Recaps › 2020 session

The week of Monday, February 24, 2020

What happened at the Capitol, February 24, 2020 to March 1, 2020, in the 88th General Assembly’s 2020 session.

129

bills filed

floor votes

sent to the Governor

signed into law

Signed into law · 1

SF 2164 Relating to public school funding by modifying provisions relating to the regular program … · February 25, 2020

Sent to the Governor · 1

SF 2164 Relating to public school funding by modifying provisions relating to the regular program …

Passed the House · 37

HF 2197 Relating to the medical residency training state matching grants program rural rotation re…
HF 2219 Relating to the responsibilities of a guardian ad litem for a minor child
HF 2221 Relating to the licensed health professional member of a local board of health
HF 2222 Relating to a determination of the availability of mental health services in the state inc…
HF 2236 Concerning fees charged for examining and copying public records relating to claims for ve…
HF 2238 Relating to regulation of foods sold by minors
HF 2308 Relating to the definition of meeting and public notice requirements under the open meetin…
HF 2310 Removing the requirement to obtain a permit for vehicles or combinations of vehicles of ex…
HF 2312 Relating to certificate of eligibility affidavits for admission to the veterans home
HF 2313 Relating to the military code and duty performed by a member of the United States coast gu…
HF 2339 Relating to judicial motions and causes of action arising from a person’s participation in…
HF 2359 Relating to the reporting of certain assessment scores by approved practitioner preparatio…

25 more

HF 2360 Regarding the expiration of driver’s licenses of persons who are age seventy-eight or over…
HF 2361 Concerning the implantation or insertion of microchips or other devices in employees by em…
HF 2369 Establishing a lifetime trout fishing license for certain older Iowans
HF 2382 Relating to confidentiality concerning individuals allowed a disabled veteran tax credit a…
HF 2383 Relating to the percentage of students who are residents of Iowa or who attend postseconda…
HF 717 Concerning appeal rights relating to veterans preference
HF 2220 Relating to the definition of young adult for purposes of participation in the preparation…
HF 2235 Disqualifying a person convicted of human trafficking involving the use of a commercial mo…
HF 2269 Relating to the Medicaid home and community-based services elderly waiver monthly budget m…
HF 2291 Relating to the authority of the college student aid commission to organize a nonprofit co…
HF 2340 Relating to the Iowa educational savings plan trust by permitting the use of funds for cer…
HF 2362 Relating to certain appeals by nonprofit organizations concerning reimbursement of the dep…
HF 2363 Relating to unemployment insurance contribution rates for certain landscaping employers
HF 2364 Relating to injunctions issued to employers for certain violations of the state unemployme…
HF 2365 Relating to certain notifications issued by the department of workforce development concer…
HF 2366 Relating to replacement of the term visitation with the term parenting time relative to ti…
HF 2410 Relating to the issuance of special senior statewide antlerless deer only crossbow deer hu…
HF 2411 Relating to participation in the sobriety and drug monitoring program
HF 2412 Relating to the definition of public improvement for public construction bidding purposes
HF 2416 Relating to filing complaints with the Iowa public information board
HF 2418 Relating to certain information in proceedings before the director of the department of ed…
HF 2421 Relating to the approval procedures for claims for the military service property tax exemp…
HF 2477 Relating to county regulation of certain agricultural experiences
HF 2502 Relating to firearms and weapons, including the storage, carrying, possession, or transpor…
HF 2512 Relating to county zoning procedures, and including effective date and applicability provi…

Passed the Senate · 37

SF 2025 Relating to the employment of county engineers
SF 2132 Relating to the legal reserve requirements of life insurance companies
SF 2196 Extending the repeal date of the Iowa cell siting Act and including effective date provisi…
SF 2232 Relating to the Iowa trust code, including the creation of directed trusts, the transfer o…
SF 2250 Relating to responsibilities of timber buyers and persons transporting timber, and providi…
SF 2296 Regarding persons who are deemed independent contractors when performing services while op…
SF 2299 Relating to background checks for employees and students of certain facilities, providers,…
SF 2300 Relating to the transfer of real estate as part of the administration of a decedent’s esta…
SJR 2002 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the qualificat…
SF 2091 Providing for exemptions relating to odometer requirements, and including effective date p…
SF 2093 Relating to class “A” felonies and life sentences
SF 2131 Relating to credit allowed to domestic ceding insurers for reinsurance ceded to reinsurers…

25 more

SF 2137 Relating to filing requirements applicable to extensions of real estate conveyances or tra…
SF 2198 Relating to notice provisions in connection with designated consumer lending provisions
SF 2201 Relating to special nonresident deer and wild turkey hunting licenses issued to nonresiden…
SF 2249 Relating to the classification and reclassification of certain secondary roads, and includ…
SF 2337 Relating to civil actions involving asbestos and silica, and including applicability provi…
SF 2338 Relating to civil actions, including recoverable damages for medical expenses, evidence of…
SF 2360 Relating to classroom management and related practitioner preparation procedures for repor…
SF 2118 Relating to loan repayment for refinanced student loans under the rural physician loan rep…
SF 2133 Repealing provisions requiring the registration of travel agencies
SF 2153 Relating to the administration of physical examinations and student health screenings by s…
SF 2195 Providing an exception to the Iowa state elevator code for certain multi-story commercial …
SF 2251 Relating to specialty areas, service commitment area distance requirements, and practice-r…
SF 2261 Relating to the provision of behavioral health services including via telehealth in a scho…
SF 2272 Relating to public assistance program oversight, and including effective date provisions
SF 2356 Relating to the education of students with characteristics of dyslexia and to the preparat…
SF 2135 Relating to the final disposition and disinterment of human remains
SF 2259 Relating to liability arising from the donation of equipment by a municipality, fire depar…
SF 2270 Relating to the identification and use of tree stands for hunting deer placed on public la…
SF 2284 Relating to matters involving the state board of regents and the institutions the state bo…
SF 2310 Relating to educational instructional requirements and funding flexibility and including e…
SF 2327 Relating to the elimination of the hospital licensing board, and providing for repeals
SF 2329 Relating to licensed health care providers for purposes of state law regarding concussion …
SF 2346 Relating to a pilot program to allow Medicaid members to participate in direct primary car…
SF 2362 Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem for certain child prosecution witnesses
SJR 2003 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the gubernator…

Approved in committee · 42

HF 2023 Exempting from the computation of the individual and corporate state income taxes broadban…
HF 2176 Relating to the adjustments to state foundation aid paid to a school district following an…
HF 607 Modifying the sales and use tax exemption for the sale of certain component parts attached…
SF 2013 Relating to the creation of land banks
SF 2080 Prohibiting the state and political subdivisions of the state from expending public moneys…
SF 2114 Relating to the granting of professional licenses, certificates, and registrations to pers…
SF 2148 Relating to the child abuse hotline
SF 2243 Modifying provisions relating to telecommunicators

34 more

SF 2244 Relating to restitution ordered in a criminal proceeding and court debt
SF 2292 Relating to peace officer-involved shootings and peace officer-involved critical incidents…
SF 2293 Relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights
SF 2367 Establishing a study relating to the grain depositors and sellers indemnity fund
SF 2368 Relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate rental housing, and including…
SF 2370 Requiring the department of veterans affairs to provide rosters of discharged members of t…
SF 2371 Relating to underground storage tanks, including by creating the Iowa tanks fund and Iowa …
SF 2372 Concerning government regulation relating to state building code requirements, private inv…
SF 2375 Relating to the statute of limitations period for criminal and civil actions for sexual ab…
SF 2376 Relating to crime victims, including the collection of evidence in sexual abuse cases and …
SF 2377 Relating to officer disciplinary actions
SF 2380 Relating to the manufacture, sale, and consumption of certain products containing hemp, an…
SF 2381 Relating to participation in the sobriety and drug monitoring program
SF 2382 Establishing the offense of sexual activity with an individual sixteen or seventeen years …
SF 2383 Establishing an interim study committee to review and evaluate continuity of care and nonm…
SF 2384 Relating to insurance coverage for prescription drugs used in the treatment of stage IV ca…
SF 2386 Establishing a task force relating to the reunification of an unaccompanied child or depen…
SF 2387 Relating to the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, i…
SF 2388 Limiting local legislation that prohibits the operation of an animal enterprise or the use…
SF 2389 Creating the criminal offense of food operation trespass, and providing penalties
SF 2390 Establishing a cyber crime investigation division in the department of public safety to in…
SF 2392 Relating to the operation of state government, including the review of state boards, the r…
SF 571 Relating to the awarding of joint custody and joint physical care
SJR 8 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the rights of …
SF 583 Relating to billing methods that may be utilized in connection with distributed generation…
SF 2394 Relating to the custody and control of courthouses and to physical facilities provided by …
HF 2041 Permitting businesses’ new onsite daycare facilities or businesses’ expansion of existing …
HF 2083 Providing businesses with income, franchise, moneys and credits, and gross premiums tax cr…
HF 2175 Relating to the construction of child care facilities by providing developers with sales a…
HF 310 Relating to the practice of optometry
SF 2082 Relating to matters involving the state board of education and the department of education…
SF 601 Establishing a pesticide administration and enforcement fund and making appropriations
SF 612 Relating to matters under the purview of the utilities division of the department of comme…
SF 639 Relating to lobbying activities by political subdivisions

Closest votes

HF 2502 A bill for an act relating to firearms and weapons, including the stor…
House · February 27, 2020 · 52–44
SF 2338 A bill for an act relating to civil actions, including recoverable dam…
Senate · February 25, 2020 · 30–20
HF 2383 A bill for an act relating to the percentage of students who are resid…
House · February 25, 2020 · 54–44
SF 2337 A bill for an act relating to civil actions involving asbestos and sil…
Senate · February 25, 2020 · 30–19
SF 2346 A bill for an act relating to a pilot program to allow Medicaid member…
Senate · February 27, 2020 · 31–18

Most lobbied

SF 2337 Relating to civil actions involving asbestos and silica, and including…
15 organizations took a side
SF 2319 Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for breast pumps and associated sup…
12 organizations took a side
SF 2268 Establishing the minimum age relative to various activities relating t…
11 organizations took a side
HF 2569 Relating to the establishment of a grant fund and a grant program admi…
11 organizations took a side
HF 2521 Requiring reporting by school districts to the department of education…
11 organizations took a side

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