Bills in Committee

State Government (H)

Bills under consideration and review by committee.

Bill	Bill Title
SF 2355	A bill for an act providing for an audit, accounting, and appraisal of the Iowa communications network. (Formerly SF 2219.)
SF 2346	A bill for an act relating to the ballot arrangement for certain partisan offices. (Formerly SSB 3191.)
SF 483	A bill for an act requiring that a primary runoff election be held in the event of an inconclusive primary election for certain offices, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 33.)
SF 452	A bill for an act related to allowable annual salaries for deputy county auditors in charge of elections administration. (Formerly SSB 1153.)
SF 441	A bill for an act relating to the issuance of birth certificates and providing for a repeal. (Formerly SSB 1129.)
HF 2469	A bill for an act relating to the expenditure of public funds and funds held in trust by statewide elected officials, members of the general assembly, or local officials on certain forms of advertisement and imposing penalties. (Formerly HSB 589.)
HF 2439	A bill for an act relating to horse racing regulated by the racing and gaming commission. (Formerly HF 2077.)
HF 2424	A bill for an act relating to tax return preparers. (Formerly HSB 590.)
HF 2417	A bill for an act relating to allowable forms for payment for amusement concessions at a fair. (Formerly HSB 658.) Effective 7-1-18.
HF 2415	A bill for an act providing for online reports of waivers and variances granted by the boards for certain medical professions and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2152.)
HF 2344	A bill for an act relating to the dispensing of cash from a device located at a licensed pari-mutuel wagering or gambling game facility. (Formerly HSB 612.)
HF 2277	A bill for an act relating to the inspection and examination of certain public records under the custody of the state archivist or a county registrar. (Formerly HSB 550.) Effective 7-1-18.
HF 2222	A bill for an act relating to the administration of elections, including voter identity verification and straight party voting, and including applicability provisions.
HF 2221	A bill for an act relating to the absentee voting period.
HF 2220	A bill for an act modifying provisions relating to the sale of certain fireworks, and making penalties applicable.
HF 2190	A bill for an act including public safety telecommunicators in the protection occupation category of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system.
HF 2186	A bill for an act prohibiting the sale and use of fireworks, and making penalties applicable.
HF 2184	A bill for an act limiting campaign contributions to certain candidates and making civil and criminal penalties applicable.
HF 2170	A bill for an act relating to professional standards for the certification or designation of music therapists and providing penalties.
HF 2169	A bill for an act providing for midwife licensure, providing for fees, and making penalties applicable.
HF 2168	A bill for an act relating to the suspension of an alcoholic beverages permit or license by a local authority.
HF 2157	A bill for an act relating to access to a copy of an original birth certificate by an adult adoptee, and providing for fees.
HF 2152	A bill for an act providing for online reports of waivers and variances granted by the boards for certain medical professions and including effective date provisions. (See HF 2415.)
HF 2151	A bill for an act differentiating between filing deadlines for incumbents and nonincumbents.
HF 2110	A bill for an act requiring investment managers and consultants for the Iowa public employees’ retirement system to be located in this state and including an applicability provision.
HF 2109	A bill for an act requesting an interim committee relating to confidentiality provisions under Iowa’s open records law.
HF 2095	A bill for an act limiting campaign contributions to certain candidates and making civil and criminal penalties applicable.
HF 2078	A bill for an act modifying provisions relating to horse racing regulated by the racing and gaming commission.
HF 2068	A bill for an act concerning limits on reappointing members of the state racing and gaming commission and including applicability provisions.
HF 2062	A bill for an act exempting specified real property owners from electrical and plumbing licensure requirements.
HF 2061	A bill for an act providing for the licensure of clinical art therapists, making penalties applicable, providing for fees, and including effective date and implementation provisions.
HF 2060	A bill for an act relating to computation of overtime for state employees who serve as volunteer emergency services providers.
HF 2044	A bill for an act relating to claims arising from state employees committing sexual harassment in the workplace.
HF 2043	A bill for an act relating to the availability for lease or purchase of state-owned real property that is vacant for specified periods of time.
HF 2026	A bill for an act providing for the disclosure of certain communications made to the office of the governor or a state agency from persons outside of government.
HF 2025	A bill for an act defining infamous crime as election misconduct in the first degree that is vote fraud for the purposes of disqualifying a person from registering to vote and voting and from being a candidate for certain elective offices and limiting such disqualifications to the term of the sentence.
HF 2024	A bill for an act relating to state agency authority relating to purchasing procedures and executive branch employee travel claims.
HF 2018	A bill for an act prohibiting outside employment or activities requiring registration as a foreign agent and making penalties applicable.
HF 2017	A bill for an act relating to the elimination and transition of the duties of the department of public health.
HF 2016	A bill for an act concerning the regulation of elections by establishing requirements for election to public office, assessing election costs to candidates, and affecting vote tabulations for public referenda.
HF 2003	A bill for an act relating to persons involved in the sale of alcoholic beverages, and making penalties applicable.
HF 570	A bill for an act related to allowable annual salaries for deputy county auditors in charge of elections administration. (Formerly HSB 113.)
HF 569	A bill for an act concerning authorized investment vehicles in a tax-sheltered investment program established by the department of administrative services. (Formerly HSB 115.) Effective 7-1-17.
HF 567	A bill for an act relating to the practice of optometry. (Formerly HSB 48.)
HF 516	A bill for an act relating to the conduct and administration of elections, including voter registration, absentee voting, voter identity verification, signature verification, polling place prohibitions, commissioner duties and certifications, voter misconduct information and reporting, straight party voting, the voting age at primary elections, candidate filing deadlines, and post-election audits, creating an electronic poll book and polling place technology revolving loan fund, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 93.) Various effective dates, see bill.
HF 481	A bill for an act relating to candidacy for partisan office, including filing requirements for nominations of candidates and for filling ballot vacancies.
HF 466	A bill for an act relating to continuation of or reenrollment in certain health care coverage by children of enrollees, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 37.)
HF 462	A bill for an act providing for the confidentiality of certain records provided by gambling licensees to the racing and gaming commission. (Formerly HSB 110.) Effective 7-1-17.
HF 453	A bill for an act providing for midwife licensure and providing for a fee and a penalty.
HF 430	A bill for an act providing for the nonpartisan election and nomination by county primary election of county officers.
HF 403	A bill for an act concerning the confidentiality of personal information relating to volunteers for a governmental body.
HF 366	A bill for an act providing for state employee cyber security briefings for certain travel outside the country.
HF 365	A bill for an act providing for the restoration of the right to register to vote and to vote and hold elective office for certain persons and including effective date provisions.
HF 364	A bill for an act requiring executive branch administrative units that regulate a profession to provide a waiver process to allow persons barred due to a criminal record to apply for a license or other authorization.
HF 363	A bill for an act changing the date of the primary election.
HF 333	A bill for an act relating to the inspection and copying of certain vital statistics records.
HF 293	A bill for an act concerning state purchasing from prison industries for products manufactured in this state. (Formerly HSB 49.) Effective 7-1-17.
HF 247	A bill for an act relating to elections by providing for the registration of eligible electors upon review of electronic records received from state agencies, providing for ongoing absentee voter status, and including effective date provisions.
HF 246	A bill for an act eliminating provisions relating to the inclusion of fine arts elements in state buildings.
HF 229	A bill for an act relating to the licensing qualifications of a residential master electrician.
HF 212	A bill for an act relating to licensing sanctions against individuals who default on debt owed to or collected by the college student aid commission.
HF 201	A bill for an act relating to voter registration and voting by lowering the age at which a person may register to vote and the age at which a registered voter is eligible to vote in a primary election and including effective date provisions.
HF 197	A bill for an act concerning the contract bidding process for public improvement projects conducted by the state board of regents.
HF 194	A bill for an act providing for the registration of eligible electors to vote upon review of electronic records received from driver’s license and nonoperator’s identification card applications, and including effective date provisions.
HF 176	A bill for an act modifying membership, salary, and other requirements applicable to the Iowa utilities board.
HF 168	A bill for an act providing for public financing in certain political campaigns and making appropriations and including applicability provisions.
HF 167	A bill for an act relating to voter registration and voting by lowering the age at which a person may register to vote and the age at which a registered voter is eligible to vote in a primary election and including effective date provisions.
HF 150	A bill for an act eliminating election day and in-person absentee voter registration.
HF 149	A bill for an act concerning membership on the commission for the blind.
HF 101	A bill for an act relating to campaign finance by establishing a voter-owned Iowa clean elections Act and fund, providing for funding from specified sources, including an income tax checkoff, providing an income tax exemption for contributions made to the fund, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
HF 82	A bill for an act requiring state agency fees to be established by statute.
HF 81	A bill for an act repealing the declaration that the English language is the official language of the state of Iowa.
HF 80	A bill for an act establishing a retirement savings plan trust, and including implementation and effective date provisions.
HF 79	A bill for an act restoring the right to register to vote and to vote and hold elective office for certain persons and including effective date provisions.
HF 78	A bill for an act providing for ongoing absentee voter status.
HF 56	A bill for an act lowering the age at which a person may register to vote and including effective date provisions.
HF 55	A bill for an act allowing registered voters to make applications for absentee ballots through electronic means and making penalties applicable.
HF 54	A bill for an act authorizing certain cities to conduct city elections by absentee ballot.
HF 39	A bill for an act relating to the process to bind the state to international trade agreements.
HF 38	A bill for an act concerning review of disapproval of applications for liquor control licenses and permits by local authorities.
HF 37	A bill for an act creating a citizen trade policy council, establishing powers and duties for the council, creating a citizen trade policy council fund, and making an appropriation.
HF 18	A bill for an act concerning the distribution of gambling game receipts for charitable purposes.
HF 16	A bill for an act relating to supervision of electrical wiring performed by apprentice electricians or unclassified persons.
HF 4	A bill for an act to establish a right to engage in a lawful occupation free from substantial burdens imposed by occupational regulations unless certain conditions are met and providing remedies.
HF 1	A bill for an act establishing an organized system of reviews and ongoing repeal dates for programs and projects administered by executive branch departments.
HJR 2005	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa limiting years of service for members of the general assembly.