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The following bills are in subcommittee on Wednesday, Feb. 7 in the Iowa House. For more information on a bill, click on the bill number. To find a livestream for each meeting or to leave comments on a bill, click here.

 

7:45 a.m. – HF 2255 – RM 102 – A bill for an act relating to parental authorization for minors to create accounts on social media platforms, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions.

8 a.m. – HF 706 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act creating a vacant school building demolition grant program and fund and including contingent effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 339, HF 153.)

8 a.m. – HF 2254 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to student public school attendance, including by modifying provisions related to state aid payments to school districts and requiring the development of an attendance improvement plan when a student is chronically absent from school.

8 a.m. – HF 2259 – RM 103 – A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of looting, and providing penalties.

8:15 a.m. – HSB 641 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to prior authorizations and exemptions by health benefit plans and utilization review organizations.

10:30 a.m. – HSB 656 – House Lounge – A bill for an act to designate October 13 of each year as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness and Action Day.

11:30 a.m. – HSB 643 – RM 102 – A bill for an act relating to eligibility for pregnant women and infants under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions.

12 p.m. – HSB 646 – RM 103 – A bill for an act relating to tort liability involving pesticides.

12 p.m. – HF 2251 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to gift card fraud notice.

12 p.m. – HF 2197 – RM 102 – A bill for an act providing for education on the holocaust for students and teachers in school districts.

12 p.m. – HSB 660 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to end-of-life care under guardianships of adults.

12 p.m. – HSB 665 – RM 304.1 – A bill for an act providing for the regulation of hemp and hemp products, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 652 – RM 103 – A bill for an act relating to the reorganization of county and state mutual insurance associations.

12:30 p.m. – HF 2330 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in grades one through twelve and the educational programs provided by the institutions of higher education under the control of the state board of regents.

12:30 p.m. – HF 2214 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in public schools or nonpublic schools to compete in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions provided by other public schools or nonpublic schools.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 650 – RM 102 – A bill for an act relating to elementary literacy by modifying teacher preparation program requirements and teacher licensing requirements, requiring personalized reading plans for certain students, and providing parent and guardian discretion for their students to be retained at grade level.

12:30 p.m. – HF 2230 – RM 19 – A bill for an act relating to the survival of, and the bringing of a cause of action for, wrongful death of an unborn child.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 654 – RM 304.1 – A bill for an act relating to the conveyance of firearms on certain vehicles.

2 p.m. – HF 2299 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to open records requests.

2:30 p.m. – HF 2272 – House Lounge – A bill for an act enacting the social work licensure compact.

2:30 p.m. – HF 448 – RM 19 – A bill for an act designating certain county flood mitigation activities as an essential county purpose.

3 p.m. – HF 2344 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to trusts, including irrevocable trusts, trust petitions, and trust proceedings.

3:30 p.m. – HSB 671 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to government records of firearms, and payment card transactions involving firearms and ammunition, and providing civil penalties.

3:30 p.m. – HF 2236 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to the provision of Medicaid coverage and services to certain inmates under the Medicaid program.

3:30 p.m. – HSB 655 – RM 103 – A bill for an act relating to claims for unemployment insurance benefits and including effective date provisions.

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