Bills in Committee

Commerce (H)

Bills under consideration and review by committee.

Bill Bill Title
SF 2353 A bill for an act relating to debt management, mortgage bankers and brokers, delayed deposit services, regulated loans, and industrial loans, and providing for fees and penalties. (Formerly SSB 3139.) Effective 7-1-06.
SF 2276 A bill for an act relating to the maximum finance charge allowed for consumer loans secured by a certificate of title to a motor vehicle and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 217.)
SF 415 A bill for an act relating to employment, including the payment of weekly workers' compensation benefits, workers' compensation settlements and filings, and the direct deposit of wages paid by an employer, requiring a regular payday statement, and making civil penalties applicable.
SF 354 A bill for an act establishing pilot projects requiring the division of insurance to allow flexible small employer group health insurance coverage and requiring the insurance division to review insurance rating issues affecting small employers. (Formerly SF 299.)
SF 324 A bill for an act relating to equipment dealerships, by providing for the sale or transfer of a dealership and providing for the Act's applicability. (Formerly SSB 1090.)
HF 2723 A bill for an act relating to laws administered by the labor commissioner regarding the state elevator code and boiler and pressure vessel safety. (Formerly HSB 742)
HF 2722 A bill for an act relating to deficiencies in the construction or design of residential real property. (Formerly HSB 741)
HF 2681 A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation liability for injuries sustained in the course of employment. (Formerly HF 705) (Formerly HSB 88)
HF 2603 A bill for an act providing unpaid leave for employees attending school functions and providing a penalty.
HF 2598 A bill for an act providing for implementation of an emergency assistance program and making an appropriation.
HF 2587 A bill for an act relating to financial institutions including the regulation of state banks, bank holding companies, and industrial loan companies, and providing for penalties. Effective 7-01-06.
HF 2550 A bill for an act to establish a targeted skills training program and fund in the department of workforce development and making an appropriation.
HF 2534 A bill for an act relating to employment practices and human trafficking and related offenses and providing penalties and remedies and an appropriation.
HF 2533 A bill for an act relating to third-party payment of health care coverage costs for hyperbaric oxygen treatments.
HF 2532 A bill for an act pertaining to workers' compensation laws by regulating insurance policy inclusions, debt collection practices, calculation of weekly benefits of certain employees, liability for employees of certain contractors, and timely payment of benefits by insurers.
HF 2498 A bill for an act making discrimination between insureds on the basis of sex or marital status an unfair insurance practice.
HF 2491 A bill for an act relating to the termination of a franchise agreement by a city.
HF 2490 A bill for an act to create the model jobs, trade, and democracy Act.
HF 2486 A bill for an act providing for the establishment of a lead abatement program administered by the Iowa department of public health, and making an appropriation.
HF 2484 A bill for an act relating to identity theft including providing for the notification of a breach in the security of computerized data of personal information, allowing a security alert or block on a consumer report, allowing the issuance of an identity theft passport, requiring the deletion of certain records relating to dishonored checks, prohibiting the collection of certain unauthorized debt obligations, requiring the protection and destruction of customer records containing personal information, and providing for civil remedies and penalties.
HF 2481 A bill for an act creating an Iowa housing council and making appropriations.
HF 2479 A bill for an act relating to the sale or rental of a video game to a minor, and providing a penalty.
HF 2454 A bill for an act relating to area wage standards for construction contractors and making remedies and penalties applicable.
HF 2434 A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for certain child care providers and providing an applicability date.
HF 2432 A bill for an act concerning insurance coverage relating to eligibility to become a member of a state group insurance plan for school district employees and small business employees and the expansion of the healthy and well kids in Iowa program to parents of eligible children.
HF 2429 A bill for an act requiring certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for postpartum depression and psychosis screening and treatment and providing an applicability date.
HF 2423 A bill for an act relating to billing notifications for water service provided by a city utility for residential rental property.
HF 2387 A bill for an act creating an apprenticeship program and providing for tax credits.
HF 2372 A bill for an act to require bonding of home improvement contractors including providing for the recovery of bond proceeds, and making penalties applicable.
HF 2360 A bill for an act to require landlords of residential property to provide prospective tenants the monthly budget billing amount and highest monthly bill from the utility that provides heat to the premises.
HF 2349 A bill for an act relating to landlords and tenants by prohibiting a landlord from retaliating against a tenant for summoning or receiving police or emergency assistance in response to a family violence or domestic abuse situation and requiring a landlord to have good cause to terminate a mobile home space rental agreement.
HF 2328 A bill for an act concerning communications by employers concerning political and religious issues.
HF 2315 A bill for an act concerning direct deposit of employee pay by employers.
HF 2305 A bill for an act relating to the creation of a pharmaceutical purchasing pool for small businesses and governmental entities.
HF 2285 A bill for an act restricting electronic access to minors for certain purposes by creating a kids no e-contact list, prohibiting the sending of certain electronic messages to minors, creating a kids no e-contact list fund and providing for fees, and providing for civil penalties and remedies, and making appropriations and providing an effective date.
HF 2271 A bill for an act relating to the regulation, production, and consumption of energy including providing for sales tax exemptions, income tax credits, research and development, and use tax refunds, requiring an electricity renewable energy standard, providing for a certificate of public convenience, low-income weatherization, a community energy conservation plan program, providing for public education of energy efficiency, and renewable energy education, establishing emission reduction goals, providing for state certification of carbon sequestration, establishing a renewable energy for schools grant program, establishing high-performance standards for certain public buildings, and making appropriations.
HF 2230 A bill for an act providing for the licensing and regulation of motor vehicle equity line of credit lenders, and providing for fees and penalties.
HF 2221 A bill for an act relating to consumer loans secured by a certificate of title to a motor vehicle by creating the crime of loansharking, providing for a maximum finance charge, providing for criminal penalties, making penalties applicable, and providing an effective date.
HF 2220 A bill for an act relating to advertising for delayed deposit services and consumer loans secured by a motor vehicle and making penalties applicable.
HF 2218 A bill for an act relating to consumer loans, including providing for a maximum finance charge and certain reporting requirements for loans secured by a certificate of title to a motor vehicle, providing for an increase in fees for supervised loans, and making penalties applicable.
HF 2213 A bill for an act establishing a women's housing technical assistance program.
HF 2208 A bill for an act to require a landlord to have good cause to terminate a mobile home space rental agreement.
HF 2180 A bill for an act relating to consideration by insurance companies of traffic accidents involving volunteer emergency services providers.
HF 2169 A bill for an act relating to the disclosure of methamphetamine manufacture in real estate installment contracts and real estate transfers.
HF 2151 A bill for an act creating the home loan protection Act, and providing a penalty.
HF 2135 A bill for an act relating to the payment of wages by electronic funds transfer pursuant to a payroll card and making penalties applicable.
HF 2126 A bill for an act requiring certain health insurance policies to provide coverage for colorectal and prostate cancer screening under some circumstances and providing an applicability date.
HF 2122 A bill for an act requiring every insurer offering certain individual or group health insurance policies to provide coverage for treatment of certain inborn errors of metabolism with a dietary restriction.
HF 2119 A bill for an act relating to small employer health insurance income tax credits and providing effective and retroactive applicability dates.
HF 2113 A bill for an act relating to performance and disclosure standards for long-term care insurance.
HF 2107 A bill for an act to require notification of a breach of the security of a system of computerized data containing personal information and providing for civil remedies.
HF 2103 A bill for an act to require a hydrogen production study and pilot project by the Iowa energy center.
HF 2084 A bill for an act requiring a seller of property to provide the buyer with a statement regarding property tax credits.
HF 2075 A bill for an act concerning limitations on business interests for spouses of persons engaged in the business of manufacturing, bottling, or wholesaling alcohol.
HF 2064 A bill for an act relating to standardized requirements for long-term care insurance policies.
HF 2046 A bill for an act relating to the maximum finance charge allowed for consumer loans secured by a certificate of title to a motor vehicle and making penalties applicable.
HF 2032 A bill for an act increasing the state minimum hourly wage rate requirement.
HF 2019 A bill for an act making the use of credit information for underwriting or rating risks for personal insurance an unfair insurance practice and providing penalties and an applicability date.
HF 2003 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of payday loans and lenders, including the establishment of fees and civil penalties, and providing for an impact study by the superintendent of banking.
HF 818 A bill for an act relating to eligibility requirements for qualification for unemployment compensation benefits.
HF 765 A bill for an act requiring every insurer offering certain individual or group health insurance policies to provide coverage for certain enteral formulas. (Formerly HF 176)
HF 719 A bill for an act repealing registration requirements for construction contractors and providing for related matters. (Formerly HSB 230)
HF 707 A bill for an act concerning public employee collective bargaining. (Formerly HSB 233)
HF 705 A bill for an act relating to the characterization of personal injuries for purposes of workers' compensation liability. (Formerly HSB 88) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2681)
HF 696 A bill for an act authorizing voluntary health care purchasing pools for certain employers. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2529) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2790)
HF 666 A bill for an act relating to competitive local exchange service providers.
HF 665 A bill for an act prohibiting the use of credit information for underwriting or rating risks for personal insurance and providing penalties and an applicability date.
HF 662 A bill for an act relating to the termination of a franchise agreement granted by a city to a rate-regulated electric utility.
HF 651 A bill for an act relating to continuity of care for cancer treatment and providing an effective date and retroactive applicability.
HF 600 A bill for an act relating to the sale, issuance, and redemption of gift certificates including providing for abandonment, establishing restrictions on fees and charges, prohibiting expiration dates and other restrictive terms, and making penalties applicable.
HF 575 A bill for an act relating to the licensing requirements of dealers of new motor vehicles including the license application, establishing or changing the location of a dealer's place of business, and providing for payment of costs and providing an effective date.
HF 574 A bill for an act to require rate-regulated electric utilities to purchase a minimum amount of alternate energy and providing an effective date.
HF 558 A bill for an act relating to municipal corporations providing electric service in the exclusive service area of another electric utility.
HF 554 A bill for an act relating to the termination of rental agreements including retaliation against a tenant for receiving police or emergency services and requiring good cause to terminate the rental of a mobile home space.
HF 501 A bill for an act prohibiting payday lending and providing for penalties.
HF 463 A bill for an act regulating the transmission of commercial electronic mail messages involving multiple messages, false routing information, false registration information, and unauthorized computer access, and providing remedies and penalties.
HF 439 A bill for an act providing for the elimination of specified requirements applicable to an attorney providing brokerage and closing services in connection with a real estate auction. (Formerly HSB 16)
HF 434 A bill for an act providing that employees be paid based on comparable worth and making penalties applicable.
HF 427 A bill for an act providing for the establishment of certain fees relating to nonprofit corporations.
HF 422 A bill for an act creating the Iowa high-cost mortgage Act.
HF 413 A bill for an act relating to the transmission of electronic mail including the transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail, and the solicitation of the purchase of prescription drugs and the sale of adulterated or misbranded drugs through the use of electronic mail or the internet, and providing for penalties. (See Cmte. Bill HF 610)
HF 391 A bill for an act establishing requirements for persons contracting to provide services to the state.
HF 389 A bill for an act relating to small employer voluntary health care purchasing pools.
HF 352 A bill for an act relating to consumer credit by creating the refund anticipation loan Act and providing penalties.
HF 346 A bill for an act relating to delayed deposit services including fees, notices, transaction amounts, and reporting requirements.
HF 340 A bill for an act authorizing the sale of Iowa communications network capacity under specified circumstances, affecting the operation of the network, and making appropriations.
HF 308 A bill for an act relating to the law on homeowners' associations and providing certain remedies.
HF 307 A bill for an act regulating title loans and title loan lenders, including the establishment of licensing requirements, disclosure requirements, title loan agreement provision requirements, limitations on interest and fees charged, recordkeeping requirements, and providing for fees and penalties.
HF 302 A bill for an act prohibiting certain financial incentives for health care providers by group managed care health plans.
HF 300 A bill for an act relating to an unfair or deceptive practice in the insurance trade involving the discharge of individuals from hospitals, and providing penalties.
HF 235 A bill for an act relating to the appointment of a consumer advocate on insurance.
HF 225 A bill for an act providing for reduced automobile insurance premiums for older adults who complete a certified driver safety education course.
HF 197 A bill for an act relating to inheritance tax by eliminating the requirement that the department of revenue receive notice of withdrawal of funds from a joint account by a surviving joint owner. Effective 07-01-05.
HF 181 A bill for an act requiring carbon monoxide detectors in certain multiple- unit residential buildings and making penalties applicable.
HF 179 A bill for an act requiring employers to grant leaves of absence for crime victims to attend court proceedings and making penalties applicable.
HF 176 A bill for an act requiring every insurer offering certain individual or group health insurance policies to provide coverage for certain enteral formulas. (See Cmte. Bill HF 765)
HF 171 A bill for an act to require certain notices regarding the external review of denied health care insurance coverage.
HF 163 A bill for an act relating to the applicability of federal overtime pay requirements.
HF 150 A bill for an act relating to the applicability of federal overtime pay regulations.
HF 148 A bill for an act prohibiting discrimination in the business of insurance on the basis of gender and making remedies and penalties applicable.
HF 144 A bill for an act providing for access to the Iowa communications network by local law enforcement and first responder personnel under specified circumstances.
HF 135 A bill for an act relating to the disclosure of the annual percentage rate for a delayed deposit service transaction.
HF 111 A bill for an act relating to an increase in the state minimum wage.
HF 110 A bill for an act relating to telephone solicitations including the establishment of a state do-not-call database, providing for certain restrictions on telephone solicitors, and providing for a fee, penalties, and remedies.
HF 107 A bill for an act relating to the provision of certain information for insureds regarding external review of health care coverage decisions.
HF 105 A bill for an act to increase the state minimum hourly wage rate requirements.
HF 90 A bill for an act permitting residential elevators to be used in certain churches to transport persons with special needs.
HF 89 A bill for an act relating to third-party payment of health care coverage costs for mental health conditions, including alcohol or substance abuse treatment services.
HF 78 A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a healthy Iowa for all program.
HF 36 A bill for an act relating to the use of automatic dialing-announcing device equipment and making a penalty applicable.
HF 22 A bill for an act relating to establishing standardized requirements for long-term care insurance policies.
HR 139 A resolution supporting the use of traffic roundabouts on Iowa's streets and highways. (Formerly HSB 715)