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The following bills are in subcommittee in the Iowa Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 4. For more information about an individual bill, click on the bill number. For an individual Zoom of the live subcommittee, go to this link and click “agenda” on the bill you are interested in.

8 a.m. – SSB 1066 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting to the board of educational examiners of licensed school employees who engage in grooming behavior toward students.  Salmon – CHDonahue Pike

10 a.m. – SSB 1068 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to workforce training, unemployment insurance, adult education, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development, the workforce development board, and local workforce development boards, and making appropriations.  Pike – CHTaylor Townsend

11 a.m. – HF 144 – RM G15 – A bill for an act concerning the licensing and regulation of gambling games, including a moratorium on the issuance of new licenses, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 80.)  Driscoll – CHBisignano Westrich

1 p.m. – SSB 1070 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state bank.  Warme – CHKnox Rowley

1 p.m. – SSB 1067 – RM 217 – A bill for an act requiring the director of the department of education to develop and administer a purple star school initiative.  Gruenhagen – CHTaylor Trone Garriott

1:30 p.m. – SF 121 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to subscription cancellation requirements for newspapers designated for official publication, and including effective date provisions.  Gruenhagen – CHDe Witt Trone Garriott

2 p.m. – SF 117 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners.  Campbell – CHGarrett Petersen

3 p.m. – SF 111 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act relating to school personnel training, emergency care planning, authorizations for assisting, and limitations of liability concerning students with epilepsy or a seizure disorder.  Evans – CHDonahue Gruenhagen

3 p.m. – SF 82 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to elections for bonds issued by a school district in anticipation of revenue.  Salmon – CHCampbell Staed

3:30 p.m. – SF 57 – Senate Lounge – A bill for an act requiring the department of health and human services to reimburse a county for the temporary holding of, or confinement of, a sexually violent predator who commits a public offense while subject to an order of civil commitment.  Pike – CHLofgren Petersen

3:30 p.m. – SSB 1043 – RM 217 – A bill for an act relating to the registration requirements for vehicles of excessive size and weight operating under a single-trip permit, and providing fees.  Gruenhagen – CHBennett De Witt

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