SENATE SUBS: Bill creating civil liability for commercial entities who publish or distribute material harmful to minors on internet

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The following bills are in subcommittee on Tuesday, Feb. 13 in the Iowa Senate. For more information on a bill, click on the bill number. To find a livestream for each meeting or to leave comments on a bill, click here.

8:30 a.m. – SSB 3175 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to homelessness, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.

9:30 a.m. – SSB 3170 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the Right to Try Act.

10 a.m. – SF 2284 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the department of health and human services’ aftercare service program, including eligibility and benefits.

10:30 a.m. – SF 2272 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to consumer data protection, and including effective date provisions.

11 a.m. – SF 2169 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the disposition of unclaimed property held by banking or financial organizations, and gift certificates known as chamber bucks, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

11:30 a.m. – SF 2200 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the placement of a police officer on a Brady-Giglio list, including the right of a police officer to petition the court and the standard of proof required for actions regarding such placement.

11:30 a.m. – SF 2270 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to juvenile justice policies and procedures.

12 p.m. – SF 2244 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to rate-regulated electric utilities and integrated resource plans.

12 p.m. – SF 2269 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to the use or creation of bots to purchase event tickets on the internet, and providing civil penalties.

12:30 p.m. – SSB 3171 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to computer science instruction, including by modifying provisions related to the graduation requirements, the computer science instruction provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve, computer science instruction endorsements and authorizations issued by the board of educational examiners, and the computer science professional development incentive fund.

12:30 p.m. – SF 2227 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to obscene material available on devices and imposing civil liability on platforms who publish or distribute obscene material on the internet and including effective date provisions.

1 p.m. – SSB 3169 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the siting and operation of certain wind energy conversion facilities.

1 p.m. – SSB 3155 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to elementary literacy by modifying teacher preparation program requirements and teacher licensing requirements, requiring personalized reading plans for certain students, and providing parent and guardian discretion for their students to be retained at grade level.

1 p.m. – SSB 3173 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to the powers, duties, and responsibilities of state government entities associated with the budget, financial control, and information technology, making penalties applicable, and making appropriations.

1:30 p.m. – SF 2214 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs.

3 p.m. – SSB 3164 – RM 217 – A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the distribution formula for general state financial aid to community colleges and including applicability provisions.

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