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The following bills are in subcommittee in the Iowa House on Monday, Jan. 27. If you want to learn more about an individual bill, click on the bill number. If you want to watch an individual subcommittee, use this link to find it.

11 a.m. – HSB 65 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to rate-regulated utilities, including telecommunications and electronic transmission services.

11:30 a.m. – HF 88 – RM 103 – 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.

11:30 a.m. – HF 105 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the definition of medical cannabidiol.

12 p.m. – HSB 13 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to indigent defense and the appointment of counsel by the court.

12 p.m. – HSB 66 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to strict liability for a person in control of hazardous substances.

12 p.m. – HF 25 – RM 103 – A bill for an act relating to the commission of a criminal offense while wearing a mask, clothing, or device to conceal the identity of the wearer, and providing penalties.

12:15 p.m. – HF 107 – RM 304.1 – A bill for an act relating to operation of all-terrain vehicles or off-road utility vehicles on public hunting areas.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 81 – RM 103 – A bill for an act relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 32 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to public schools, including requiring public schools to display the national motto and the state motto and to start each day of classroom instruction with silent time.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 40 – RM 304.1 – A bill for an act relating to family interactions during an ongoing child in need of assistance proceeding.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 23 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to the recovery of benefits inappropriately obtained from the department of homeland security and emergency management.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 80 – RM 102 – A bill for an act concerning the licensing and regulation of gambling games, including a moratorium on the issuance of new licenses, providing fees, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

4 p.m. – HF 19 – House Lounge – A bill for an act modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and including effective date provisions.

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