Legislative Session Update 2/28/2020

Your Help Is Needed Now To Push Suicide Prevention Number Bill!

The bill to require the state’s suicide prevention telephone and text numbers on student IDs is in need of your help!

The bill, Senate File 2081, has not yet been voted on by the entire Senate.

Please send a short email note or call your local State Representative and State Senator and urge them to:

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Legislative Session Update 02/14/2020

Next Friday Is The First Procedural Hurdle

The first procedural hurdle of the 2020 Session of the Iowa Legislative Session arrives this upcoming Friday, February 21st.

The so called “First Funnel,” the day by which bills must be approved by one committee in the bill’s chamber or origin to remain eligible for continued consideration, takes place at the close business on Friday.

There are three types of bill’s exempt from the procedural rules.  Bills in the Appropriations Committee, Ways and Means Committee and Government Oversight Committee are not governed by procedural deadlines requiring committee approval by specific dates.

Bills of Interest:

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