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The following bills are in subcommittee in the Iowa House of Representatives on Wednesday, Feb. 15. You can find links to each individual meeting here.

8 a.m. – HSB 155 – House Lounge – A bill for an act establishing a dairy innovation fund and program to be administered by the economic development authority.

8 a.m. – HSB 157 – RM 304.1 –A bill for an act providing for the transportation of biogas using a gathering line system constructed within a secondary road right-of-way, and including effective date provisions.

8 a.m. – HF 224 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to certain specified employees of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, including renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to practitioners with master’s or doctoral degrees, fees associated with the review of certain specified records, and background checks for employees of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.

8 a.m. – HF 124 – RM 19 – A bill for an act relating to expenses incurred in relation to certain legal matters concerning a child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

8:15 a.m. – HSB 104 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to controlled substances including the manufacture, delivery, or possession of a controlled substance including fentanyl; the manufacture of a controlled substance in the presence of a minor; conspiracy to manufacture for delivery or delivery or intent or conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance to a minor; receipt, provision, and administration of opioid antagonists, including by secondary distributors, providing for immunity; and providing penalties.

12 p.m. – HF 210 – RM 102 – A bill for an act relating to the minimum age of substitute teachers in prekindergarten through grade eight.

12 p.m. – HF 226 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to secondary health benefit plans’ access to explanation of benefits from primary health benefit plans.

12 p.m. – HF 237 – RM 19 – A bill for an act relating to tampering with witnesses or jurors, and providing penalties.

12 p.m. – HSB 150 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to boiler inspections.

12 p.m. – HF 246 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to the purchasing of a youth deer hunting license and tag.

12 p.m. – HF 231 – RM 103 – A bill for an act relating to regional representation and residency requirements for members of the state transportation commission, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 133 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to televised testimony in involuntary commitment hearings for persons with substance-related disorders and persons with mental illness.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 156 – RM 19 – A bill for an act relating to criminal law including defense subpoenas, depositions, conditional guilty pleas, prosecution witnesses who are minors, and juror qualifications, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.

3:30 p.m. – HF 186 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the Iowa tuition grants program administered by the college student aid commission and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

4 p.m. – HF 147 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act creating the second amendment preservation Act, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.

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