Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

Libraries that are “dues-paying members” of certain nationwide nonprofit organizations would be cut off from one avenue of state funding under legislation being considered by Iowa state lawmakers.

Also, under a proposed bill, the death penalty could be used for killing a law enforcement officer

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has proposed a ‘continuum of care’ that incentivizes preschools and child care centers to work together, while House Democrats have proposed expanding child care assistance funding and tax credits

Also, Iowa House Republicans advanced a series of bills addressing carbon capture pipelines and landowner rights

The legislation would work to address the shortage of physicians -- especially in rural areas of the state -- by consolidating and boosting funding in doctors’ loan repayment programs and increasing the number of medical residencies in Iowa

Health care providers in Iowa would be required to tell patients that it may be possible to reverse the effects of a medication abortion, something reproductive rights advocates and medical groups say is not supported by science.

Children would need permission from a parent or guardian to possess an online social media account under a bill that received bipartisan support Tuesday from an Iowa House committee.

After an hour updating lawmakers on ways their campuses are serving students, the presidents of Iowa’s three public universities fielded questions from lawmakers -- including about cuts to their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

As Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would repeal civil rights protections for transgender Iowans, demonstrators gathered Monday outside of a committee room and spilled into the Iowa Capitol rotunda in a raucous protest that led to two arrests

Also, Iowa Senate Republicans advanced legislation that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion positions and programs in local government

While hundreds of protesters chanted and yelled in the Iowa Capitol Rotunda Monday morning, House Republicans advanced legislation that would remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act in an unprecedented move to repeal civil rights protections for transgender Iowans that have been in place for nearly two decades.

With lobbyists for Iowa’s public universities lingering in an “undecided” state on the dozens of bills introduced this session angling to reshape higher education, the Board of Regents this week will consider creating a new “legislative committee” tasked with taking a position on pending legislation.

Iowa prosecutors proposed a bill to make criminal groping a serious misdemeanor, which carries up to a year in jail -- but they had no idea it would face such pushback in the state House and Senate.

Should the bill pass and be signed into law, Iowa would become the first state in the nation to remove a protected class from a state’s civil rights act, a legal expert says.

Erin Merryn, who has worked to get similar laws passed in 38 states, testified this week at the Iowa Capitol during a legislative hearing on an Iowa bill