Bills › 90th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 28, 2023
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to required timing for notices regarding underground facility excavations. The bill modifies the definition of “excavator” to include a person acting under a contract with an excavator. The bill defines “forty-eight hours” to mean a period of time that is consecutive hours, but not including the hours on the date of notification, the hours on Saturdays or Sundays, or the hours of a legal holiday (48-hour period).m. The bill provides that a notice shall be valid for calendar days after the conclusion of the 48-hour period.
Read the full explanation
Current law provides that a notice is valid for calendar days from the date the notice was provided to the notification center. The bill includes that a notice must include the anticipated depth of the excavation.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 28, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
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