Study Bills

Judiciary (S)

Study bills still in committee.

Bill Bill Title
SSB 3155 A study bill for an act relating to charges and expenses incurred by a county on behalf of prisoners. 2/15/16 Subcommitte: Sodders, Kinney, Shipley
SSB 3144 A study bill for an act creating the uniform deployed parents custody and visitation Act, and repealing current Code provisions relating to parents on active military duty. 2/11/16 Subcommittee: Sodders, Horn, Garrett 2/16/16 Returned to committee.
SSB 3141 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 including effective date provisions. 2/10/16 Subcommittee: Shipley, Kinney, Bisignano
SSB 3127 A study bill for an act modifying the criminal penalties for a controlled substance that contains cocaine base, and providing penalties. 2/9/16 Subcommittee: Sodders, Horn, Garrett 2/11/16 Returned to committee.
SSB 3123 A study bill for an act relating to the modification of the sex offender registry requirements for certain offenders. 2/9/16 Subcommittee: Quirmbach, Taylor, Garrett
SSB 3122 A study bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of identity theft, and providing penalties. 2/9/16 Subcommittee: Kinney, Hogg, Shipley
SSB 3121 A study bill for an act relating to a criminal trespass that results in a violation of a person's expectation of privacy, and providing penalties. 2/9/16 Subcommittee: Kinney, Sodders, Garrett
SSB 3111 A study bill for an act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections. 2/8/16 Subcommittee: Shipley, Bisignano, Kinney
SSB 3104 A study bill for an act establishing a criminal penalty for violent repeat offenders and reducing earned time for offenders required to participate in batterers' education under certain circumstances. 2/4/16 Subcommittee: Sodders, Petersen, Schneider
SSB 3103 A study bill for an act relating to guardians ad litem, attorneys for minor children, child custody investigators, and child and family reporters involved in child custody and visitation proceedings. 2/4/16 Subcommittee: Petersen, Horn, Garrett
SSB 3102 A study bill for an act relating to the standard for judicial review of agency action in a contested case and including applicability provisions. 2/4/16 Subcommittee: Hogg, Bisignano, Whitver
SSB 3101 A study 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. 2/4/16 Subcommittee: Bisignano, Quirmbach, Schneider
SSB 3077 A study bill for an act relating to civil law provisions, including notice requirements for the disposition of the real property of an estate, notice and document delivery under the trust code, the powers of an agent under a power of attorney, and liability for refusing to accept an acknowledged power of attorney, and including effective date and retroactive and other applicability provisions. 1/28/16 Subcommittee: Hogg, Horn, Garrett
SSB 3076 A study bill for an act allowing the formation of certain for=profit corporations as benefit corporations authorized to do business in this state under certain conditions. 1/28/2016 Subcommittee: Petersen, Quirmbach, Schneider
SSB 3058 A study bill for an act providing for voidable commercial transactions and including applicability provisions. 1/26/16 Subcommittee: Hogg, Horn, Whitver
SSB 3057 A study bill for an act relating to the time period during which a vacation or appeal of a termination of parental rights order may be requested. 1/26/16 Subcommittee: Taylor, Kinney, Shipley
SSB 3056 A study bill for an act relating to the time period during which a vacation or appeal of a termination of parental rights order may be requested. 1/26/16 Subcommittee: Taylor, Petersen, Zaun
SSB 3055 A study bill for an act relating to sexual abuse and sexual exploitation by a counselor, therapist, or school employee, related penalties, and the time within which actions may be brought for damages for such injury. 1/26/16 Subcommittee: Petersen, Kinney, Whitver
SSB 3054 A study bill for an act relating to civil penalties assessed for suspension or revocation of a person's driver's license or nonresident operating privilege. 1/26/16 Subcommittee: Sodders, Bisignano, Zaun
SSB 3053 A study bill for an act relating to the statute of repose for medical malpractice claims. 1/26/16 Subcommittee: Sodders, Hogg, Garrett
SSB 3035 A study bill for an act relating to a fiduciary's access to digital assets and including applicability provisions. 1/14/16 Subcommittee: Hogg, Sodders, Schneider 1/20/16 Returned to Committee.
SSB 3034 A study bill for an act relating to consent decrees in juvenile delinquency proceedings. 1/14/16 Subcommittee: Petersen, Taylor, Garrett
SSB 3033 A study bill for an act relating to exceptions to the meeting of a required ninety=day waiting period prior to the granting of a decree for dissolution of marriage. 1/14/16 Subcommittee: Sodders, Bisignano, Zaun
SSB 3032 A study bill for an act relating to attorney fees and court costs in an action to quiet title after a request for a quitclaim deed. 1/14/16 Subcommittee: Hogg, Bisignano, Garrett
SSB 3031 A study bill for an act including fathers whose paternity has been lawfully established in the definition of parent for the purposes of juvenile justice proceedings. 1/14/16 Subcommittee: Petersen, Taylor, Zaun
SSB 3030 A study bill for an act relating to forcible entry and detainer actions, including granting concurrent jurisdiction to small claims courts over preliminary hearings for certain forcible entry and detainer actions. 1/13/16 Subcommittee: Hogg, Sodders, Zaun
SSB 3029 A study bill for an act relating to child support payment processing, and including effective date and applicability provisions. 1/13/16 Subcommittee: Kinney, Bisignano, Garrett
SSB 3010 A study bill for an act relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem in an adoption proceeding. 1/12/16 Subcommittee: Bisignano, Horn, and Garrett 1/25/16 Returned to committee.
SSB 3009 A study bill for an act providing that certain peace officers and law enforcement officials are not required to use a notarial stamp when administering oaths or acknowledging signatures. 1/12/16 Subcommittee: Sodders, Hogg, and Garrett
SSB 3008 A study bill for an act establishing a statewide chemical substance abuse monitoring pilot program. 1/12/16 Subcommittee: Sodders, Kinney, and Garrett
SSB 3007 A study bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of interference with official acts at county jails, municipal holding facilities, and judicial district departments of correctional services, and providing penalties. 1/12/16 Subcommittee: Sodders, Kinney, and Whitver
SSB 3002 A study bill for an act relating to criminal jurisdiction on the Sac and Fox Indian settlement. 01/11/16 Subcommittee: Sodders, Hogg, and Schneider 1/12/16 Returned to Committee.
SSB 1263 A study bill for an act relating to the making, transferring, and possession of firearms and suppressors, and providing penalties. 3/5/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Bisignano, and Schneider
SSB 1251 A study bill for an act relating to the possession, manufacture, acquisition, and sale of firearms and suppressors, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. 3/3/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Bisignano, and Schneider 3/4/15 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
SSB 1249 A study bill for an act relating to redemption by certain persons of parcels sold at tax sale. 3/2/2015 Subcommittee: Quirmbach, Taylor, and Garrett
SSB 1248 A study bill for an act relating to requirements for timely filing of releases or satisfactions of mortgages. 3/2/2015 Subcommittee: Quirmbach, Taylor, and Schneider
SSB 1247 A study bill for an act relating to an exemption from municipal tort liability for claims arising from recreational activities on municipality=controlled property. 3/2/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Hogg, and Schneider
SSB 1238 A study bill for an act relating to fiduciary access to digital assets and including applicability provisions. 2/26/2015 Subcommittee: Hogg, Bisignano, and Schneider
SSB 1231 A study bill for an act relating to awards of certain damages for wage discrimination claims under the Iowa civil rights Act. 2/25/2015 Subcommittee: Hogg, Horn, and Schneider
SSB 1230 A study bill for an act relating to the transfer of jurisdiction from the juvenile court to the district court related to a child in need of assistance case. 2/25/2015 Subcommittee: Petersen, Kinney, and Garrett
SSB 1229 A study bill for an act relating to the obligations of a child in being eligible for a postsecondary education subsidy. 2/25/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Hogg, and Shipley
SSB 1227 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 including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. 2/25/2015 Subcommittee: Shipley, Taylor, and Bisignano
SSB 1225 A study bill for an act relating to the definition of stalking and making penalties applicable. 2/25/2015 Subcommittee: Petersen, Taylor, and Garrett
SSB 1205 A study bill for an act relating to the reclassification of marijuana, including tetrahydrocannabinols, under the controlled substance schedules. 2/18/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Bisignano, and Schneider
SSB 1196 A study bill for an act relating to the issuance of temporary restricted licenses for employment purposes. 2/18/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Bisignano, and Whitver 2/24/2015 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
SSB 1186 A study bill for an act relating to the compilation of a presentence investigation report in a criminal proceeding. 2/17/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Quirmbach, and Schneider 2/18/15 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
SSB 1185 A study bill for an act relating to the commission of a class "A" felony by a person under 18 years of age, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. 2/17/2015 Subcommittee: Hogg, Horn, and Schneider
SSB 1184 A study bill for an act relating to the mechanics notice and lien registry. 2/17/2015 Subcommittee: Hogg, Taylor, and Shipley
SSB 1183 A study bill for an act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections. 2/16/2015 Subcommittee: Shipley, Taylor, and Quirmbach
SSB 1176 A study bill for an act relating to privileged communications between a physician or health facility and a patient following an adverse health care incident. 2/11/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Quirmbach, and Schneider 2/25/15 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
SSB 1163 A study bill for an act relating to privileged communications between certain peer support group counselors and officers. 2/10/2015 Subcommittee: Kinney, Petersen, and Garrett
SSB 1162 A study bill for an act relating to communication and visitation between an adult ward and another person. 2/10/2015 Subcommittee: Hogg, Horn, and Shipley
SSB 1161 A study bill for an act relating to the definition of sex act and sexual activity in the criminal code. 2/10/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Kinney, and Shipley 3/2/2015 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
SSB 1160 A study bill for an act relating to certain persons who are excluded from coverage under the workers' compensation law of this state. 2/6/2015 Subcommittee: Hogg, Bisignano, and Garrett
SSB 1159 A study bill for an act relating to the possession of alcohol by certain minors, and making penalties applicable. 2/6/2015 Subcommittee: Quirmbach, Taylor, and Shipley
SSB 1121 A study bill for an act relating to the possession of marijuana, and providing a penalty. 1/29/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Hogg, Petersen, Garrett, Schneider, and Whitver
SSB 1111 A study bill for an act modifying the criminal offense of assault. 1/28/2015 Subcommittee: Petersen, Kinney, and Schneider
SSB 1110 A study bill for an act relating to the expungement of not=guilty verdicts and dismissed criminal=charge records. 1/28/2015 Subcommittee: Taylor, Petersen, and Shipley 2/26/15 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
SSB 1108 A study bill for an act relating to the manufacturing, delivery, or possession with the intent to manufacture or deliver marijuana, including its counterfeit or simulated forms. 1/28/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Hogg, Petersen, Schneider, Garrett, and Whitver
SSB 1092 A study bill for an act concerning the issuance of temporary visitor driver's licenses to certain foreign nationals. 1/27/2015 Subcommittee: Bisignano, Petersen, and Garrett
SSB 1091 A study bill for an act relating to the granting of a dissolution of marriage when the respondent is convicted of a crime against the petitioner and is incarcerated at the time of the filing of the petition for dissolution of marriage. 1/27/2015 Subcommittee: Sodders, Petersen, and Whitver 2/11/2015 Subcommittee recommends passage and amendment.
SSB 1081 A study bill for an act providing an exemption from liability under the Iowa municipal tort claims Act for an officer or employee of a school district or local school board from a claim related to a person's participation in an extracurricular activity not sponsored by the school on school grounds. 1/22/2015 Subcommittee: Horn, Sodders, and Schneider
SSB 1080 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. 1/22/2015 Subcommittee: Hogg, Petersen, and Garrett
SSB 1079 A study bill for an act relating to expert witness fees. 1/22/2015 Subcommittee: Petersen, Bisignano, and Whitver
SSB 1078 A study bill for an act relating to probate and estate=related laws, including the deduction of administrative expenses on the Iowa fiduciary income tax return, the Iowa inheritance tax, liability of beneficiaries of payable=on=death accounts or transfer=on=death securities accounts, fiduciaries' right to property and information, and the surviving spouse's elective share. 1/22/2015 Subcommittee: Hogg, Bisignano, and Schneider
SSB 1077 A study bill for an act relating to the calculation of certain court costs in probate. 1/22/2015 Subcommittee: Hogg, Horn, and Garrett
SSB 1076 A study bill for an act relating to nonprofit corporations' powers and duties, document filings, meetings, mergers, voting procedures, and the functions of directors and officers. 1/22/2015 Subcommittee: Hogg, Kinney, and Schneider
SSB 1011 A study bill for an act relating to kidnapping of a minor, and providing penalties. 1/13/15 Subcommittee: Kinney, Petersen, and Garrett 2/5/2015 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
SSB 1010 A study bill for an act relating to the disposition of seized firearms or ammunition. 1/13/15 Subcommittee: Kinney, Quirmbach, and Garrett 2/5/2015 Subcommittee recommends passage.
SSB 1009 A study bill for an act enhancing the criminal penalty for an assault on an operator of a motor vehicle providing transit services as part of a public transit system, and providing penalties. 1/13/15 Subcommittee: Petersen, Hogg, and Zaun
SSB 1008 A study bill for an act relating to certain agreements entered into by certified shorthand reporters. 1/13/15 Subcommittee: Hogg, Taylor, and Shipley
SSB 1007 A study bill for an act relating to support of the poor by certain relatives. 1/13/15 Subcommittee: Hogg, Quirmbach, Whitver 2/5/2015 Subcommittee recommends passage.
SSB 1006 A study bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of audio recordings used by shorthand reporters. 1/13/15 Subcommittee: Bisignano, Taylor, Shipley
SSB 1005 A study bill for an act relating to the reclassification of marijuana, including tetrahydrocannabinols, and the possession of marijuana, and providing a penalty. 1/13/15 Subcommittee: Sodders, Hogg, and Schneider
SSB 1003 A study bill for an act to provide that peace officers and retired peace officers qualify as classroom driver education instructors. 1/13/15 Subcommittee: Sodders, Petersen, and Schneider