Bills Sponsored By Committee

State Government (H)

Bill Bill Title
Link to BillBookHJR 5 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the qualification of electors.
Link to BillBookHF 247 A bill for an act providing for negotiated rulemaking. (Formerly HSB 33)
Link to BillBookHF 248 A bill for an act relating to the request for a regulatory analysis. (Formerly HSB 34)
Link to BillBookHF 253 A bill for an act relating to governmental ethics and the duties of the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 312 A bill for an act relating to campaign finance committee reporting, use of committee funds or property, independent expenditures, and placement of campaign signs. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 372 A bill for an act relating to meetings of governmental bodies. (Formerly HSB 59)
Link to BillBookHF 374 A bill for an act relating to veterans by providing for the establishment of a department of veterans affairs, modifying the definition of veteran for property taxation and certain other purposes, providing for the compensation of members of a county commission of veteran affairs, providing for the issuance of combined hunting and fishing licenses to certain veterans, establishing a hepatitis C awareness program for veterans, concerning funds in an account for a state veterans cemetery, concerning military pay differential, and providing an effective date and retroactive and other applicability dates. Effective 05-05-05.
Link to BillBookHF 469 A bill for an act increasing the membership of the real estate commission. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 532 A bill for an act relating to the administrative functions of the department of cultural affairs, including the board of trustees of the state historical society of Iowa and the state records commission. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 641 A bill for an act concerning the determination of state regulatory fees on excursion gambling boats relating to the number of gaming enforcement officers on larger excursion gambling boats. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 644 A bill for an act relating to elections and voter registration by making certain corrective changes, prohibiting the processing of certain voter registration applications, allowing certain voter registrations to be submitted after the deadline, removing the requirement for separate entrances to buildings where polling places for more than one precinct are located, requiring names of candidates for nonpartisan office to be printed on the ballot in alphabetical order, relating to information printed on a certain portion of the ballot, modifying opening hours of the polls at certain elections, allowing the voter's declaration of eligibility to be printed on the election register, relating to the abstract of votes for county offices, relating to appointment of observers present when ballots are counted, allowing absentee voting at the commissioner's office for part of the day of the election for certain elections, modifying the time period during which a person may request an absentee ballot, requiring the registered voter's date of birth on the absentee ballot application, clarifying that certain confined persons may vote an absentee ballot in person at the commissioner's office, changing the deadline for challenging an absentee voter's qualifications, relating to persons nominated for city office by write-in votes, repealing the provisions declaring it unlawful for an absentee voter to fail to return the voter's absentee ballot, and including an applicability date provision.
Link to BillBookHF 645 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of lotteries, including the definition of a lottery, permissible lotteries by commercial organizations, and the prosecution of violators. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 646 A bill for an act concerning social and charitable gambling, including the regulation of cash raffles, prohibiting raffles at annual game nights, establishing a permanent electrical and mechanical amusement devices special fund and providing an appropriation, prohibiting certain electrical or mechanical amusement devices and bona fide contests, and providing for the denial, suspension, and revocation of certain gambling licenses by the department of inspections and appeals, and providing an effective date. Effective 07-01-05, with exception of section 5, effective 05-04-05.
Link to BillBookHF 647 A bill for an act relating to electronic filing of campaign finance organizational statements, dissolution reports, and disclosure reports by candidates for statewide office or for the general assembly, establishing a filing deadline for all statements and reports, providing a penalty, and providing applicability dates. (Formerly HF 61)
Link to BillBookHF 648 A bill for an act relating to state agency employment opportunities for members of the general assembly within two years after the termination of service. (Formerly HF 242)
Link to BillBookHF 714 A bill for an act establishing an interior design examining board, providing for the registration of interior designers, and providing fees and penalties. (See Cmte. Bill HF 877) (Formerly HSB 163)
Link to BillBookHF 715 A bill for an act relating to state government financial matters concerning charter agencies, the state appeal board, and reinvention initiatives of the department of management, and making appropriations. (See Cmte. Bill HF 837) (Formerly HSB 191)
Link to BillBookHF 716 A bill for an act relating to the military division and the homeland security and emergency management division of the department of public defense concerning the activation and use of the civil air patrol, the authority of the adjutant general to enter into interstate agreements for use of national guard personnel, and the use of the national incident management system for state emergencies. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 727 A bill for an act relating to activities by lobbyists and clients of lobbyists and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 62)
Link to BillBookHF 728 A bill for an act relating to the improper influence of executive branch officials, executive branch employees, members of the general assembly, and legislative employees, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 326)
Link to BillBookHF 729 A bill for an act relating to the Iowa public employees' retirement system and the judicial retirement system. Effective 7-01-06.
Link to BillBookHF 747 A bill for an act prohibiting the dissemination of certain false statements of fact made with actual malice concerning a candidate for public office and providing remedies. (Formerly HF 104)
Link to BillBookHF 748 A bill for an act providing for state employee payroll deductions for qualified tuition program contributions. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 751 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of liquefied petroleum gas storage tanks, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 29)
Link to BillBookHF 772 A bill for an act relating to violations of the open meetings and open records law by a member of a governmental body, the lawful custodian of a public record, or any other appropriate person. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 773 A bill for an act relating to eligibility of certain members of the armed forces of the United States, the reserve forces of the United States, and the Iowa national guard for the military service tax credit and exemption and providing an effective and an applicability date. (Formerly HF 365)
Link to BillBookHF 774 A bill for an act relating to the petition and vote requirements for increasing or reducing board of supervisors membership in certain counties. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 775 A bill for an act relating to political campaigns by requiring mandatory disclosures in certain political telephone communications, limiting campaign contributions for statewide and legislative elections, limiting contributions to political parties, providing a penalty for filing a false complaint, and applying other penalties. (Formerly HF 189)
Link to BillBookHF 776 A bill for an act relating to governmental financial and information technology activities, including membership in state insurance plans by former members of the general assembly, designation of a chief information officer for the state, cooperative procurement agreements, distribution of state employee salary information, setoff authority for capitol complex and state laboratory parking fines collection, sales of disposed personal property of the state by not-for-profit organizations, a local government setoff authority pilot project, and providing for a study concerning credit card payments accepted by government. Effective 07-01-05.
Link to BillBookHF 791 A bill for an act relating to the recognition and licensing of professional employer organizations and providing for penalties. (See Cmte. Bill HF 827) (Formerly HSB 21)
Link to BillBookHF 792 A bill for an act providing for the establishment of a technology governance board within the department of administrative services, and making an appropriation. (See Cmte. Bill HF 839) (Formerly HSB 246)
Link to BillBookHF 793 A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections and voter registration by providing when candidates to fill county office vacancies are to be nominated at the primary election, relating to signature requirements on nomination petitions, requiring legislative council approval of certain expenditures for implementation of the Help America Vote Act, relating to use of substitute precinct election officials, relating to ballot printing requirements, modifying closing hours of the polls, modifying identification requirements at the polls, providing grounds for challenging a voter's qualifications, relating to preparation of tally lists, striking the authority of the state or county commissioner to issue a notice of a technical infraction, prohibiting candidates or incumbents from being observers when absentee ballots are counted, clarifying that certain confined persons may vote an absentee ballot in person at the commissioner's office, imposing a prohibition on absentee ballot couriers, prohibiting certain communications when absentee ballots are being counted, exempting military and overseas voters from the identification and verification requirements for mail voter registrants, relating to multiple requests for an absentee ballot for a military and overseas voter, relating to changes of address and replacement absentee ballots for military and overseas voters, exempting military and overseas voters from absentee ballot return restrictions, allowing certain military voters to return absentee ballots from within the United States, striking a requirement related to counting federal write=in ballots, relating to establishment of satellite, absentee voting stations, defining voter registration list, requiring identification of certain voter registrants, relating to signature requirements on voter registration applications, including the social security administration as a verification source for certain voter registration information, requiring verification of certain information on all voter registrations received by mail, specifying the county commissioner as the official responsible for voter registration verification, limiting the dates of special elections on public measures for certain political subdivisions and school corporations, and including effective and applicability date provisions.
Link to BillBookHF 883 A bill for an act to legalize actions taken and proceedings conducted by the state of Iowa, Linn county, the city of Cedar Rapids, and three school districts including the Cedar Rapids community school district, the College community school district, and the Linn-Mar community school district, which relate to erroneously established boundaries, and providing an effective date. Effective 06-10-05.
Link to BillBookHJR 2005 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa to change the length of term of office for members of the Iowa House of Representatives from two years to four years. (Formerly HJR 2)
Link to BillBookHF 2050 A bill for an act relating to elections by making changes concerning requirements for entrances to certain polling places, arrangement of names on the ballot for nonpartisan offices, and election registers, and including effective and applicability date provisions. Effective 3-01-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2051 A bill for an act relating to maintenance of a voter registration system separate from the state voter registration system and providing an effective date. Effective 3-01-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2245 A bill for an act concerning the Iowa public employees' retirement system and the statewide fire and police retirement system, and providing an effective and retroactive applicability date. Effective 7-01-06, with exception of Section 4 effective 4-26-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2323 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of business organizations including administrative dissolution, registration of agents, authorization of names, the filing, delivery, and service of documents by the secretary of state, and the elimination of certain filing fees, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 569)
Link to BillBookHF 2333 A bill for an act prohibiting a person or club holding a liquor control license or retail wine or beer permit from distributing or possessing machines used to vaporize an alcoholic beverage for consumption and making penalties applicable. Effective 7-01-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2512 A bill for an act relating to the jurisdiction of the ethics and campaign disclosure board and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions and subjecting violators to remedies and penalties. Effective 7-01-06, with exception of Sections 2 and 4 effective 4-07-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2513 A bill for an act relating to campaign funding and reporting. (Formerly HSB 535)
Link to BillBookHF 2514 A bill for an act relating to the real estate education fund. (Formerly HSB 599) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2773)
Link to BillBookHF 2590 A bill for an act providing for the confidentiality of information concerning security procedures or emergency preparedness information developed and maintained by a government body. Effective 7-01-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2593 A bill for an act relating to activities of lobbyists and the ethical conduct of state officials and employees. Effective 7-01-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2594 A bill for an act relating to the filing of reports and statements with the ethics and campaign disclosure board and the use of certain resources for political campaign purposes. (Formerly HSB 664)
Link to BillBookHF 2597 A bill for an act requiring voters to provide certain identification when voting absentee or in person at the polling place. (Formerly HSB 623)
Link to BillBookHF 2627 A bill for an act prohibiting monitor vending machines and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 610)
Link to BillBookHF 2665 A bill for an act concerning the line of duty death benefit payable to public safety providers. Effective 7-01-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2670 A bill for an act concerning community foundations and economic development relating to the endow Iowa tax credit, the allocation of gambling tax revenues, making an appropriation, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HF 2004) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2784) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2791)
Link to BillBookHF 2698 A bill for an act concerning the authority of customer councils regarding the funding and providing of services by the department of administrative services and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 624)
Link to BillBookHF 2704 A bill for an act providing for the process of congressional and legislative redistricting. (Formerly HSB 510)
Link to BillBookHF 2705 A bill for an act providing for changes relating to specified aspects of the operation of the department of administrative services. Effective 7-01-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2706 A bill for an act providing for the confidentiality of certain records relating to charitable donations for the benefit of a government body. Effective 7-01-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2707 A bill for an act concerning alcoholic beverage control relating to manufacturers providing free cleaning services to retailers. (Formerly HSB 746)
Link to BillBookHF 2711 A bill for an act relating to building regulations, by establishing an internet website in the office of the state building code commissioner and requiring local governmental entities to report the adoption or amendment of local building regulations, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 625)
Link to BillBookHF 2712 A bill for an act establishing a deferred retirement option plan for members of the statewide fire and police retirement system and including an implementation provision. Effective 7-01-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2713 A bill for an act changing the bid threshold requirement for certain public improvement contracts and providing for an effective date. Effective 1-01-07, with exceptions of Sections 24, 28, and 29 effective 3-29-06.
Link to BillBookHF 2730 A bill for an act creating a defined contribution pension option for employees covered by the Iowa public employees' retirement system. (Formerly HSB 512)
Link to BillBookHF 2741 A bill for an act establishing statewide licensure of electricians and installers, providing for inspections, establishing fees, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 700)