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To find details on a specific bill or to catch the link to live video from a subcommittee, visit this link. Here is a list of Iowa House subcommittee meetings taking place on Wednesday, Feb. 16:

7 a.m. – HSB 721 – A bill for an act relating to the expungement of certain criminal history records of victims of human trafficking, and including penalties.

7:30 a.m. – HSB 722 – A bill for an act relating to a public offense which is also a hate crime, and presentence investigation.

7:45 a.m. – HF 825 – A bill for an act relating to consent agreements for domestic abuse and sexual abuse protective orders.(Formerly HF 450.)

8 a.m. – HSB 720 – A bill for an act relating to para-educators holding substitute authorizations and including effective date provisions.

8 a.m. – HF 2376 – A bill for an act relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, and providing penalties.

8 a.m. – HSB 710 – A bill for an act relating to controlled substance intoxication in public places, and providing penalties.

8:15 a.m. – HSB 691 – A bill for an act prohibiting the state or a political subdivision of the state from expending revenue received from taxpayers for payment to persons responsible for ransomware attacks, and including effective date provisions.

8:15 a.m. – HSB 715 – A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

8:15 a.m. – HF 210 – A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles that traverse certain railroad grade crossings against a gate or signal, and providing penalties.

8:30 a.m. – HSB 712 – A bill for an act relating to trusts, including optional notices to creditors when a will has been admitted to probate without administration and the trust is the beneficiary of the estate, trust accounting, specific powers of a trustee, and representation of holders of power and similar interests.

8:30 a.m. –  HSB 719 – A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including provisions related to absentee ballots, recounts, and contested gubernatorial elections and impeachments, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

9 a.m. – HSB 692 – A bill for an act providing for the removal of municipal utility board members under specified circumstances and including effective date provisions.

11 a.m. – HSB 693 – A bill for an act relating to qualifications for maximum benefit amounts from the state food assistance program.

11:30 a.m. – HF 2310 – A bill for an act relating to adding functional family therapy and multisystemic therapy for youth as covered services under the Medicaid program.

12 p.m. – HF 2306 – A bill for an act establishing the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program.

12 p.m. – HF 2065 – A bill for an act relating to the establishment of the Iowa violent death reporting system.

12 p.m. – HSB 714 – A bill for an act relating to county and city finances by amending provisions relating to the issuance of bonds and authorizing counties to establish and levy for a capital improvement reserve fund.

12 p.m. – HSB 703 – A bill for an act relating to city civil service commissions.

12 p.m. – HSB 694 – A bill for an act relating to the standard crossing fee a public utility owes to a railroad under certain circumstances.

12:30 p.m. – HF 2138 – A bill for an act relating to authorized uses of interest earned on funds in the flood recovery fund and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 572.)

12:30 p.m. – HF 2039 – A bill for an act relating to certain athletic competitions between institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents.

12:30 p.m. – HF 2324 – A bill for an act establishing a satellite internet grant program.

12:45 p.m. – HF 2116 – A bill for an act relating to the reversion of moneys appropriated for a governance and funding of levee districts study, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 570.)

5 p.m. – HSB 705 – A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to open enrollment, teacher librarian endorsements, and the placement of children identified as requiring special education in competent private instruction.

5 p.m. – HF 2195 – A bill for an act relating to written reports required if a driver is involved in an accident resulting in injury, death, or property damage.

5 p.m. – HF 2287 – A bill for an act relating to the disabled veteran homestead tax credit and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 2107.)

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