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The following bills are in subcommittee on Thursday, Feb. 23 in the Iowa Senate. You can find links to live video of each meeting here.

8 a.m. – SF 369 – RM 217 – A bill for an act prohibiting the use of remotely piloted aircraft flying over certain property, and providing penalties.

8:30 a.m. – SF 347 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to the regulation of short-term rental properties by counties and cities.

8:30 a.m. – SSB 1171 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the issuance and suspension of motor vehicle registrations and certificates of title.

9 a.m. – SF 349 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to required railway crossing signs, signals, and gate arms.

9:30 a.m. – SF 204 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to criminal law including defense subpoenas, depositions, conditional guilty pleas, prosecution witnesses who are minors, and juror qualifications, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.

9:30 a.m. – SSB 1163 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to magistrate judges.

9:30 a.m. – SSB 1095 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to affirmative defenses for entities using cybersecurity programs and electronic transactions recorded by blockchain technology.

10 a.m. – SSB 1172 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to real estate licensee liability.

10 a.m. – SF 212 – RM 217 – A bill for an act prohibiting discrimination against adoption and foster care providers, or adoptive and foster parents, based on religious belief.

10 a.m. – SF 241 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to close-clearance warning devices along railroad tracks.

10:30 a.m. – SSB 1157 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to the regulation of specified gas and electric utilities.

10:30 a.m. – SF 269 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to civil liability associated with secondary students participating in work-based learning programs and the career and technical education instruction provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve in school districts and charter schools, establishing a career and technical education teachers grant program within the department of education, making appropriations, and requiring the department of education to convene a senior year plus program task force.

10:30 a.m. – SF 290 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for health care services related to the prevention of ovarian cancer.

10:30 a.m. – SF 273 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to the railroad revolving loan and grant fund by making moneys available to certain railroads operating exclusively in Iowa.

11 a.m. – SF 276 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to the state school foundation program and the calculation of minimum state foundation aid for school districts and including applicability provisions.

11 a.m. – SF 338 – RM G15 – A bill for an act prohibiting litigation financing contracts, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

11 a.m. – SF 243 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the operation of railroad trains by a crew of two or more persons, and providing penalties.

11:30 a.m. – SF 245 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to positive train control systems, and making penalties applicable.

12 p.m. – SF 340 – RM 315 – A bill for an act providing for a human trafficking task force and providing information in an annual report to the general assembly.

12 p.m. – SSB 1067 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to probate proceedings, including fiduciary and trustee duties, and including applicability provisions.

12 p.m. – SSB 1175 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle enforcement duties of the department of public safety and the department of transportation, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.

12:30 p.m. – SF 218 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to lighting requirements for certain areas under the control of class I or class II railroad corporations.

1 p.m. – SSB 1145 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to children and students, including establishing a parent’s or guardian’s right to make decisions affecting the parent’s or guardian’s child, modifying provisions related to student health screenings and the curriculum in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, other duties of school districts, competent private instruction, and special education, making appropriations, and providing civil penalties.

2 p.m. – SF 383 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to persons eligible to hunt with a crossbow.

2 p.m. – SF 342 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including the casting of provisional ballots by persons registering to vote on election day or when casting an in-person absentee ballot, and the use of automatic tabulating equipment and optical scan voting systems.

2 p.m. – SF 220 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the operation of railroad trains from sunset to sunrise, and making penalties applicable.

2:30 p.m. – SF 307 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to step therapy protocols and interchangeable biosimilars.

2:30 p.m. – SF 382 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to the sale of water to recipients outside the state, and making penalties applicable.

2:30 p.m. – SF 341 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to voter records created and retained by the state commissioner of elections and county commissioners of elections.

2:30 p.m. – SF 242 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the number of days a railway crossing may be closed for repairs or upgrades, and making penalties applicable.

3 p.m. – SF 351 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including challenges to voter registrations by persons in other counties and the preparation of lists of registered voters, and making penalties applicable.

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