HF 2034: Providing for an exemption from the state fire code for certain buildings in which students exempt from school standards are educated

What it does

This bill requires that administrative rules adopted by the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing that establish the state fire code provide a process for a building in which no more than students subject to an exemption granted under Code section 299.24 are educated to be exempted from the state fire code. Code section 299.24 provides for an exemption from certain school standards for members of a church or religious denomination in specified circumstances.

House subcommittee · named January 23, 2024

• Rep. Derek Wulf (R) · derek.wulf@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Jeff Cooling (D) · jeff.cooling@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R) · shannon.lundgren@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 12 against

For: Homeschool Iowa; Iowa Association of Christian Schools; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Association of Professional Fire Chiefs; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Chapter, American Institute of Architects; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Fire Chiefs Association; Iowa Firefighters Association (IFA); Iowa Professional Fire Fighters; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. January 11, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
2. January 23, 2024House subcommittee named: Wulf, Cooling and Lundgren