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The following bills are in subcommittee on Thursday, Feb. 8 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.

 

10 a.m. – SSB 3146 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to the transition of behavioral health services from a mental health and disability services system to a behavioral health service system, and the transfer of disability services to the division of aging and disability services of the department of health and human services, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.

10:30 a.m. – SSB 3168 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to city libraries, including library directors and library moneys.

12 p.m. – SSB 3159 – RM G15 – A bill for an act providing for the regulation of hemp and hemp products, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.

12 p.m. – SSB 3152 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to open feedlot operations, by providing for the validity of nutrient management plans and updates when classified as pending further action, and including effective date provisions.

12:30 p.m. – SSB 3161 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to the duties of the secretary of state, including the address confidentiality program and the conduct of elections.

1:30 p.m. – SF 540 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to commercial transactions, including control and transmission of electronic records and digital assets.(Formerly SSB 1177.)

2 p.m. – SSB 3162 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act prohibiting the misbranding of certain food products, and providing penalties.

2 p.m. – SSB 3163 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to tort liability involving pesticides.

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

2 p.m. – SSB 3157 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to education by establishing a right of first refusal for charter schools to purchase or lease school district property and modifying charter school and open enrollment funding, charter school board member requirements, and the school start date.

2:30 p.m. – SSB 3138 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the use of genetic information provided to an insurer that offers health insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, or long-term care insurance.

2:30 p.m. – SF 2197 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act providing for purchases made by nonprofit corporations when performing public functions.

2:30 p.m. – SF 2215 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to public retirement systems by allowing for the forfeiture of certain portions of the pension of a public employee who commits felony theft from a public employer.

3 p.m. – SSB 3014 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to tampering with witnesses, jurors, or reporting parties, and providing penalties.

3:30 p.m. – SSB 3165 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the administration of elections.

4 p.m. – SSB 3156 – RM 315 – A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to education data collection and the determination of enrollment, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

4 p.m. – SSB 3130 – RM G15 – A bill for an act relating to the provision of water service for manufactured home communities.

4 p.m. – SSB 3160 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to deer hunting licenses issued as a result of a deer-motor vehicle collision.

4 p.m. – SF 2230 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to contracts between a publisher and a library for electronic literary materials, and providing civil penalties.

4:30 p.m. – SF 2221 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to payment card transactions involving firearms and ammunition, and providing civil penalties.

4:30 p.m. – SSB 3148 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to parole and probation standards for a person convicted of certain child endangerment offenses.

5 p.m. – SF 2283 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies, and including effective date provisions.

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