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The following bills are in subcommittee in the Iowa House of Representatives on Tuesday, Jan. 28. If you want more information about a specific bill, click on the bill number. If you want to view a subcommittee live, use this link and click on the camera icon of the bill you wish to watch.

7:30 a.m. – HF 4 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to health benefit plans, claims for reimbursement, and explanation of benefits.

8 a.m. – HSB 63 – RM 102 – A bill for an act providing for general education requirements for undergraduate students at regents institutions and including applicability provisions.

8 a.m. – HF 89 – RM 304.1 – A bill for an act relating to reasonable and prudent following distances while a person is operating a motor vehicle, and making penalties applicable.

8 a.m. – HF 57 – House Lounge – A bill for an act providing for the direct shipment of beer, levying a barrel tax, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.

8:15 a.m. – HSB 33 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the administration of the statewide summative assessment of student progress to students of online schools by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.

8:15 a.m. – HSB 39 – House Lounge 2 -A bill for an act relating to the placement of a child who is the subject of a pending delinquency petition in a supervised apartment living arrangement pursuant to a consent decree, and the circumstances under which the placement is paid by the state.

8:30 a.m. – HF 80 – RM 103 – A bill for an act prohibiting school districts and charter schools from taking disciplinary action against employees, contractors, or students for the use of legal names, the use of student names as listed in school registration forms or records, or for the failure to use personal pronouns in official communications, and providing civil penalties.

8:45 a.m. – HF 82 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to radon mitigation in residential buildings.

12 p.m. – HSB 48 – RM 19 – A bill for an act providing for an annual authorization fee to be collected by the college student aid commission from certain postsecondary educational institutions not subject to registration with the commission.

12 p.m. – HF 60 – RM 103 – A bill for an act relating to budget adjustments by school districts affected by a natural disaster.

12 p.m. – HSB 43 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to community college and department of education reporting requirements, the national board certification pilot project, and employees of the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program or the Iowa school for the deaf, and including effective date provisions.

12 p.m. – HSB 47 – RM 304.1 – A bill for an act relating to school safety by requiring the creation of threat assessment teams and authorizing information sharing between certain governmental agencies.

12 p.m. – HF 86 – RM 102 – A bill for an act relating to aid, processes, and services for children in, adopted from, or in need of foster care.

12 p.m. – HSB 64 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to the use of an electronic device in a voice-activated or hands-free mode while driving, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.

12 p.m. – HF 94 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to individual income taxation by exempting certain amounts received from nonqualified deferred compensation plans and including retroactive applicability provisions.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 46 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students.

12:30 p.m. – HF 17 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to surgical castration for certain sex offenses.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 69 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to the Iowa lottery.

12:30 p.m. – HF 26 – RM 19 – A bill for an act relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable.

2:30 p.m. – HSB 52 – RM 19 – A bill for an act establishing a school of intellectual freedom at the University of Iowa.

2:30 p.m. – HF 71 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act prohibiting quotas for traffic stops by peace officers.

2:30 p.m. – HF 31 – House Lounge – A bill for an act creating the new resident and new graduate tax credits, available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

3 p.m. – HF 103 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to students who are pregnant or who recently gave birth who attend state institutions of higher education governed by the board of regents and community colleges.

3:30 p.m. – HF 5 – RM 102 – A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for covered individuals for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder and including applicability provisions.

3:30 p.m. – HSB 12 – RM 19 – A bill for an act establishing the offense of assault by criminal groping, and providing penalties.

4 p.m. – HSB 56 – RM 304 – A bill for an act establishing completion of a course on American history and civil government as a requirement for the completion of a baccalaureate degree program at a public institution of higher education.

4:15 p.m. – HSB 41 – House Lounge – A bill for an act authorizing the waiver of preplacement investigations and reports in certain adoption proceedings.

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