Recaps › 2019 session

The week of Monday, April 1, 2019

What happened at the Capitol, April 1, 2019 to April 7, 2019, in the 88th General Assembly’s 2019 session.

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sent to the Governor

signed into law

Passed the House · 18

HF 752 Relating to professional licensing, including by providing for a review of professional li…
SF 159 Relating to assessment scores set by the department of education for successful completion…
HF 267 Relating to clerks of court, including the number of counties in which a clerk may serve a…
HF 390 Relating to required notices to the department of transportation regarding certain registe…
HF 418 Relating to commercial driver’s license requirements, and including applicability provisio…
HF 419 Relating to professional standards for the certification or designation of music therapist…
HF 701 Relating to the continuance of lawful preexisting nonconforming uses by manufactured, modu…
SF 140 Relating to special minor’s driver’s licenses for students attending accredited nonpublic …
SF 208 Increasing the maximum allowable length for stinger-steered automobile transporters. Effe…
SF 230 Relating to manufacturers of alcoholic beverages. Effective 7-1-19
SF 245 Relating to eligibility and reporting requirements for the skilled workforce shortage tuit…
SF 246 Relating to requirements for eligibility under the all Iowa opportunity scholarship progra…

6 more

SF 333 Relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections. Effective 7-1-19
SF 532 Relating to notice and opportunity to repair construction defects in new construction, and…
SF 558 Relating to requirements for domestic surplus lines insurers. Effective 7-1-19
SF 569 Relating to business entities, by providing for different types of limited liability compa…
HF 756 Appropriating federal funds made available from federal block grants and other nonstate so…
HF 758 Relating to the funding of, the operation of, and appropriation of moneys to the college s…

Passed the Senate · 16

HF 698 Relating to the jurisdiction and management of pioneer cemeteries. Effective 7-1-19
SF 227 Relating to the display of registration plates on motor vehicles
SF 283 Relating to conflicts of interest in certain government public contracts. Effective 7-1-1…
SF 334 Relating to public assistance program oversight
SF 378 Relating to the possession of marijuana, and providing penalties
SF 460 Relating to the dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to a minor by the parent …
SF 462 Relating to restrictions on bailable defendants charged with homicide by motor vehicle
SF 475 Providing for notarial acts, including by providing for the use of electronic media, provi…
SF 577 Establishing the criminal offense of sexual exploitation of a student with a disability by…
SF 589 Relating to criminal law and procedure including certain related administrative proceeding…
SF 114 Relating to unintentionally causing the death of a person by operating a motor vehicle at …
SF 302 Relating to motor vehicles operated by an automated driving system, and making penalties a…

4 more

SF 516 Relating to the employment of unauthorized aliens and providing penalties
SF 540 Relating to the temporary delegation of parental authority by the parent, guardian, or leg…
SF 597 Exempting from the sales tax certain items and services sold or furnished to nonprofit blo…
SF 600 Relating to transportation and other infrastructure- related appropriations to the departm…

Approved in committee · 72

SF 303 Relating to the replacement of a person’s driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification…
SF 319 Relating to peace officers and retired peace officers who provide street or highway drivin…
SF 436 Relating to wrecked or salvage motor vehicles
SF 478 Relating to lighting devices and other equipment on snow plows and authorized emergency ve…
SF 609 Relating to and making appropriations and related statutory changes involving state govern…
HF 171 Relating to the exemption from the hotel and motel taxes for the renting of lodging after …
HF 223 Relating to reimbursement of witness mileage expenses
HF 224 Relating to the criminal offense of lascivious conduct with a minor, and providing penalti…

64 more

HF 265 Relating to the confidentiality of search warrant information
HF 289 Concerning the distribution of gambling game receipts for charitable purposes. Effective …
HF 311 Relating to applications involving state licenses issued or renewed by the department of a…
HF 325 Relating to weapons requirements for nonambulatory hunters. Effective 7-1-19
HF 387 Relating to distance requirements for certain motor vehicles following other vehicles. Ef…
HF 389 Relating to the process and fees associated with the registration and title of vessels, sn…
HF 516 Relating to voting membership on joint 911 service boards. Effective 7-1-19
HF 590 Relating to tax return preparers, and providing penalties. Effective 7-1-19
HF 594 Relating to medical procedures including abortion and limitations regarding the withdrawal…
HF 599 Relating to hunting by persons under the age of sixteen
HF 604 Relating to commercial fishing to remove underused, undesirable, and injurious organisms f…
HF 606 Relating to continuing education requirements for certain professions. Effective 7-1-19
HF 634 Relating to certain boards and councils in the department of human rights including the es…
HF 643 Relating to driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards marked to reflect dea…
HF 659 Relating to pretrial contact between a prosecuting witness who is a minor and the defendan…
HF 685 Relating to the payment of required medical aid provided to prisoners of county jails. Ef…
HF 689 Relating to the removal of county veterans service officers. Effective 7-1-19
HF 691 Relating to funding of county mental health and disability services by modifying provision…
HF 709 Relating to the suspension of a child support order relative to child in need of assistanc…
HF 719 Relating to participation in conciliation related to a dissolution of marriage. Effective…
SF 202 Relating to youth deer and youth wild turkey hunting licenses, and providing effective dat…
SF 401 Relating to the imposition of certain fees on public utilities for the use of public right…
SF 435 Relating to towable recreational vehicles, travel trailers, and fifth-wheel travel trailer…
HF 263 Relating to application fees for certain consumer loans. Effective 7-1-19
HF 392 Relating to competitive bidding requirements applicable to certain governmental officials …
HF 531 Concerning unemployment insurance and including effective date and applicability provision…
HF 598 Relating to the assignment of pupils who are siblings to classrooms by school districts. …
HF 637 Relating to reports relating to misconduct of certain school employees required to be subm…
HF 694 Establishing an emergency medical services personnel licensure interstate compact. Effect…
HF 707 Relating to service of process relating to juvenile delinquency proceedings and terminatio…
SF 167 Relating to eligibility for the health care loan repayment program
SF 170 Relating to the publication duties of and the filling of vacancies on county agricultural …
SF 188 Prohibiting a governing board of a public college or university from adopting or enforcing…
SF 306 Establishing a lake Manawa state park user fee pilot program and a Waubonsie state park us…
SF 337 Providing for exceptions to the state child labor law. Effective 7-1-19
SF 437 Relating to academic eligibility standards for public school students participating in sch…
SF 448 Relating to consent agreements for domestic abuse and sexual abuse protective orders
SF 526 Creating a blue alert program within the department of public safety for the apprehension …
SF 531 Relating to pediatric congenital heart surgery including data reporting and the provision …
SF 548 Relating to the acquisition, donation, or sale of real property for specified purposes. E…
SF 561 Concerning disqualification from eligibility for unemployment benefits due to discharge fo…
SF 567 Relating to disqualifications from holding certain professional licenses for persons convi…
SF 570 Providing for immunity from civil liability for licensed architects and professional engin…
SF 592 Relating to the practice and licensure of physician assistants, and providing penalties
SF 612 Relating to matters under the purview of the utilities division of the department of comme…
SF 613 Relating to the established season for hunting game birds on a preserve, and providing for…
HF 292 Relating to the frequency of the reporting of the annual analysis and findings relative to…
HF 483 Relating to the gross weight of special trucks, and providing fees
HF 532 Relating to the physician workforce in the state including the awarding of medical residen…
HF 566 Relating to criminal trespass while hunting, fishing, or trapping, and providing penalties
HF 647 Providing for a beginning farmer tax credit program, providing for fees, and including eff…
HF 692 Relating to the conduct of state and local elections, providing penalties, and including e…
HF 725 Relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees, including registration fees for certain electric…
HF 732 Relating to the medical cannabidiol Act. Vetoed 5-24-19
HF 737 Relating to the regulation of persons involved with animals other than livestock and certa…
HF 743 Requiring that the general assembly provide for the publication of certain material and as…
SF 203 Relating to stocking private waters and fishing on such waters
SF 275 Relating to the criminal offenses of assault by threat of a targeted attack and cyberharas…
SF 392 Relating to sexual misconduct by a peace officer with offenders and juveniles in the peace…
SF 394 Relating to requirements school districts and accredited nonpublic schools must meet to pr…
SF 427 Relating to the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, b…
SF 442 Relating to authorized emergency vehicles, and making penalties applicable
SF 458 Relating to debts for which the homestead is liable by providing that the homestead may be…
SF 524 Relating to sexual exploitation by a youth athletics coach and providing penalties

Closest votes

HF 752 A bill for an act relating to professional licensing, including by pro…
House · April 1, 2019 · 54–44
HF 758 A bill for an act relating to the funding of, the operation of, and ap…
House · April 4, 2019 · 58–38
SF 159 A bill for an act relating to assessment scores set by the department …
House · April 1, 2019 · 71–28
HF 701 A bill for an act relating to the continuance of lawful preexisting no…
House · April 3, 2019 · 84–15
SF 140 A bill for an act relating to special minor’s driver’s licenses for st…
House · April 3, 2019 · 91–8

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