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Relating to library services provided by the department of administrative services
Proposed by the Department of Administrative Services · their explanation · all agency proposals
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 399
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 399 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 399 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The state librarian would no longer have to send a report every two years to the governor about library services. This change also removes the requirement for the Department of Administrative Services to create a unified service plan or set standards for state agency libraries. Additionally, the law would swap the term "access plus programs" for "interlibrary loan programs" when describing how the state supports public libraries.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to library services provided by the department of administrative services (DAS). The bill eliminates the requirement that the state librarian submit a biennial report to the governor on the activities of DAS relating to library services. _____ librarian, the bill also strikes a corresponding provision applying general biennial reporting requirements to the state librarian.210, DAS is still obligated to prepare reports of its progress in meeting goals from its agency strategic plan and operational plan. The bill strikes the requirement that DAS develop and approve a biennial unified plan of service and service delivery for DAS as part of DAS’s library services. The bill strikes DAS’s obligation to establish and administer standards for state agency libraries. The bill eliminates a reference to “access plus programs” of public libraries for purposes of DAS’s duty to support such programs under the enrich Iowa program, and substitutes the term “interlibrary loan programs” for such purposes.
House subcommittee
Named January 30, 2025. On February 6, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2246 Relating to duties of the department of administrative services90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · similarCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.