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The following bills are in Iowa House subcommittee meetings today, Jan. 18. You can find links to live stream each meeting here.

8 a.m. – HSB 10 – RM 102 – A bill for an act relating to the timing of physical examinations for licensed or registered child care facility personnel.

8 a.m. – HSB 7 – RM 304.1 – A bill for an act relating to criminal charges for domestic abuse assault.

8 a.m. – HSB 6 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the defenses of justification and diminished capacity for certain violent crimes.

8 a.m. – HSB 4 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to an exception to the real estate transfer tax for deeds that transfer distributions of assets to beneficiaries of a trust.

12 p.m. – HSB 35 – RM 102 – A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the credit union division of the department of commerce.

12 p.m. – HF 13 – RM 304.1 – A bill for an act relating to rural emergency hospitals, including licensing requirements and fees, making penalties applicable, providing emergency rulemaking authority, and including applicability and effective date provisions.

12 p.m. – HSB 3 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to electronic presence for purposes of executing wills and codicils.

12 p.m. – HSB 22 – House Lounge 2 –A bill for an act relating to the military service property tax exemption and credit and including applicability provisions.

12:15 p.m. – HF 44 – RM 304 – A bill for an act providing for a monument to Martin Treptow on the capitol complex grounds.

12:30 p.m. – HF 11 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the responsibilities of the state board of regents and the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents, including requiring the board to publish certain information related to the average income and student debt of institution graduates and requiring the institutions to provide career services to undergraduates.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 18 – House Lounge 2 – A bill for an act relating to the state public defender pilot project for child welfare legal representation.

12:45 p.m. – HSB 38 – A bill for an act providing for membership in a protection occupation under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

2 p.m. – HSB 24 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to health care employment agencies, health care employment agency workers, and health care entities, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

3 p.m. – HSB 13 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to ransomware and providing penalties.

3 p.m. – HF 12 – RM 304 – A bill for an act relating to social studies instruction in public schools, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.

3 p.m. – HSB 37 – RM 304.1 – A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the gubernatorial line of succession.

3 p.m. – HSB 20 – RM 19 – A bill for an act relating to county commissions of veteran affairs training and making an appropriation.

3 p.m. – HSB 21 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the amount the commission of veterans affairs may use from certain designated sources for the benefit of veterans and making an appropriation.

3:30 p.m. – HSB 32 – House Lounge – A bill for an act relating to refund payments made in connection with motor vehicle debt cancellation coverage.

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