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Iowa Senate Subcommittee meetings scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 26:

9:30 a.m. – SSB 3024 – A bill for an act relating to the Iowa drug policy coordinator and the Iowa drug policy advisory council. Members: Shipley – CH, Bolkcom , Taylor, J.

10 a.m. – SSB 3016 – A bill for an act relating to the admissibility of evidence in a prosecution for physical abuse or a sexual offense upon or against a child, person with an intellectual disability, person with a cognitive impairment, or person with a developmental disability. Members: Shipley – CH, Garrett , Kinney

10:30 a.m. – SSB 3018 – A bill for an act relating to the discovery of evidence in criminal cases involving victims of sexual abuse. Members: Shipley – CH, Garrett , Kinney

11 a.m. – SF 330 – A bill for an act relating to the use of an electronic device in a voice-activated or hands-free mode while driving, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SF 46.) Members: Rozenboom – CH, Brown , Giddens

11:30 a.m. – SSB 3003 – A bill for an act establishing the mental health professional loan repayment program within the college student aid commission. Members: Cournoyer – CH, Quirmbach , Sweeney

11:30 a.m. – SF 2053 – A bill for an act relating to the information required to be included in name change petitions. Members: Shipley – CH, Bolkcom , Johnson

12 p.m. – SF 2046 – A bill for an act relating to health care facilities and requirements for itemized billing. Members: Williams – CH, Goodwin , Lykam

12 p.m. – SF 89 – A bill for an act requiring cursive instruction for students enrolled in public elementary schools. Members: Carlin – CH, Johnson , Trone Garriott

12:30 p.m. – SSB 3010 – A bill for an act relating to antisemitism in the state of Iowa. Members: Schultz – CH, Bolkcom , Zaun

1 p.m. – SF 2078 – A bill for an act relating to the use and calibration of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement. Members: Klimesh – CH, Bisignano , Dickey

1:30 p.m. – SSB 3020 – A bill for an act relating to the apportionment of district associate judges. Members: Garrett – CH, Boulton , Schultz

2 p.m. – SSB 3057 – A bill for an act relating to public utility access to public road rights-of-way. Members: Williams – CH, Giddens , Goodwin

2 p.m. – SF 2026 – A bill for an act relating to applicant priority and grant award amounts under the teach Iowa scholar program. Members: Carlin – CH, Cournoyer , Quirmbach

2:30 p.m. – SSB 3052 – A bill for an act relating to the adoption and use of certain general permits issued by the department of natural resources. Members: Driscoll – CH, Sweeney , Trone Garriott

3 p.m. – SF 2016 – A bill for an act relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions. Members: Williams – CH, Brown , Petersen

3 p.m. – SSB 3012 – A bill for an act prohibiting the use of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement, including prohibiting the sharing of related information and requiring the removal of existing systems, and including effective date provisions. Members: Zaun – CH, Bisignano , Garrett

3 p.m. – SF 409 – A bill for an act relating to applications for certificates of title and annual registration fees for commercial vehicles. Members: Dickey – CH, Giddens , Shipley

3 p.m. – SF 2038 – A bill for an act relating to applications for certificates of title and annual registration fees for commercial vehicles. Members: Dickey – CH, Giddens , Shipley

3:30 p.m. – SSB 3007 – A bill for an act relating to authorized uses of interest earned on funds in the flood recovery fund and including effective date provisions. Members: Cournoyer – CH, Celsi , Reichman

3:45 p.m. – SSB 3058 – 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. Members: Williams – CH, Johnson , Petersen

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