Senate File 2037 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2037 BY KLIMESH A BILL FOR An Act relating to the submission of proposed legislation by 1 state departments and agencies. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5021XS (6) 91 ss/ns
S.F. 2037 Section 1. Section 2.16, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended 1 to read as follows: 2 2. Departments and agencies of state government shall, 3 at least forty-five sixty days prior to the convening of 4 each session of the general assembly, submit copies to the 5 legislative services agency of proposed legislative bills and 6 joint resolutions which that such departments and agencies 7 desire to be considered by the general assembly. The proposed 8 legislative bills and joint resolutions of the governor must be 9 submitted by the Friday prior to the convening of the session 10 of the general assembly, except in the year of the governor’s 11 initial inauguration. The legislative services agency shall 12 review such proposals and submit them in proper form to the 13 presiding officer in each house of the general assembly for 14 referral to the proper standing committee. Before submitting 15 any proposal prepared under this section to the presiding 16 officers, the legislative services agency shall return it for 17 review to, as appropriate, the relevant department or agency 18 or the governor’s office and such department or agency or the 19 governor’s office shall review and return it within seven days 20 of such delivery. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill changes the deadline for the submission of 25 proposed legislative bills and joint resolutions to the 26 legislative services agency by departments and agencies of 27 state government from 45 days before the convening of a session 28 of the general assembly to 60 days before the convening of a 29 session of the general assembly. 30 -1- LSB 5021XS (6) 91 ss/ns 1/ 1