The bill introduced this week would have allowed cities and counties to use state funds to establish homeless encampments on public property, and would prohibit sleeping, camping or erecting a shelter on public property outside of official sites. The legislation was ultimately tabled on Tuesday.
Iowa House Republicans and Iowa Senate Democrats introduced their respective legislative proposals Tuesday to ensure safety, support and accountability in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Chanting again filled and echoed the halls Monday of the Iowa Capitol for a third straight week as transgender Iowans and civil rights and LGBTQ advocates decried a bill that would define "man" and "woman" in state law.
Large cities in Iowa, led by Davenport, are pushing for a bill that would allow cities to file suit in court against strip clubs if the city or county attorney deem them to be a danger to public safety.
Previous attempts to pass the bill have met with resistance in the Iowa House, which held this year’s first hearing on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal.
The legislation also would require Iowa’s 11 largest school districts — among them Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Council Bluffs, Iowa City, and Sioux City — to have at least one private security guard or school resource officer in each district high school.
Zaun, a Republican from Urbandale, has been working for years to ban the use of traffic cameras in Iowa; this year he has combined his legislative proposal with a hands-free device use while driving.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, in her annual Condition of the State address last month, said Iowa needs to increase reading outcomes for elementary students. Last year, state test scores reported 34 percent of third-graders are not proficient in reading and writing skills. Under a proposed bill, Iowa colleges and universities would be required to train teachers in the “science of reading.” But what is it?
On this week’s episode: Gov. Kim Reynolds’ gender ID bill, a proposal to put Rs and Ds on local elections, and Big Library’s opposition to legislation at the Iowa Capitol.
Landowners and environmentalists staged a die-in Thursday at the Iowa Capitol as part of rally urging lawmakers to pass legislation to address growing concerns about safety and the use of eminent domain for proposed carbon capture pipelines.
In her Condition of the State address in January, Reynolds said there is “little coordination” between the differing districts now, causing problems for Iowans seeking treatment for both. “Over 25 percent of adults with serious mental health challenges also suffer from substance use,” she told lawmakers.
The proposed state law come after a similar proposal in Pella was defeated by a public vote in November.
Bill would allow state courts to order undocumented immigrants deported
Also, bill advances to limit ‘obscene performances’
The GOP legislator who introduced the bill said it is needed to close a loophole in the state’s collective bargaining law, while a Democrat called it ‘union-busting’
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