Bills Sponsored By Committee

Commerce (H)

Bill Bill Title
HF 347 A bill for an act establishing an energy utility assessment and resolution program for certain persons with low incomes who have or need a deferred payment agreement to address home energy utility costs and making an appropriation. (Formerly HSB 92)
HF 393 A bill for an act relating to qualifications for licensure as a real estate broker or salesperson upon conviction of specified offenses. (Formerly HSB 163)
HF 400 A bill for an act authorizing the formation of a professional corporation or a professional limited liability company by licensed real estate brokers. Effective 7-01-07.
HF 454 A bill for an act relating to the disposition of certain unclaimed property. (Formerly HSB 61)
HF 499 A bill for an act relating to various matters under the purview of the insurance division of the department of commerce including workers' compensation self-insurance, premium taxes, the uniform securities Act, powers and duties of the insurance division, regulation of insurance sales to military personnel, domestic insurance companies, life insurance companies, nonprofit health service corporations, external review of health care coverage decisions, investment limitations on insurers other than life insurers, property and casualty insurers' reserves, motor vehicle service contracts, county and state mutual associations, reciprocal or interinsurance contracts, protected cell companies, licensing of insurance producers and public adjusters, and life and fire insurance company boards of directors, and providing penalties. Effective 7-01-07.
HF 500 A bill for an act relating to the authority of creditors and credit unions in consumer credit or credit union transactions. (Formerly HSB 77)
HF 556 A bill for an act establishing the Iowa propane education and research council, providing for the development of programs and projects related to propane, providing for an assessment on the sale of odorized propane, providing criminal penalties, and providing for a future repeal and for effective dates. Effective 5-24-07 with exception of section 4 effective 1-01-08.
HF 785 A bill for an act appropriating moneys to support the purchase of equipment to conduct testing of motor fuel and biofuel. (Formerly HF 304)
HF 788 A bill for an act relating to mortgage release certificates issued by the Iowa finance authority. (Formerly HSB 200)
HF 789 A bill for an act requiring insurers offering certain individual or group health insurance contracts, policies, or plans to provide coverage for certain enteral formulas, audiological services and hearing aids for children, and vaccinations for human papilloma virus. (Formerly HSB 161)
HF 790 A bill for an act allowing certain association group health care plans and wellness initiatives, and providing an effective date. Effective 4-10-07.
HF 791 A bill for an act requiring health care benefit coverage for certain prosthetic devices and providing an applicability date. (Formerly HF 185)
HF 2212 A bill for an act creating a smokefree air Act and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 537) Effective 7-01-08.
HF 2267 A bill for an act relating to coverage of closing protection letters in real estate transactions and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 553)
HF 2268 A bill for an act making specified revisions to the consumer credit code to conform to federal statutory updates and prohibit the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle pursuant to a consumer rental purchase agreement. (Formerly HSB 550) Effective 7-01-08.
HF 2269 A bill for an act relating to real estate broker trust accounts. (Formerly HSB 548)
HF 2270 A bill for an act relating to the recording of a certificate of release by the Iowa finance authority. (Formerly HSB 547)
HF 2383 A bill for an act making nonsubstantive corrections to certain provisions relating to insurance and making repeals. (Formerly HSB 595) Effective 7-01-08.
HF 2384 A bill for an act relating to the deposit of public funds with corporate credit unions. (Formerly HF 354)
HF 2508 A bill for an act authorizing appeal of denials of dental insurance coverage based on medical necessity. (Formerly HF 2121)
HF 2555 A bill for An Act relating to various matters under the purview of the insurance division of the department of commerce including uniform securities; duties of the insurance division including a consumer advocate and rate reviews; confidential information; examinations; insurance trade practices; insurance fraud; the Iowa life and health insurance guaranty association; viatical settlement contracts; general agents and third=party administrators; life insurance companies; health maintenance organizations; utilization and cost control; the Iowa comprehensive health insurance association; workers' compensation liability insurance; consolidation, merger, and reinsurance; licensing of insurance producers; cemetery and funeral merchandise and funeral services; and cemeteries, making appropriations, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 737) Effective 7-01-08, with exception of section 36 effective 4-25-08.
HF 2556 A bill for an act relating to the regulatory duties of the banking division of the department of commerce regarding banking, debt management, delayed deposit services, mortgage banking, and industrial loan companies, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 634) Effective 7-01-08.
HF 2594 A bill for an act relating to required disclosures in real estate transactions. (Formerly HSB 723)
HF 2602 A bill for an act relating to the licensure of real estate brokers and salespersons. (Formerly HSB 722)
HF 2611 A bill for an act allowing the continuation of group health insurance for spouses of certain retired public employees. (Formerly HF 2238)
HF 2614 A bill for an act requiring consumer notification of product manufacture information relating to the sale or distribution of child- oriented products and providing civil penalties. (Formerly HF 2448)
HF 2627 A bill for an act relating to energy independence initiatives, specifying procedures applicable to Iowa power fund applications, authorizing allocations from the fund, including certain alternative or renewable energies applicable to specified energy independence initiatives, and providing an effective date and applicability provision. (Formerly HF 2240)
HF 2644 A bill for an act directing the office of energy independence, in conjunction with the Iowa energy center, to conduct a feasibility study regarding the establishment of low-head hydropower energy production facilities, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HF 2336)
HF 2650 A bill for an act establishing a state health insurance mandate commission, and providing for a repeal and an effective date. (Formerly HF 2128)
HF 2653 A bill for an act relating to foreclosure consultants and foreclosure reconveyances, providing for criminal and civil penalties, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 747) Effective 4-25-08.