Session Publications

The Legislative Process: 76-1

SESSION PUBLICATIONS

During a legislative session, the Senate and House produce several publications. Records of legislative activities and votes are placed in the Senate and House Journals. During session, the journals are published and distributed daily. After a session's adjournment, the daily journals are published in bound form and indexed. All amendments filed during a legislative day in a chamber are collated and stapled together and distributed the next day in what are known as "clipsheets." These documents earned that designation because legislators' secretaries "clip" the amendments apart and attach them to the bills they amend. The Senate clipsheets are printed on blue paper and the House clipsheets are printed on yellow paper.

All enacted bills and joint resolutions are printed in the Acts of the General Assembly, published after each legislative session. The portions of enacted bills which are intended as permanent laws are incorporated into The Code of Iowa. The Code is published each even-numbered year and a supplement to the Code is published each odd-numbered year. These documents are published by the Iowa Code Division of the LSB.

The Iowa Administrative Code documents the rules by which agencies enforce and apply Iowa law. It is produced by the Iowa Administrative Code Division of the LSB. The Iowa Administrative Bulletin and Supplements to the Iowa Administrative Code are produced biweekly.

At the conclusion of each legislative session, summaries of enacted legislation are produced by the LSB, LFB, and the Senate and House Caucus Staffs.

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