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The following bills are in subcommittee on Wednesday, Jan. 29 in the Iowa House of Representatives. You can learn more about individual bills by clicking on the bill number. You can view a subcommittee live by clicking this link and hitting the video icon next to the subcommittee location.

7:30 a.m. – HSB 57 – RM 102 – A bill for an act relating to accreditation of postsecondary educational institutions, prohibiting adverse action by accrediting agencies against certain postsecondary educational institutions for compliance with state law, providing remedies, and including effective date provisions.

8 a.m. – HSB 96 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to permissible local sales and services tax expenditures.

8 a.m. – HF 98 – RM 304 -A bill for an act relating to operators of motor vehicles approaching certain slow-moving authorized emergency vehicles, and making penalties applicable.

8 a.m. – HSB 73 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system’s notification requirements to members.

8:30 a.m. – HSB 26 – RM 304 – A bill for an act concerning private sector employee drug testing.

11:30 a.m. – HF 96 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act establishing the advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement competitive scholar program within the college student aid commission and making appropriations.

11:30 a.m. – HF 93 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to noncontiguous locations of the premises of a native distillery.

11:45 a.m. – HF 56 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

12 p.m. – HSB 55 – House Lounge – A bill for an act requiring regents institutions to make certain course syllabus information available to the public online and including effective date provisions.

12 p.m. – HF 62 – RM 19 – A bill for an act relating to obscene material available on devices and imposing civil liability on certain entities who publish or distribute obscene material on the internet.

12 p.m. – HSB 78 – RM 103 – A bill for an act relating to government employee paid leave.

12 p.m. – HF 66 – RM 102 – A bill for an act establishing daylight saving time as the official time in this state throughout the year.

12 p.m. – HF 28 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to the creation of land redevelopment trusts.

12:15 p.m. – HF 92 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to Iowa’s urban renewal law by modifying the division of revenue, and including applicability provisions.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 44 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to career education, including middle school career exploration and industry-recognized credential seals and certificates for high school students.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 61 – House Lounge – A bill for an act prohibiting community colleges from establishing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and engaging in certain other activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

12:30 p.m. – HF 64 – RM 19 – A bill for an act relating to the dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors and providing penalties.

12:45 p.m. – HSB 79 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to alcoholic beverages, including license authorizations and fee determinations, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

2:30 p.m. – HSB 50 – House Lounge – A bill for an act providing for a review by the state board of regents of academic programs offered at regents institutions.

3 p.m. – HSB 59 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act providing for public availability of certain financial information of regents institutions and including effective date provisions.

3 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.

3:30 p.m. – HF 6 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the minimum amounts required for motor vehicle financial responsibility, and making penalties applicable.

3:30 p.m. – HSB 42 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to discovery and postconviction procedure.

3:45 p.m. – HF 110 – House Lounge – A bill for an act excluding overtime pay from the individual income tax, and including applicability provisions.

4 p.m. – HSB 53 – RM 304 – A bill for an act prohibiting certain requirements for students and faculty at regents institutions relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory and including applicability provisions.

4:30 p.m. – HSB 37 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to citizenship or immigration status for purposes of a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card, and including applicability provisions.

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