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The following bills are in subcommittee in the Iowa Senate on Thursday, Feb. 13. For more information about a specific bill, click on the bill number. To watch a livestream of a specific subcommittee, visit this link and click “agenda” and a Zoom address will appear.

8 a.m. – SF 138 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to elective social studies courses emphasizing religious scripture that school districts may offer and teach. Members: Salmon – CHCampbell Trone Garriott

9:30 a.m. – SSB 1103 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to closing costs for a debt secured by an interest in land. Members: Rowley – CHDe Witt Knox

10 a.m. – SF 169 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to record access by members of cooperative associations providing utility service. Members: Dickey – CHSweeney Wahls

10 a.m. – SF 177 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the ability of persons to examine the public records of school districts. Members: Campbell – CHGruenhagen Zimmer

11 a.m. – SSB 1112 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to energy systems by modifying electric power generation, energy storage, and transmission facility ratemaking principles, creating tariffs for public utility innovation programs, implementing land restoration standards, including right of first refusal, modifying the energy infrastructure revolving loan program, and creating regulations for anaerobic digester systems, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. Members: Bousselot – CHKlimesh Knox Wahls Warme

11 a.m. – SF 182 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to consideration of the educational setting of a minor child in a child custody proceeding. Members: Taylor – CHQuirmbach Rowley

11:30 a.m. – SF 204 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to private instruction, world language instruction, dual enrollment, and the tuition and textbook tax credit, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. Members: Pike – CHQuirmbach Salmon

11:30 a.m. – SSB 1089 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to alcoholic beverages, including license authorizations and fee determinations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. Members: Driscoll – CHBisignano Green

12 p.m. – SF 181 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act establishing requirements related to electronic resources provided by postsecondary schools, public libraries, schools, and state agencies to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. Members: Pike – CHGreen Quirmbach

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