Study Bills

Judiciary (S)

Study bills still in committee.

Bill Bill Title
SSB 3196 A study bill for an act relating to the criminal transmission of a contagious or infectious disease, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. 02/17/14 Hogg, Sodders, Schneider
SSB 3190 A study bill for an act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities and providing effective and applicability dates. 02/17/14 Garrett, Hogg, Horn
SSB 3189 A study bill for an act relating to dissemination by a young person of material depicting a sex act or nudity and sexual exploitation of a minor. 02/17/14 Taylor, Hogg, Boettger
SSB 3188 A study bill for an act relating to the county attorney court debt collection program. 02/17/14 Courtney, Dvorsky, Garrett
SSB 3177 A study bill for an act relating to the testing of a person's blood, breath, or urine in an operating=while=intoxicated case. 02/13/14 Sodders, Hogg, Whitver
SSB 3176 A study bill for an act relating to transfer of guardianship in child in need of assistance proceedings. 02/13/14 Petersen, Courtney, Garrett
SSB 3175 A study bill for an act requiring recording of claims involving mineral rights in real estate owned by another person and providing for loss of mineral rights if a claim is not timely recorded. 02/13/14 Hogg, Dvorsky, Garrett
SSB 3170 A study bill for an act relating to nonsubstantive code corrections. 02/11/14 Garrett, Horn, Hogg
SSB 3169 A study bill for an act relating to the criminal offenses of enticing a minor, prostitution, sexual exploitation of a minor, and human trafficking, and providing for a fee. 02/11/14 Dvorsky, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 3157 A study bill for an act relating to the Iowa business corporation Act by removing limitations imposed on shareholders making long=term arrangements affecting the affairs of the corporation, and by providing for the delivery of financial information to shareholders. 02/10/14 Schneider, Hogg, Horn
SSB 3156 A study bill for an act relating to the imposition of a term of parole or work release for forcible felons, and providing penalties. 02/10/14 Hogg, Sodders, Whitver
SSB 3146 A study bill for an act relating to the service of mandatory minimum sentences by juveniles. 02/04/14 Hogg, Horn, Schneider
SSB 3145 A study bill for an act relating to the regulation of unmanned aerial vehicles, and providing penalties. 02/04/14 Taylor, Hogg, Schneider
SSB 3144 A study bill for an act modifying the parole and work release eligibility for persons convicted of robbery in the first or second degree. 02/04/14 Hogg, Sodders, Schneider
SSB 3143 A study bill for an act relating to wills including witness testimony, distribution of property, and claims of personal representatives, and including retroactive and other applicability provisions. 02/04/14 Garrett, Hogg, Horn
SSB 3135 A study bill for an act establishing a conditional plea in a criminal case. 01/30/14 Sodders, Courtney, Whitver
SSB 3134 A study bill for an act relating to the continued effect of terms, conditions, covenants, and provisions contained in documents and instruments creating or regulating multiple housing cooperatives and horizontal property regimes and including applicability provisions. 01/30/14 Schneider, Hogg, Quirmbach
SSB 3128 A study bill for an act relating to sex offender registry requirements for juveniles. 01/30/14 Hogg, Petersen, Whitver
SSB 3116 A study bill for an act creating the Iowa uniform power of attorney Act and providing penalties and including applicability provisions. 01/28/14 Hogg, Horn, Schneider
SSB 3115 A study bill for an act relating to the scope and nature of use restrictions on land. 01/28/14 Hogg, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 3114 A study bill for an act relating to criminal gang participation. 01/28/14 Hogg, Courtney, Schneider
SSB 3113 A study bill for an act providing an exemption from liability for an officer or employee of a school district or local school board under the Iowa municipal tort claims Act due to a person's participation in a non=school=sponsored extracurricular activity on school grounds. 01/28/14 Dvorsky, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 3112 A study bill for an act modifying the periods of time to bring civil and criminal actions relating to the sexual abuse of minors. 01/28/14 Sodders, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 3111 A study bill for an act relating to the grounds for termination of parental rights. 01/28/14 Hogg, Horn, Boettger
SSB 3083 A study bill for an act relating to the criminal sentencing of juveniles in district court. 01/23/14 Hogg, Horn, Schneider
SSB 3082 A study bill for an act relating to common forms of co=ownership of real property and including effective date and applicability provisions. 01/23/14 Schneider, Hogg, Horn
SSB 3079 A study bill for an act relating to kidnapping, and providing penalties. 01/23/14 Hogg, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 3078 A study bill for an act relating to the employment of legal counsel in a pending action or proceeding to protect the interests of the state. 01/23/14 Hogg, Courtney, Schneider
SSB 3077 A study bill for an act requiring the department of public safety to develop training standards for the use of electronic weapons, including stun guns and tasers, by law enforcement agencies throughout the state. 01/23/14 Courtney, Taylor, Schneider
SSB 3076 A study bill for an act relating to the definition of a sexually violent predator for purposes of civil commitment procedures. 01/23/14 Hogg, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 3075 A study bill for an act relating to serving a subpoena on a peace officer. 01/23/14 Hogg, Courtney, Whitver
SSB 3074 A study bill for an act relating to the fees and expenses of a court appointed attorney or guardian ad litem representing an indigent person in a guardianship, conservatorship, or dissolution proceeding. 01/23/14 Taylor, Courtney, Garrett
SSB 3073 A study bill for an act authorizing the placement of a child in group or family foster care pursuant to a consent decree entered in juvenile court. 01/23/14 Petersen, Dvorsky, Whitver
SSB 3071 A study bill for an act prohibiting employers from refusing to hire job applicants based on certain criminal history and providing penalties. 01/23/14 Hogg, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 3070 A study bill for an act relating to theft and making penalties applicable. 01/23/14 Hogg, Sodders, Garrett
SSB 3039 A study bill for an act relating to the definition of domestic abuse in civil domestic abuse and criminal domestic abuse assault cases. 01/17/14 Petersen, Sodders, Boettger
SSB 3036 A study bill for an act relating to elections or appointments to a county magistrate appointing commission. 01/17/14 Taylor, Hogg, Garrett
SSB 3035 A study bill for an act relating to a magistrate acting as counsel for clients within the jurisdiction of the magistrate. 01/17/14 Taylor, Hogg, Whitver
SSB 3034 A study bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of interference with official acts, and providing penalties. 01/17/14 Hogg, Taylor, Garrett
SSB 3033 A study bill for an act relating to the use of remotely operated aerial vehicles and providing a penalty. 01/17/14 Taylor, Hogg, Schneider
SSB 3023 A study bill for an act relating to the considerations of a court in awarding spousal support. 01/16/14 Horn, Petersen, Boettger
SSB 1236 A study bill for an act relating to medical malpractice actions. 03/06/13 Hogg, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 1231 A study bill for an act establishing the crime of home repair fraud and providing penalties. 03/04/13 Taylor, Sodders, Boettger
SSB 1230 A study bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of sexual abuse in the fourth degree, making related changes to sexual abuse in the third degree and the sex offender registry, providing penalties, and including retroactive and other applicability provisions. 03/04/13 Hogg, Dvorsky, Boettger
SSB 1229 A study bill for an act relating to mechanics liens and the mechanics notice and lien registry. 03/04/13 Hogg, Horn, Whitver
SSB 1220 A study bill for an act concerning title to real estate. 02/28/13 Hogg, Horn, Schneider
SSB 1215 A study bill for an act relating to the sealing of juvenile delinquency records. 02/27/13 Dvorsky, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 1214 A study bill for an act relating to estates and trusts and including retroactive and other applicability provisions. 02/27/13 Hogg, Horn, Whitver
SSB 1198 A study bill for an act expanding the definition of the term "sex act" in the criminal code and providing penalties. 02/21/13 Hogg, Sodders, Whitver
SSB 1197 A study bill for an act relating to obscene material by modifying the definition of material and authorizing local regulation of certain live acts, performances, and exhibitions. 02/21/13 Hogg, Dvorsky, Whitver
SSB 1196 A study bill for an act relating to marital agreements, and including effective date and applicability provisions. 02/21/13 Horn, Taylor, Whitver
SSB 1195 A study bill for an act relating to strip searches of simple misdemeanants at a jail or municipal holding facility. 02/21/13 Hogg, Dvorsky, Schneider
SSB 1194 A study bill for an act relating to immunity from liability for certain recreational activities on school grounds. 02/21/13 Hogg, Petersen, Boettger
SSB 1193 A study bill for an act relating to right to cure provisions applicable to a closed credit card account. 02/21/13 Sodders, Petersen, Zaun
SSB 1192 A study bill for an act relating to involuntary commitments for persons with substance=related disorders, mental illness, and intellectual disabilities, and providing for the creation of a mental health advocate division in the department of inspections and appeals and including effective date provisions. 02/21/13 Hogg, Taylor, Schneider
SSB 1188 A study bill for an act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections. 02/20/13 Schneider, Hogg, Horn
SSB 1185 A study bill for an act relating to the statute of limitations period in an action arising out of the unsafe or defective condition of an improvement to real property. 02/20/13 Hogg, Quirmbach, Whitver
SSB 1169 A study bill for an act relating to business corporations, including by providing for their organization and operation; providing for the relationship between shareholders, directors, and officers; and including effective date provisions. 02/13/13 Schneider, Hogg, Horn
SSB 1168 A study bill for an act relating to the duties and responsibilities of insurance producers under insurance policies or contracts. 02/13/13 Hogg, Horn, Schneider
SSB 1167 A study bill for an act relating to the service of notice of no=contact orders and protective orders. 02/13/13 Petersen, Taylor, Boettger
SSB 1166 A study bill for an act relating to interrogations of students in public and nonpublic schools. 02/13/13 Quirmbach, Taylor, Zaun
SSB 1165 A study bill for an act relating to the issuance of a search warrant to authorize the placement, tracking, monitoring, and removal of a global positioning device. 02/13/13 Sodders, Horn, Schneider
SSB 1152 A study bill for an act prohibiting certain agreements for the apportionment of water utility or enterprise charges under the uniform residential landlord and tenant Act and including applicability provisions. 02/12/13 Horn, Dvorsky, Zaun
SSB 1151 A study bill for an act relating to the placement of a juvenile on youthful offender status and the prosecution of a juvenile in juvenile or district court, and access to child abuse records by a juvenile court intake officer. 02/12/13 Taylor, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 1150 A study bill for an act concerning prescription drug or controlled substance medication defenses in operating=while=intoxicated cases. 02/12/13 Hogg, Taylor, Whitver
SSB 1149 A study bill for an act enhancing the criminal penalty for an assault on a public transit bus operator, and providing penalties. 02/12/13 Hogg, Courtney, Zaun
SSB 1147 A study bill for an act relating to the issuance of and violations of civil protective orders and criminal no=contact orders and modifying penalties. 02/12/13 Petersen, Taylor, Schneider
SSB 1125 A study bill for an act prohibiting employers from refusing to hire job applicants based on certain criminal history and providing penalties. 02/06/13 Hogg, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 1124 A study bill for an act requiring in=state construction contracts and disputes thereof to be governed by Iowa law. 02/06/13 Petersen, Sodders, Schneider
SSB 1111 A study bill for an act relating to the possession of alcohol by certain minors and juvenile court jurisdiction, and making penalties applicable. 02/05/13 Taylor, Petersen, Whitver
SSB 1110 A study bill for an act relating to the boards of directors of public corporations. 02/05/13 Hogg, Horn, Schneider
SSB 1109 A study bill for an act relating to robbery in the first degree, and providing a penalty. 02/05/13 Sodders, Horn, Schneider
SSB 1099 A study bill for an act relating to county attorney duties when representing the department of human services in juvenile court. 01/30/13 Hogg, Dvorsky, Schneider
SSB 1098 A study bill for an act relating to the discharge of a firearm near buildings or feedlots by certified law enforcement officers for training purposes and providing penalties. 01/30/13 Hogg, Sodders, Sorenson
SSB 1097 A study bill for an act relating to the transmission of court records by the clerk of the district court to the clerk of the supreme court in an appeal. 01/30/13 Taylor, Hogg, Schneider
SSB 1095 A study bill for an act relating to an application for the immediate return of seized property. 01/30/13 Schneider, Sodders, Petersen
SSB 1094 A study bill for an act relating to funds transfers under the uniform commercial code, and including effective date provisions. 01/30/13 Whitver, Horn, Petersen
SSB 1090 A study bill for an act relating to identity theft, and providing a penalty. 01/29/13 Sodders, Hogg, Schneider
SSB 1089 A study bill for an act relating to the sentencing of minors convicted of murder in the first degree and including effective date and applicability provisions. 01/29/13 Horn, Dvorsky, Schneider
SSB 1088 A study bill for an act relating to conducting condemnation proceedings. 01/29/13 Quirmbach, Horn, Whitver
SSB 1038 A study bill for an act relating to the waiting period before the granting of a decree dissolving a marriage. 01/16/13 Courtney, Horn, Boettger