SF 2207 (LSB 5021SV (1) 91)

SENATE FILE 2207

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2037)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the submission of proposed legislation by state departments and agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 2.16, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Departments and agencies of state government shall, at least forty-five sixty days prior to the convening of each session of the general assembly, submit copies to the legislative services agency of proposed legislative bills and joint resolutions which that such departments and agencies desire to be considered by the general assembly. The proposed legislative bills and joint resolutions of the governor must be submitted by the Friday prior to the convening of the session of the general assembly, except in the year of the governor’s initial inauguration. The legislative services agency shall review such proposals and submit them in proper form to the presiding officer in each house of the general assembly for referral to the proper standing committee. Before submitting any proposal prepared under this section to the presiding officers, the legislative services agency shall return it for review to, as appropriate, the relevant department or agency or the governor’s office and such department or agency or the governor’s office shall review and return it within seven days of such delivery.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill changes the deadline for the submission of proposed legislative bills and joint resolutions to the legislative services agency by departments and agencies of state government from 45 days before the convening of a session of the general assembly to 60 days before the convening of a session of the general assembly.