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Bill Watch: Week of January 18-22, 2021

Bill List as of  January 22, 2021      
Category Bill # Bill Explanation  Comments Registration Status
Day Care HF3 Permitting businesses new onsite daycare facilities or businesses expansion of existing onsite daycare facilities to qualify as projects under the high quality jobs program. 1/12 Introduced, referred to Economic Growth. 1/20 Subcommittee: Thompson, Bradley and Judge. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/25  
Day Care HF6 Established a child care workforce state matching grant program and fund administered by the early childhood Iowa state board to award matching state grants to eligible communities. 1/12 Introduced, referred to Human Resources.  Subcommittee: Dolecheck, Andrews, and Ehlert.  1/13 Subcommittee recommends passage.  1/19 Subcommittee recommends passage Undecid.
Freedom of Speech HSB12 Judicial motions and causes of action arising from a person's participation in matters of public significance. 1/12 Introduced, referred to Judiciary. Subcommittee: Hite, Bohannan and Westrich. 1/13 Subcommittee recommends passage.  
Health Care HF5 Expands the current rural health care forgivable loan program to include the regents or accredited private institutions. 1/12 Introduced, referred to Education.  1/13 Subcommittee: Bossman, Kerr and Winckler. 1/19 Subcommittee recommends passage. Undecid.
K12 HF51 Creates a new and advanced opportunity program for students enrolled in public schools to take overload and dual credit courses to be able to graduate early.  Allows for scholarships and funding to pay for credit bearing exams and certifications. 1/14 Introduced, referred to Education. 1/19 Subcommittee: Wills, Donahue and Stone.  1/21 Subcommittee meeting.  1/21 Subcommittee recommends passage. Undecid.
K12 HSB110 Senior Year Plus.  Provides an option for a student who is unable to meet all grade level proficiency requirements to enroll in a Dual Credit course.  Companion bill to SSB1077. 1/21 Introduced, referred to Education. Subcommittee: Sorensen, Dolecheck and Mascher. Subcommittee Meeting:  01/27/2021 11:30AM RM 19  
K12 SSB1065 Proposes Student First Scholarship Program for non-public students; Provisions for Charter Schools; Addresses Diversity in Open Enrollment plans; Electronic Records; and Tutiiton Credits. 1/20 Introduced, referred to Education. Subcommittee: Sinclair, Quirmbach, and Zaun.  1/25 Subcommittee  
K12 SSB1077 Senior Year Plus.  Provides an option for a student who is unable to meet all grade level proficiency requirements to enroll in a Dual Credit course.  Companion bill to HSB110. 1/21 Introduced, referred to Education. Subcommittee: Sinclair, Smith, J., and Taylor, J.  
K12 SF127 Savings grant program for students attending a nonpublic school. 1/21 Introduced, referred to Education.  
K12 SF128 Savings grant program for students attending a nonpublic school. 1/21 Introduced, referred to Education.  
Licensure HSB99 Renewal of CLD licenses without examination. 1/20 Introduced, referred to Transportation.  Subcommittee: Mommsen, Meyer, B. and Siegrist. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/25/2021 11:30AM House Lounge.  
Operations HSB28 Restricts public agency disclosure of and access to certain personal information related to tax-exempt organizations.  Senate companion bill SSB1036. 1/13 Introduced, referred to Judiciary. Subcommittee: Lohse, Bohannan, and Wheeler. Subcommittee meeting 1/20. 1/21 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. Undecid.
Operations HSB36 Prohibiting conduct by athlete agents and making penalties applicable.  1/13 Introduced, referred to Judiciary.  Subcommittee: Osmundson, Bohannan, and Kaufmann. 1/19 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. Undecid.
Operations SF69 Requires that contractors provide information about persons performing construction work on certain public improvement projects to the labor commission. 1/12 Introduced, referred to Labor and Business Relations. 1/13 Subcommittee: Brown, J. Taylor, and T. Taylor. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/26 Undecid.
Operations SSB1018 Construction manager-at-risk commercial construction alternative delivery method and prohibiting certain other alternative delivery methods in the public sector. 1/12 Introduced, referred to State Government. 1/14 Subcommittee: Smith, R., Bisignano, and Goodwin. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/20/2021  
Operations SSB1029 Provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth. 1/12 Introduced, referred to Labor and Business Relations. Subcommittee: Driscoll, Boulton, and Brown. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/21/2021. 1/21 Subcommittee reassigned: Driscoll, Boulton, and Whiting. Undecid.
Operations SSB1036 Restricts public agency disclosure of and access to certain personal information related to tax-exempt organizations.  Senate companion bill HSB28. 1/13 Introduced, referred to Judiciary. Subcommittee: Johnson, Bolkcom, and Shipley. Undecid.
Operations SSB1039 Prohibiting conduct by athlete agents and making penalties applicable.  1/13 Introduced, referred to Judiciary. 1/19 Subcommittee: Johnson, Boulton, and Reichman. Undecid.
Operations SF105 Sexual exploitation of student with disabilities. 1/20 Introduced, referred to Judiciary. 1/21 Subcommittee: Taylor, J., Johnson, and Petersen.  
Programming HSB78 Authorize a judge to appoint an uncertified court report for a period of up to one year. 1/19 Introduced, referred to Judiciary. Subcommittee: Osmundson, Kaufmann and Wilburn. Subcommittee Meeting: 1/25  
Programming HSB82 Drivers Education Instruction - Distracted Driving 1/20 Introduced, referred to Transportation. Subcommittee: Gerhold, Cisneros and Sunde. 1/21 Subcommittee. Subcommittee Meeting: 1/26.  
Regents HSB66 Relating to nonstate moneys expended by the Board of Regents. 1/15 Introduced, referred to Education.  Subcommittee: Wills, Steckman and Thompson. 1/21 Subcommittee. Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. Undecid.
Tax Credit HF12 Creates the Iowa job training tax credit program for registered apprenticeship participants. 1/12 Introduced, referred to Economic Growth.  
Tax Credits HF36 Provides for the future repeal of certain tax credits. 1/12 Introduced, referred to Ways and Means.  1/13 Subcommittee: Dawson, Goodwin, and Quirmbach.  
Tax Credits HSB1 Tax credits awarded by the economic development authority for specific capital contributions made to certified rural business growth funds for investment in qualified businesses. 1/12 Introduced, referred to Ways and Means.  Subcommittee: Lohse, Gjerde, and Nordman.  
Taxes SF124 Exempting certain homestead property from specificed school property tax levies. 1/21 Introduced, referred to Ways and Means  
Tenure HF49 Prohibits tenure at institutions of higher learning. 1/13 Introduced, referred to Education. 1/14 Subcommittee: Wheeler, Mascher, and Wills. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/26/2021 12:00PM RM 15. Undecid.
Tenure SF41 Prohibits tenure at public postsecondary institutions. 1/11 Introduced, referred to Education.  1/13 Subcommittee: Carlin, Quirmbach, and Rozenboom. Undecid.
Weapons SF30 Relates to certain individuals being able to carry weapons on school property. 1/11 Introduced, referred to Judiciary. 1/12 Subcommittee: Dawson, Johnson, and Kinney. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/19/2021 Undecid.
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Administration 1024DP Amends the definition of a meeting that is subject to open meetings statute; provide clarification of reasonable notice for a meeting. Iowa Public Information Board Bill  
Administration 1025DP Filing complaints with Public Information Board.  Expands filing time period to 90 days. Iowa Public Information Board Bill  
Administration 1329DP Sales and Leases by Public Employees Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board Bill  
IWD 1356XD Removes from the nonvoting membership of the IWD Board a representative of the US Dept. of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship. IWD Agency Bill  
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