendar)

FY 2015 Administration and Regulation Budget (Starts in the Senate)

FY 2015 Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget (Starts in the House)

FY 2015 Economic Growth Budget (Starts in the House)

FY 2015 Education Budget (Starts in the Senate)

FY 2015 Health and Human Services Budget (Starts in the House)

FY 2015 Infrastructure and Capitals Budget (Starts in the Senate)

FY 2015 Judicial Branch Budget (Starts in the House)

FY 2015 Justice Systems Budget (Starts in the House)

FY 2015 Standings and Miscellaneous Provisions (Starts in the House)

One-Time Spending Bill (Starts in the Senate)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 514          Requires pawn shops to return merchandise at no cost when identified stolen by law enforcement  (Senate Calendar)

HF 2109        Prohibits persons under the age of 18 years from possessing an e-cigarette and requires retailers to obtain permits  (Senate Calendar)

HF 2296        Retailers don’t have to report unclaimed/unused gift certificates/gift cards to the State Treasurer as unclaimed property  (Senate Calendar)

HF 2324        Allows for mortgage lenders to follow federal guidelines and increases monetary jurisdictional limit of the Iowa Consumer Credit Code to match the federal truth in lending law limits  (Senate Calendar)

HF 2329        Governor’s broadband initiative  (House Ways and Means Committee) (similar to SF 2324)

HF 2370        Requires that patient care services related to orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics be provided under the supervision of a licensed orthotist or licensed prosthetist (Senate Calendar)

HF 2408        Makes changes and updates to Iowa’s One Call notification system  (Senate Calendar)

SF 2195         Modifying provisions regarding regulatory authority of the Iowa Utilities Board  (House Calendar)

SF 2254         Makes changes to the regulation and fees for commercial establishment that keep companion animals  (Senate Ways and Means Committee)

SF 2255         Civil liability immunity for architects and engineers in declared disasters  (House Calendar)

SF 2324         Broadband initiative  (Senate Appropriations Committee) (similar to HF 2329)

Governor Action

HF 2130        Division of Banking omnibus bill  (Signed; effective 7/1/14)

HF 2131        Allows for utility company to file/record a memorandum of a mortgage or deed of trust for real estate instead of the full mortgage  (Signed; effective 7/1/14)

HF 2297        Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Signed; effective 7/1/14)

SF 2104         Makes changes to the Holding Company statute as modeled after the National Association of Insurance Commissioners language (To Governor)

SF 2105         Annual Insurance Division Omnibus bill (Signed; effective 7/1/14)

SF 2131         Requires insurance companies to follow a different formula for reserves for their life insurance policies known as standard valuation law (To Governor)

SF 2133         Makes changes to the Iowa law to match federal law concerning a federal home loan bank that has been established under federal law (Signed; effective 7/1/14)

SF 2205         Credit Union Division omnibus bill (Signed; Various Effective Dates)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 2192        Agreements between rural and municipal water associations to (Senate Calendar)

HF 2287        Brownfield and Grayfield tax credits redesign (House Ways and Means Committee) (companion to SF 2256)

HF 2305        Merges parts of the Enterprise Zone program with High Quality Jobs and Creates a Workforce Housing program (House Ways and Means Committee)

HF 2353        Creates a first time homebuyer savings account program (House Ways and Means Committee)

HF 2373        Hiring and promotion preference to veterans and some veterans’ spouses (House Calendar)

HF 2407        260F and Apprenticeship job training programs (House Ways and Means Committee) (similar to SF 2317)

HF 2415        Removes the lottery-based historic preservation tax credit reservation system and credit wait list (House Ways and Means Committee) (companion to SF 2281)

HF 2428        Moves the Ag Development Authority into IFA. (Ways and Means Committee) (companion to SF 2328)

HF 2445        Creates a new infrastructure fund under the control of the Economic Development Authority. (Way and Means Calendar) (companion to SF 2180)

SF 2180         Creates a new infrastructure fund under the control of EDA (Senate Appropriations) (companion to HF 2445)

SF 2256         Brownfield and Grayfield tax credits redesign (Senate Ways and Means Committee) (companion to HF 2287)

SF 2281         Removes the lottery-based historic preservation tax credit reservation system and credit wait list (Senate Ways and Means Committee) (companion to HF 2415)

SF 2317         260F and Apprenticeship job training programs (Senate Ways and Means Committee) (similar to HF 2407)

SF 2324         Expansion and Availability of Broadband (Senate Appropriations Committee) (similar to HF 2329)

SF 2328         Moves the Ag Development Authority into IFA (House Calendar) (companion to HF 2428)

Governor Action

SF 2206         Moves Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) yearly project bond cap to $50 million (To Governor)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 2194        School funding every other year with 6% state aid amendment (Senate Calendar)

HF 2271        Operational sharing program modifications (Senate Calendar) (Companion to SF 2269)

HF 2360        Transportation assistance (House Ways and Means Committee)

HF 2388        Foster care student credit transfer (Senate Calendar)

HF 2389        Student and teacher relationship 90-day delay codified (Senate Calendar)

HF 2409        Anti-bullying House version (House Calendar) (similar to SF 2318)

SF 220           Retirement incentives (House Calendar)

SF 339           School vehicle Inspections (House Ways and Means Committee)

SF 2257         College Student Aid Commission code clean up (House Calendar)

SF 2261         Suicide prevention and trauma informed care (Senate Appropriations Committee)

SF 2268         Preschool program expansion (Senate Appropriations Committee)

SF 2269         Operational sharing program modifications (Senate Calendar) (Companion to HF 2271)

SF 2270         Refugee family support through Early Childhood Iowa (Senate Appropriations Committee)

SF 2271         College Student Aid Commission State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) (House Ways and Means Calendar)

SF 2318         Anti-bullying and anti-harassment office and grant program (Senate Calendar) (Similar to HF 2409)

SF 2319         Early literacy professional development and dyslexia definition (House Calendar)

Governor’s Action

HF 2170        Instructional time hours and days technical fix (Signed, effective 7/1/14)

SF 2056         Whole grade sharing incentive program extension (To Governor)

SF 2230         Department of Education code corrections (Signed, effective 7/1/14)

List of Eligible Bills

SF 2212         Land disposal of yard waste from storm damage or invasive tree pests (House Calendar)

Governor Action

SF 2197         Eliminating conditional air and water permits for electric utilities (Signed, effective 7/1/14)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 2159        Increase the eligibility amount for the Miller Trust (Senate Calendar)

HF 2268        Creates a state income tax credit equal to adoption expenses (House Ways & Means Committee)

HF 2378        Creates a provisional license in psychology (Senate Calendar)

HF 2379        Requires the Department of Human Services to accredit and certify crisis stabilization programs (Senate Calendar)

HF 2417        Code clean-up bill relating to the new mental health and disability service system redesign (Senate Calendar)

SF 2080         Allows Board of Pharmacy to contract with a prescription database on monitoring program (House Calendar)

SF 2120         Allows for the professional use of the acronym ARNP for Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (House Calendar)

SF 2121         Updates the schedule of controlled substances (House Calendar)

SF 2156         Updates limited-use pharmacy and telepharmacy licenses (House Calendar)

SF 2167         Makes changes regarding various procedures at facilities under the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (Senate Unfinished Business Calendar)

SF 2196         Iowa Department of Public Health Omnibus bill (House Calendar)

SF 2239         Defines elder abuse and sets penalties for elder abuse (House Calendar)

SF 2251         Establishes a pilot program regarding changes to the child care assistance program (House Calendar)

SF 2276         Requires a pre-placement and post-placement investigation of adoptive parents (House Calendar)

SF 2320         Allows a legal guardian to also be a consumer-directed attendant care provider (House Calendar)

SF 2330         Allows community mental health centers to use a different reimbursement methodology under Medicaid (House Calendar)

Governor Action

SF 2083         Updates licensure requirements for dietitians, including association name change (Signed, effective 7/1/14)

SF 2193         Establishes admissions and retention criteria for Adult Day Services (Signed, effective 7/1/14)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 2132        Creates Gideon Fellowship in the office of the State Public Defender (Senate Calendar)

HF 2278        Restricts disclosure of information by a regional transit district (Senate Calendar)

HF 2279        Relates to civil protective orders and criminal no-contact orders (Senate Calendar)

HF 2325        Amending Articles of Incorporation for corporations organized before 1971 (Senate Calendar)

HF 2326        Payments from the indigent defense fund by the state public defender (Senate Calendar)

HF 2375        Defines the term “use restriction” for filing a verified claim on real estate (House Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to SF 2315)

HF 2387        Sending of notice of garnishment and levy to a defendant in the action (Senate Calendar)

HF 2421        Allows a court in a CINA proceeding to transfer guardianship of the child to a custodian and allows the case to be transferred to probate court (Senate Calendar) (companion to SF 2298)

HF 2422        Uniform Power of Attorney Act (House Unfinished Business) (companion to SF 2168)

HF 2423        Substantive code corrections (Senate Calendar)

HF 2429        Relates to temporary restricted licenses and ignition interlock devices for operating while intoxicated violators (House Unfinished Business Calendar) (similar to SF 2299)

HF 2440        Excluding capital gains tax from the sale of a business (House Unfinished Business Calendar)

SF 383           Provides a process to automatically seal juvenile records (House Calendar)

SF 2091         Creates a presumption of joint tenancy with rights of survivorship when conveying property to two or more grantees (House Calendar)

SF 2092         Modifies the criminal offense of fraudulent practice (House Calendar)

SF 2118         Expands domestic abuse protective orders to pets or companion animals (House Calendar)

SF 2168         Uniform Power of Attorney Act (House Calendar) (companion to HF 2422)

SF 2201         Increases penalties for kidnapping where the victim is 16 years old or younger and for repeat kidnappers (House Calendar)

SF 2211         Defining a sexually violent predator for civil commitment (House Calendar)

SF 2239         Defines elder abuse and sets penalties for elder abuse (House Calendar)

SF 2297         Creates the “Contagious or Infectious Disease Transmission Act” and establishes crimes relating to the transmission of a contagious or infectious disease (House Calendar)

SF 2298         Allows a court in a CINA proceeding to transfer guardianship of the child to a custodian and allows the case to be transferred to probate court (Senate Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to HF 2421)

SF 2299         Relates to temporary restricted licenses and ignition interlock devices for operating while intoxicated violators (House Calendar) (similar to HF 2429)

SF 2311         Relates to enticing a minor, prostitution, sexual exploitation of a minor, and human trafficking (House Calendar)

SF 2312         Clarifies provisions related to multiple housing cooperatives and horizontal property regimes  (House Calendar)

SF 2313         Changes the procedure for appointment and removal of clerks of the district court  (House Calendar)

Governor Action

SF 2169         Probate Code Update (To Governor)

SF 2200         Iowa Business Corporation Act update (To Governor)

SF 2240         Nonsubstantive code corrections (To Governor)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 2199               Voluntary Shared Work Program conformity (Senate Calendar)

Governor Action

HF 2172               Makes changes to Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) requirements allowing for electronic filing  (Signed, effective 7/1/14)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 642          Notice of local option sales tax (House Ways and Means Committee)

HF 2183        City utility delinquent accounts on waste water and sewer (Senate Calendar)

HF 2266        Marriage license fees (House Ways and Means Committee)

HF 2267        Recorders’ technical bill (House Ways and Means Committee)

HF 2273        Treasurers’ technical bill (Senate Ways and Means Committee) (Companion to SF 2265)

HF 2402        Delinquent building fund (House Appropriations Committee)

SF 366           School Radon Reporting (House Calendar)

SF 2265         Treasurer’s technical bill (Senate Ways and Means Committee) (Companion to HF 2273)

SF 2266         Vehicle registration and delinquent parking fines (House Ways and Means Committee)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 2171        Authorizes paddle fishing on the Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers (House Ways and Means Committee) (companion to SF 2198)

HF 2346        Defines steel slag to allow for use as a byproduct (Senate Calendar)

HF 2397        Provides liability protection to certain volunteers on state land (Senate Calendar)

SF 2198         Authorizes paddle fishing on the Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers (Senate Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to HF 2171)

SF 2248         Creates Emerald Ash Borer task force and interim committee (House Calendar)

Governor Action

HF 2067        Allows youth to hunt beyond the youth wild turkey hunting season (Signed, effective 3/14/14)

HF 2216        Redefines off-road utility vehicles (Signed, effective 7/1/14)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 159          Adds four new substances to be defined as precursors of a controlled substance  (Senate Calendar)

HF 475          Allows for a peace officer to apply for a search warrant for the placement, tracking, or monitoring of a global positioning (GPS) device  (Senate Calendar)

HF 2371        Creates a statewide mass notification and emergency messaging system fund  (House Appropriations Committee) (companion to SF 2232)

HF 2289        Unmanned aerial vehicles/drones  (Senate Calendar)

HF 2368        Security freezes put on a child’s or an incapacitated or protected person’s credit report to protect from ID theft  (Senate Calendar)

SF 2121         Adds various types of substances to the list of controlled substances to comply with changes made by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency  (House Calendar)

SF 2187         Requires ILEA to develop training standards for the use of electronic weapons  (House Calendar)

SF 2232         Creates a statewide mass notification and emergency messaging system fund  (House Appropriations Committee) (companion to HF 2371)

SF 2259         Updating language regarding notification requirements due to a security breach of personal information  (House Calendar)

SF 2296         Establishing payment for treatment of persons whose competency is being restored for trial  (House Calendar)

SF 2303         Creates a task force to study outdoor emergency notification systems  (House Calendar)

SF 2310         Social host and underage consumption  (House Calendar)

Governor Action

SF 2305         Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management – mutual aid agreements  (Signed, effective 7/1/14)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 2274        Internet site for state agency fees (Senate Calendar)

HF 2288        Eliminates obsolete reports/publications (Senate Calendar)

HF 2354        County auditor’s bill on voter registration and absentee ballots (House Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to SF 2301)

HF 2365        Department of Inspections and Appeals department bill (Senate Calendar) (companion to SF 2167)

HF 2366        City elections and electronic storage of voter registration forms (Senate Calendar)

HF 2383        Fantasy sports contests regulated as bona fide contests (House Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to SF 2148)

HF 2406        Bans greyhound racing in Iowa (House Ways and Means Committee)

SF 293           Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board fix to sale of services for officials (House Calendar)

SF 379           Board of Medicine disciplinary procedures (House Calendar)

SF 2119         Campaign finance (House Calendar)

SF 2148         Fantasy sports contests regulated as bona fide contests (Senate Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to HF 2383)

SF 2156         Telepharmacy license and nonresident pharmacy practices (House Calendar)

SF 2167         Department of Inspections and Appeals department bill (Senate Calendar) (companion to HF 2365)

SF 2185         Changes requirements for native horses as it relates to pari-mutuel wagering (House Calendar)

SF 2233         Public Pensions (Senate Appropriations Committee)

SF 2283         Escheatment of U.S. savings bonds presumed abandoned (House Calendar)

SF 2301         County auditor’s bill on voter registration and absentee ballots (House Calendar) (companion to HF 2354)

Governor Action

HF 381          Horse Racing (To Governor)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 2181        Increases the upper weight limit for vehicles covered under the lemon law (Senate Calendar)

HF 2230        Creates weight exemption to equipment used for construction of permanent conservation practices on agricultural land (Senate Calendar)

HF 2351        Exempts the initial fee for military service license plates (House Ways and Means Committee)

HF 2357        Establishes fee for motor vehicles given to nonprofit organizations to repurpose (House Ways and Means Committee)

HF 2361        Iowa DOT omnibus bill (House Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to SF 2325)

HF 2441        Tax on compressed and liquefied natural gas (House Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to SF 2338)

SF 2192         Defines motorized bicycle (House Calendar)

SF 2228         Minor’s school license for participation in extracurricular activities (House Calendar)

SF 2282         Sullivan brothers award of valor license plates (House Calendar)

SF 2287         All-Terrain Vehicles on highways (Senate Unfinished Business Calendar)

SF 2288         Revocation of a special minor’s driver’s license (House Calendar)

SF 2290         Exempts railroad train operators from showing a driver’s license to law enforcement (House Calendar)

SF 2291         Exempts registration fee for certain vehicles modified and resold by an equipment dealer (House Calendar)

SF 2292         Iowa employment rides initiative (Senate Appropriations Committee)

SF 2325         Iowa DOT omnibus bill (Senate Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to HF 2361)

SF 2338         Tax on compressed and liquefied natural gas (Senate Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to HF 2441)

Governor Action

SF 2250         Defines scrapping (To Governor)

List of Eligible Bills

HF 2223        Removes the Iowa residency requirement to be eligible for the National Guard Educational Assistance Program (House Appropriations Committee)

HF 2316        Appropriates $2 million to Iowa Workforce Development for linking military occupational education, training, and service to existing licensing requirements in Iowa and marketing (House Appropriations Committee)

HF 2317        Increases the state appropriation by $900,000 to Iowa Finance Authority for the Military Home Ownership Assistance Program for a total of $2.5 million (House Appropriations Committee)

HF 2351        Eliminates the initial fee for military service license plates (House Ways & Means Committee)

HF 2359        Exempts military survivor benefits received from the federal government from state income taxes (House Ways & Means Committee)

HF 2372        Exempts state income tax from the first $10,000 of National Guard pay (House Ways & Means Committee)

HF 2374        One-time state income tax credit for those who were serving in the U.S. Armed forces during the conflicts in Lebanon, Grenada, Panama and the Persian Gulf (House Ways & Means Committee)

SF 2138         Expands the Veterans Homestead Property Tax Credit (Senate Ways & Means Committee)

SF 2249         Free U.S. Veteran license plate to a person with at least a 50% service connected disability (Senate Appropriations Committee)

SF 2321         Establishes response and reporting requirements regarding sexual abuse in the state military forces (House Calendar)

All Bills in the Ways And Means Committee are Eligible

HF 2273        Treasurers’ technical bill (Senate Ways and Means) (Companion to SF 2265)

HF 2435        Updates Iowa Code references to changes in the Internal Revenue Code  (Senate Calendar)

HF 2436        Updates Iowa Code to reflect changes in the Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement  (Senate Calendar)

HF 2438        Department of Revenue Technical Bill  (Senate Calendar) (companion to SF 2272)

HF 2440        Excluding capital gains tax from the sale of a business  (House Unfinished Business Calendar)

HF 2441        Clarifies the definition of compressed natural gas used as a special fuel  (House Unfinished Business Calendar)  (Companion to SF 2338)

HF 2443        Provides a tax exemption for supplies used in manufacturing, similar to the exemption already in place for replacement parts  (House Unfinished Business Calendar)

HF 2444        Department of Revenue Efficiency Bill  (House Unfinished Business Calendar)  (companion to SSB 3204)

HF 2445        Creates a new infrastructure fund under the control of the Economic Development Authority. (House Unfinished Business Calendar) (companion to SF 2180)

SF 303           Exempts military retirement pay from income tax  (House Ways and Means Committee)

SF 2198         Authorizes paddle fishing on the Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers (Senate Ways and Means Committee)

SF 2256         Brownfield and Grayfield tax credits redesign (Senate Ways and Means Committee) (companion to HF 2287)

SF 2271         College Student Aid Commission State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) (House Calendar)

SF 2272         Department of Revenue Technical Bill  (Senate Calendar) (companion to HF 2438)

SF 2291         Exempts registration fee for certain vehicles modified and resold by an equipment dealer (House Calendar)

SF 2338         Clarifies the definition of compressed natural gas used as a special fuel  (Senate Calendar)  (Companion to HF 2441)

SSB 3162      Extends the sales tax rebate at automobile racetrack facilities and changes requirements to qualify for the rebate  (Senate Calendar)