Study Bills

Judiciary (S)

Study bills still in committee.

Bill Bill Title
SSB 3187 A bill for an act providing for juvenile court jurisdiction over minor guardianship proceedings.
SSB 3183 A bill for an act relating to the boards of directors of public corporations, and including effective date provisions. (See SF 2378.)
SSB 3182 A bill for an act relating to the appointment of a special prosecutor after a peace officer discharges a firearm while on duty that results in a bodily injury, serious injury, or death.
SSB 3167 A 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 retroactive applicability provisions. (See SF 2335; SF 2335.)
SSB 3166 A bill for an act relating to orders of disposition of certain property of a party to the marriage in an annulment, dissolution, or separate maintenance proceeding.
SSB 3155 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of the people to acquire, keep, possess, transport, carry, transfer, and use arms. (See SJR 2009.)
SSB 3154 A bill for an act relating to the awarding of joint custody and joint physical care. (See SF 2374.)
SSB 3144 A bill for an act permitting the use of bodily restraints on a child in juvenile court hearings.
SSB 3143 A bill for an act relating to the prerequisites for and prohibition against an abortion related to the testing for, and following the detection of, a fetal heartbeat, providing for a repeal, and providing penalties. (See SF 2281.)
SSB 3142 A bill for an act relating to unenforceable provisions in rental agreements.
SSB 3141 A bill for an act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections. (See SF 2336.)
SSB 3135 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of medical cannabidiol, by altering the list of debilitating medical conditions and changing the definition of medical cannabidiol under the medical cannabidiol Act, and exempting sales of medical cannabidiol products from Iowa sales tax. (See SF 2372; SF 2405.)
SSB 3134 A bill for an act creating a capital murder offense by establishing the penalty of death for murder in the first degree offenses involving kidnapping and sexual abuse offenses, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SSB 3106 A bill for an act relating to the medical cannabidiol Act, by granting the medical cannabidiol board the authority to alter the definition of medical cannabidiol and to alter the list of debilitating medical conditions for which the use of medical cannabidiol would be medically beneficial. (See SF 2313.)
SSB 3105 A bill for an act relating to certain corporations doing business in this state, including restrictions and requirements imposed on nonprofit corporations acquiring agricultural land used in farming, and the duties and liabilities of directors of for-profit and nonprofit corporations. (See SF 2314.)
SSB 3104 A bill for an act relating to the liability of private employers, general contractors, and premises owners for negligently hiring or failing to supervise employees, agents, or independent contractors convicted of a public offense.
SSB 3103 A bill for an act relating to submission by the commissioner of insurance of a state innovation waiver application relating to the availability of quality health care pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
SSB 3102 A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of child endangerment by prohibiting a parent or guardian from allowing the parent or guardian’s spouse custody or control of, or unsupervised access to, a child or certain minors if the spouse is a registered sex offender, and providing penalties. (See SF 2373.)
SSB 3101 A bill for an act excluding certain portable devices or weapons that direct an electric current from the definition of a dangerous weapon. (See SF 2321.)
SSB 3100 A bill for an act relating to obtaining a mechanic’s lien when a person takes collateral security on a contract for furnishing material or performing labor. (See SF 2229.)
SSB 3099 A bill for an act providing for open adoptions and voluntary postadoption contact agreements relating to private termination of parental rights and adoption proceedings.
SSB 3098 A bill for an act relating to DNA testing of certain criminal offenders.
SSB 3081 A bill for an act relating to retaining forfeited or abandoned ammunition and firearms by a local law enforcement agency.
SSB 3066 A bill for an act relating to the operations and governance of certain common interest communities.
SSB 3065 A bill for an act relating to partition of property in kind and partition of property by sale and rescinding the rules of civil procedure related to partition. (See SF 2175.)
SSB 3064 A bill for an act relating to notice and opportunity to repair construction defects and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SSB 3063 A bill for an act prohibiting state agencies from adopting rules or certain other policies without explicit statutory or judicial authorization. (See SF 2342.)
SSB 3062 A bill for an act relating to criminal acts committed on or against critical infrastructure property and providing penalties. (See SF 2235.)
SSB 3061 A bill for an act relating to the receipt of pecuniary damages by insurers as victims for purposes of criminal restitution. (See SF 2240.)
SSB 3060 A bill for an act relating to the commission of a parole violation or a criminal offense while on parole. (See SF 2241.)
SSB 3059 A bill for an act relating to the expungement of records of certain misdemeanor offenses.
SSB 3045 A bill for an act relating to the penalties for the commission of sexual misconduct with juveniles, and including effective date provisions.
SSB 3044 A bill for an act relating to the failure to wear a motor vehicle safety belt or safety harness. (See SF 2135.)
SSB 3043 A bill for an act relating to the practice of certain professions and limited liability companies and professional corporations. (See SF 2173.)
SSB 3042 A bill for an act creating a capital murder offense by establishing the penalty of death for murder in the first degree of a peace officer, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SSB 3041 A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of lascivious conduct with a minor or child, and providing penalties. (See SF 2176.)
SSB 3040 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the rights of a crime victim. (See SJR 2010.)
SSB 3039 A bill for an act relating to mechanics’ liens, public construction liens, and the early release of retained funds. (See SF 2236.)
SSB 3038 A bill for an act concerning payments under the crime victim compensation program. (See SF 2165.)
SSB 3037 A bill for an act relating to the statute of limitations period for executing judgments on claims for rent. (See SF 2237.)
SSB 3036 A bill for an act relating to the temporary emergency removal of a child from the child’s home and background investigations on adult persons with whom a child is placed, and providing fees.
SSB 3035 A bill for an act relating to inmate reading rooms in correctional institutions. (See SF 2136.)
SSB 3034 A bill for an act relating to sexually violent predators, the accumulation of earned time by offenders, and providing penalties.
SSB 3033 A bill for an act concerning admission to practice law in this state of persons admitted to practice law in a territory of the United States.
SSB 3032 A bill for an act relating to an ex parte court order authorizing the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications by special state agents. (See SF 2167.)
SSB 3026 A bill for an act relating to kidnapping in the second degree, and providing penalties. (See SF 2230.)
SSB 3025 A bill for an act prohibiting the use of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement, requiring the removal of existing systems, and including effective date provisions. (See SF 2148.)
SSB 3024 A bill for an act relating to the criminal offenses of the illegal use of a scanning device or encoding machine and criminal mischief in the third degree, and providing penalties.
SSB 3018 A bill for an act modifying certain criminal acts involving payment cards, and including penalties. (See SF 2238.)
SSB 3016 A bill for an act relating to probate, by amending the court fees in probate and including applicability provisions. (See SF 2234.)
SSB 3015 A bill for an act relating to the inheritance tax by modifying the requirements to qualify for a deferment of tax payment under certain circumstances in the case of estates with a deferred estate or remainder interest, and including applicability provisions. (See SF 2303.)
SSB 3014 A bill for an act relating to the powers of an agent under a power of attorney with respect to real property and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (See SF 2139.)
SSB 3013 A bill for an act relating to mortgage releases. (See SF 2138.)
SSB 3012 A bill for an act relating to redemption by certain persons of parcels sold at tax sale. (See SF 2166.)
SSB 3011 A bill for an act relating to probate and cremation, burial, and funeral decisions and expenses.
SSB 3010 A bill for an act relating to probate, by amending the probate powers of the clerk and conforming the probate procedures to electronic data management systems standards. (See SF 2098.)
SSB 3009 A bill for an act relating to probate and the administration of small estates and including applicability provisions. (See SF 2099.)
SSB 3008 A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of manufacturing, delivering, selling, or possessing drug paraphernalia by exempting hypodermic needles or syringes delivered, sold, or possessed through an approved needle exchange program. (See SF 2294.)
SSB 3007 A bill for an act relating to probate by the distribution of decedent’s property by affidavit, requiring certain affirmations in the affidavit, and including an applicability provision. (See SF 2285.)
SSB 3006 A bill for an act relating to the definition of dangerous weapons to include simulated firearms.
SSB 1177 A bill for an act relating to law enforcement profiling by standardizing collection and centralizing the compilation and reporting of officer stop and compliant data, providing for officer training, creating a community policing advisory board, providing for penalties and remedies, and including effective date provisions. (See SF 2280.)
SSB 1176 A bill for an act creating the compassionate use of medical cannabis preparations Act, reclassifying marijuana, including tetrahydrocannabinols, from a schedule I controlled substance to a schedule II controlled substance, providing for civil and criminal penalties and fees, and including effective date provisions.
SSB 1175 A bill for an act relating to offensive and dangerous weapons, and the justifiable use of reasonable and deadly force, including carrying, possessing, transferring, and acquiring weapons, the purchase and regulation of such weapons, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SSB 1173 A bill for an act relating to criminal sentencing by modifying criminal penalties for cocaine base, making inapplicable certain provisions relating to mandatory sentences, mandatory minimum sentences, limitations on parole and work release, and limitations on earned time.
SSB 1148 A bill for an act relating to asset forfeiture by prohibiting civil asset forfeiture for property valued at less than a minimum amount, raising the standard of proof for asset forfeiture, prohibiting the transfer of certain seized property to the federal government for forfeiture, requiring a proportionality review for property to be forfeited, and requiring law enforcement agencies to retain certain records related to asset forfeiture and including applicability provisions.
SSB 1143 A bill for an act relating to civil protective orders in domestic abuse and sexual abuse cases, and making penalties and remedies applicable.
SSB 1132 A 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.
SSB 1131 A bill for an act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections.
SSB 1128 A bill for an act relating to the awarding of costs and reasonable attorney fees regarding certain motions to dismiss to a prevailing party in a civil action and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SSB 1127 A bill for an act relating to the theft of equipment rental property, and making penalties applicable.
SSB 1102 A bill for an act relating to the waiting period before the granting of a decree for dissolution of marriage.
SSB 1096 A bill for an act relating to the revised uniform athlete agents Act and providing remedies and penalties.
SSB 1095 A bill for an act relating to disclosure of asbestos bankruptcy trust claims in civil asbestos actions, asbestos and silica claims prioritization, and successor corporation asbestos-related liability, and including applicability provisions.
SSB 1094 A bill for an act relating to an action to quiet title of real property and the doctrine of adverse possession.
SSB 1093 A bill for an act relating to termination of parental rights and adoption proceedings, and providing penalties.
SSB 1092 A bill for an act relating to mechanics’ liens and public construction liens.
SSB 1091 A bill for an act relating to search warrants, by allowing an application for and the issuance of a search warrant by electronic means, and allowing for the written inventory of any property seized to be filed with the clerk of the district court.
SSB 1090 A bill for an act creating an exception to the statutory rule against perpetuities and making related changes.
SSB 1089 A bill for an act relating to the commission of child endangerment by allowing a sex offender access to a child or minor, and providing penalties.
SSB 1088 A bill for an act providing immunity from certain criminal offenses and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions for persons who report, seek, or require emergency assistance for alcohol or drug-related overdoses or protection from certain crimes, and modifying penalties.
SSB 1087 A bill for an act relating to medical malpractice claims, including noneconomic damage awards, contingency fees, expert witnesses, and defenses.
SSB 1086 A bill for an act relating to a fiduciary’s access to digital assets and including applicability provisions.
SSB 1085 A bill for an act making changes to the controlled substance schedules, modifying the regulation of precursor substances, and providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
SSB 1084 A bill for an act requiring the master list for juror service to be updated annually using an electronic data processing system and eliminating jury commissions.
SSB 1050 A bill for an act relating to salaries and apportionment of judicial officers and including effective date provisions.
SSB 1049 A bill for an act relating to the placement of shorthand reporters in exempt status and to the supervision of the board of examiners of shorthand reporters.
SSB 1048 A bill for an act relating to mediation of certain farm disputes prior to the initiation of litigation.
SSB 1022 A bill for an act relating to sex offender registration requirements, sexually violent predators, and the commission of the offense of child endangerment by a sex offender, and providing penalties.
SSB 1011 A bill for an act relating to the liability of possessors and occupants of land for injury to trespassers and including applicability provisions.
SSB 1010 A bill for an act relating to statute-of-repose periods for improvements to real property and including applicability provisions.
SSB 1009 A bill for an act relating to the authority of cities to regulate and restrict the occupancy of residential rental property.
SSB 1008 A bill for an act relating to awarding costs and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing party in a civil action and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SSB 1007 A bill for an act relating to certain public offenses committed against a person because of the person’s employment as a law enforcement officer, and providing penalties.