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Bill List - January 13, 2023 |
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Bill # |
Sponsor |
Bill Explanation |
Comments |
Registration Status |
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PRE-FILED |
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Audit |
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Auditor of State |
If suspected of misuse of public funds, must cooperate with auditor to establish investigation. Any actions taken by auditor will be reimbursed by the Community College. |
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CDL |
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Department of Transportation |
Authorizes Community Colleges and other third-party testers to administer the knowledge and driving skills tests. |
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Elections |
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Secretary of State |
Changes the voter registration filing deadline to the next day after Thanksgiving that the office of county commissioner for elections is open. |
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Elections |
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Secretary of State |
Relating to the requirements for an election recount. |
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FILED |
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Education |
Zaun |
Limit interest rates for federal student college loans. |
01/09 Introduced, referred to Education. Subcommittee: Zaun, Evans, and Giddens. |
Undecided |
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K12 |
Zaun |
Eliminates common core curriculum. Ensures community colleges meet Iowa academic standards without prioritizing core curriculum areas. |
01/09 Introduced, referred to Education. Subcommittee: Zaun, Donahue, and Garrett |
Undecided |
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Elections |
Zaun |
Requires candidates for merged area offices to be nominated by primary elections. Requires political parties to hold conventions for the nomination of members to the school district central committee for the purpose of holding primary elections on or after January 1, 2025. |
01/09 Introduced, referred to State Government. Subcommittee: Cournoyer, Celsi, and Salmon. |
Undecided |
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Meeting Notices |
Lofgren |
Allows meeting notices to be published electronically. |
1/11 Introduced, referred to Technology. |
Undecided |
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Operations |
Dawson |
Resident tuition & fees at CCs and Regents for former naval personnel. |
1/10 Introduced, referred to Veterans Affairs. Subcommittee: Dawson, McClintock, Winckler |
Undecided |
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Pregnancy |
J. Taylor |
Can not force pregnant students to drop out and must provide them reasonable accommodations (defined in the bill) for them to complete their courses, including extra time to take exams and complete their degree. |
1/11 Introduced, referred to Education. |
Undecided |
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K12 |
Governor |
Educational Savings Accounts |
1/10 Introduced, referred to Education. Subcommittee: Sinclair, Donahue, Quirmbach, Rozenboom, and Zaun. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/12/2023 2:00pm Room G15 |
Undecided |
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CDL |
Department of Transportation |
Farm-related service industry CDL exemption. |
1/11 Introduced, referred to Transportation. Subcommittee: Zumbach, Shipley, and Taylor, T. |
Undecided |
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Programming |
Department of Transportation |
Final driver education field test. Strikes the provisions relating to who may administer the final field test and clarification of who can administer the final field test. |
1/11 Introduced, referred to Transportation. Subcommittee: Cournoyer, Bennett, and De Witt. |
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Operations |
Stone, Holt, Wheeler, Collins, Moore, Jeneary, Vondran, Fisher, Dunwell, Meggers, Wulf, Shipley, Bradley, Golding, Graber, Johnson, Deyoe, Mommsen, Boden, Kaufmann, Fry, Andrews, Thomson, Henderson, Wood, Hora, Osmundson, Windschitl, Grassley, Bossman, and Gerhold |
Public entities and public funds, when financially prudent, should avoid doing business with companies and investors that engage in economic warfare. |
1/11 Introduced, referred to State Government |
Undecided |
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Reporting |
Wheeler, Holt, Stone, Dunwell, Fisher, Moore, Jeneary, Stoltenberg, Wulf, Shipley, Bradley, Golding, Deyoe, P. Thompson, Wills, Johnson, Boden, Gehlbach, Sorensen, Osmundson, Henderson, Graber, Siegrist, Windshitl, Bossman, Grassley, and Gerhold |
Requires mandatory reporters to report the abuse of children over the age of 12. Establishes immunity for the school board or school authorities for discussing such incidents. Requires schools to contact the BEE about potential hires to determine if the person has been the subject of a complaint. |
01/11 Introduced, referred to Education. Subcommittee: Boden, Gustoff, Staed. Subcommittee Meeting 01/17 at 12:00pm. |
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K12 |
Governor |
Educational Savings Accounts |
1/10 Introduced, referred to Education Reform. Subcommittee: Wills, J., Cahill, Grassley, Konfrst and Windschitl. |
Undecided |
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