HF 2470: Adopting and implementing the recommendations of the artisanal butchery task force

What it does

This bill adopts and implements the recommendations of the artisanal butchery task force (task force), established pursuant to 2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 175, section 2, as issued in its final report to the general assembly on December 30, 2021. The bill requires the department of education (department), in collaboration with the state board of education, to establish a framework, no later than December 31, 2022, for a one-year community college (college) certificate program for artisanal butchery that is based on the recommendations in the task force final report, and the department shall provide the framework to all colleges established under Code chapter 260C.

Senate subcommittee · named March 7, 2022

• Sen. Craig Johnson (R) · craig.johnson@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 0 against

For: Center for Rural Affairs; Iowa Cattlemen's Association; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Iowa Farmers Union; Iowa Veterinary Medical Association

In plain words

1. February 18, 2022Filed in the House
2. March 2, 2022Passed the House, 99–0
3. March 2, 2022Arrived in the Senate
4. March 7, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Johnson, Bisignano and Koelker
5. March 15, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
6. March 16, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
7. May 23, 2022Passed the Senate, 45–0
8. June 3, 2022Sent to the Governor
9. June 21, 2022Signed into law