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COMMITTEES

STANDING COMMITTEES

A standing committee is a group of legislators designated by a chamber to give thorough consideration to and make recommendations on bills assigned to the committee and to introduce legislative bills and resolutions relating to their specific subject areas. Standing committees may conduct investigations and in-depth studies of governmental matters within those subject areas. Further duties of standing committees are listed in section 2.15 of The Code of Iowa.

The standing committees of the Iowa General Assembly are listed below.

    House                         Senate
Administration & Rules         Agriculture
Agriculture                    Appropriations
Appropriations                 Business & Labor
Commerce                       Commerce
Economic Development           Communications & Information Policy
Education                      Education
Environmental Protection       Ethics
Ethics                         Human Resources
Human Resources                Judiciary
Judiciary                      Local Government                           
Labor                          Natural Resources, Environment & Energy
Local Government               Rules & Administration
Natural Resources              Small Business, Economic Development & 
                                    Tourism
State Government               State Government
Technology                     Transportation
Transportation                 Ways & Means
Ways & Means

Members serve on three to six standing committees at a time. In addition, many members serve on one of 10 appropriations subcommittees.

Standing committees meet at least weekly during the first portion of a session in accordance with a schedule determined by the legislative leadership. The designated chairperson presides over each meeting. Each committee adopts rules of procedure.

The committee chairperson's secretary prepares meeting agendas, completes committee report forms, and assists the chairperson during the meeting. The committee vice chairperson's secretary prepares the minutes of each meeting. The committee ranking member's secretary prepares and distributes meeting notices.

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