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The following bills are in subcommittee in the Iowa House of Representatives on Monday, Feb. 17. For more information about a specific bill, click on the bill number. To view a live video of a specific subcommittee, use this link and click on the camera icon next to the proper bill.

11:30 a.m. – HF 274 – RM 103 – A bill for an act relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions.

11:30 a.m. – HSB 161 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the authority of an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care.

12 p.m. – HSB 123 – RM 103 – 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.

12 p.m. – HF 256 – RM 304.1 – A bill for an act relating to the statute of repose in medical malpractice claims.

12 p.m. – HSB 160 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to the standards of practice relating to the prescribing of certain pain medications.

12:30 p.m. – HF 236 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to social studies instruction, including instruction in United States government, provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve.

12:30 p.m. – HF 114 – RM 103 – A bill for an act relating to the therapeutic classroom incentive program by authorizing the expenditure of moneys for certain nutritional items.

12:30 p.m. – HF 321 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to magistrate qualifications.

1 p.m. – HSB 146 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to child placements, including the prioritization of certain persons for child placement and the implementation of the 30 days to family model, and making an appropriation.

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