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Iowa House Subcommittee meetings for Wednesday, Jan. 26:

8 a.m. – HSB 538 – A bill for an act relating to antisemitism in the state of Iowa

8 a.m. – HSB 573 – A bill for an act relating to the membership, procedures, and functions of the Iowa council on homelessness.

12 p.m. – HF 2021 – A bill for an act relating to practitioner preparation programs, including field experiences and the assessments administered to students admitted to practitioner preparation programs, and including applicability provisions.

12 p.m. – HF 625 – A bill for an act relating to direct health care agreements, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 289.)

12 p.m. – HSB 555 – A bill for an act relating to affirmative defenses for entities using cybersecurity programs and electronic transactions recorded by blockchain technology.

12 p.m. – HF 2044 – A bill for an act relating to residents under sixteen years of age accompanying an adult who is hunting or trapping.

12 p.m. – HSB 583 – A bill for an act relating to release of certain records maintained by the statewide fire and police retirement system.

12 p.m. – HSB 564 – A bill for an act relating to investigations conducted by the office of ombudsman.

12 p.m. – HSB 576 – A bill for an act relating to the sale of native distilled spirits for on-premises consumption by certain manufacturers of native wine.

12:30 p.m. – HF 2038 – A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the college student aid commission, including accredited private institutions and eligible institutions.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 574 – A bill for an act relating to the beginning date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 512 – A bill for an act relating to the definition of autism spectrum disorder for purposes of certain health care coverage, making conforming changes, and including applicability provisions.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 543 – A bill for an act relating to violations by a health care facility.

12:30 p.m. – HSB 507 – A bill for an act relating to public assistance program eligibility verification

12:30 p.m. – HSB 577 – A bill for an act relating to county jurisdiction over portions of certain cemeteries.

12:30 – HSB 561 – A bill for an act prohibiting the use of a hand-held electronic communication device while driving in a road work zone or school zone, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable

12:45 p.m. – HF 2043 – A bill for an act relating to the mandatory retirement age of magistrate judges.

1 p.m. – HSB 546 – A bill for an act relating to preneed sellers and purchase agreements for cemetery merchandise, funeral merchandise, and funeral services, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.

1 p.m. – HSB 539 – A bill for an act relating to the minimum age requirements for employees, substitutes, and volunteers working at a child care facility.

1 p.m. – HSB 524 – A bill for an act relating to documents that may be filed pro se by a defendant represented by counsel or an applicant for postconviction relief represented by counsel.

1 p.m. – HF 2023 – A bill for an act relating to payment for precinct caucuses held in public buildings.

1 p.m. – HSB 584 – A bill for an act authorizing savings promotion drawings under specified conditions, and making penalties applicable.

1 p.m. – HSB 575 – A bill for an act relating to the composition of a county zoning commission.

1:15 p.m. – HF 2042 – A bill for an act relating to disclosure of psychological test material.

1:30 p..m. – HSB 508 – A bill for an act relating to the performance of an asset test to determine eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.

1:30 p.m. – HF 2025 – A bill for an act relating to internet access by electronic voting equipment.

1:45 p.m. – HSB 547 – A bill for an act relating to financial reporting by insurance holding company systems.

1:45 p.m. – HSB 550 – A bill for an act relating to the adoption and use of certain general permits issued by the department of natural resources.

5 p.m. – HSB 590 – A bill for an act relating to the salary of the state court administrator.

5 p.m. – HF 2011 – A bill for an act providing for repeal of the Iowa Code every ten years over a ten-year period and procedures for legislative review and reenactment.

5 p.m. – HSB 565 – A bill for an act relating to investigations and disciplinary proceedings of professional licensing boards.

5 p.m. – HF 278 – A bill for an act relating to railroad train length limits, and making penalties applicable.

1 COMMENT

  1. Good start but could be better. The proposed legislation should require voting machines to be composed of hardware unable to connect to the internet. The language in the proposed legislation could permit just a software switch to deactivate a modem within the voting machine.

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