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Relating to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings
Sponsored by Rep. Eddie Andrews (R), Rep. Mark Cisneros (R), Rep. Zach Dieken (R), Rep. Samantha Fett (R), Rep. Dean Fisher (R), Rep. Jason Gearhart (R), Rep. Thomas Gerhold (R), Rep. Cindy Golding (R), Rep. Helena Hayes (R), Rep. Bob Henderson (R), Rep. Steven C. Holt (R), Rep. Thomas M. Jeneary (R), Rep. Judd Lawler (R), Rep. Jeff Shipley (R), Rep. Jennifer J. Smith (R), Rep. Mark I. Thompson (R), Rep. Charley Thomson (R), Rep. Sam Wengryn (R)
Topics:Energy & utilitiesState governmentCarbon pipelinesUtility rates
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 25, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 790
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 790 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 790 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Members of the utilities commission must all be present for hearings about public utilities or pipelines. If any member has to leave, the hearing must stop until everyone returns. For informational meetings about certain permits, at least one member must be there, and the meeting must pause if no members are available.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings. The bill requires all members of the commission to be present for hearings related to public utility regulation or electric transmission lines, pipelines, or hazardous liquid pipelines regulated by the commission. The bill requires the hearings to pause if at any point during the meeting a member of the commission is not available for any reason and the hearing shall not resume until all members return. The bill requires at least one member of the commission to be present for an informational meeting regarding the issuance of an electric transmission line franchise, a pipeline permit, or a hazardous liquid pipeline permit. The bill requires the informational meeting to pause if at any point during the meeting no member of the commission is available for any reason and the meeting shall not resume until at least one member returns.
House subcommittee
Named February 11, 2025. On February 20, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: February 20, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
6 for · 0 against · 10 undecided · Who →