Bill Tracker

Bill List - January 20, 2023
Category	Bill #	Sponsor	Bill Explanation	Comments	Registration Status
PRE-FILED
Audit		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 community college.
FILED
CDL	HSB 28	Department of Transportation	Strikes the current list of third-party CDL testers and authorizes the DOT to adopt rules restricting the scope of third-party testers.	1/12 Introduced, referred to Transportation. 1/12 Subcommittee: Sorensen, Wilson and Wood. Committee Meeting: 01/18.
CDL	SSB1027	Department of Transportation	Farm-related service industry CDL exemption.	1/11 Introduced, referred to Transportation. 1/11 Subcommittee: Zumbach, Shipley, and Taylor, T. 1/18 Subcommittee recommends passage.	Undecided
Elections	SF 23	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. 1/12 Subcommittee: Cournoyer, Celsi, and Salmon.	Undecided
Elections	SSB1034	Secretary of State	Makes technical changes to election laws, including filing deadlines for some voter registration forms, for training of election personnel, use of electronic registers and other matters.	1/12 Introduced, referred to State Government. 1/12 Subcommittee: Schultz, Boulton, and Salmon.
Elections	SSB1035	Secretary of State	Makes changes to recount boards based on the size of the county. Includes requirements for the conduct of recounts and for matters related to presidential electors. Makes other changes.	1/12 Introduced, referred to State Government. 1/12 Subcommittee: Schultz, Salmon, and Weiner.
K12	HF 68 - Successor to HSB1	Education Reform Committee	Educational Savings Accounts	01/18 Introduced, placed on calendar.
K12	SF 8	Zaun	Eliminates common core curriculum. Ensures community colleges meet Iowa academic standards without prioritizing core curriculum areas.	01/09 Introduced, referred to Education. 1/11 Subcommittee: Zaun, Donahue, and Garrett	Undecided
K12	SF 94 - Successor to SSB1022	Education Committee	Educational Savings Accounts	01/18 Introduced, placed on calendar. 1/18 Committee approved bill. 1/18 Referred to Appropriations. 1/19 Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Alons, Celsi, Costello, Donahue, Dotzler, Edler, Garrett, Giddens, Green, Guth, Koelker, Lofgren, Petersen, Reichman, Rowley, J. Taylor, T. Taylor, Winckler, and Zumbach. 01/19 Subcommittee recommends passage. 01/19 Committee recommends passage (12-6).
Meeting Notices	SF 31	Lofgren	Allows meeting notices to be published electronically.	1/11 Introduced, referred to Technology. 1/17 Subcommittee: Koelker, Alons, and Knox.	Undecided
Operations	HF 2	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
Operations	SF 33	Dawson	Resident tuition & fees at CCs and Regents for former naval personnel.	1/10 Introduced, referred to Veterans Affairs. 1/11 Subcommittee: Dawson, McClintock, Winckler	Undecided
Pregnancy	SF 58	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. 1/17 Subcommittee: Taylor, Giddens, and Salmon.	Undecided
Programming	SSB1028	Department of Transportation	Final driver education field test. Strikes the provisions relating to who many administer the final field test and clarification of who can administer the final field test.	1/11 Introduced, referred to Transportation. 1/12 Subcommittee: Cournoyer, Bennett, and De Witt. 1/17 Subcommittee recommends passage.	Undecided
Reporting	HF 10	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 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. 1/12 Subcommittee: Boden, Gustoff, Staed. 1/17 Subcommittee recommends passage.