Unofficial results show that Republicans — who already had among their largest majorities in decades going into the election — gained one seat in the Senate and three in the House.
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Iowa seemed likely to make history with the election of Hiawatha City Council member Aime Wichtendahl to House District 80 — covering northern portions of Cedar Rapids up through Hiawatha and Robins.
The 43-year-old Jack Whitver says he is undergoing radiation treatments and does not plan to step down from his leadership in the Iowa Legislature.
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Here’s a look at which legislation was approved during the 2024 session of the Iowa Legislature.
A bill requiring Iowa schools to adopt new social studies and civics education standards with a focus on Western civilization, U.S. and Iowa history is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds to be signed into law.
Another bill would add penalties for cities, counties that regulate firearms
Senate removes school security personnel grant program
The bill, which would temporarily lift limits that would apply to the Boy Scouts, now heads to the Iowa House for consideration. Lawmakers face an April 19 deadline.
The bill would remove the most senior judge in the district from the judicial nominating commission. Instead, the governor would be allowed to appoint an additional member. With the addition, the governor would be able to appoint six — or a majority — of the members to each judicial nominating commission.
Senate lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would lift Iowa’s statute of limitations on civil claims on sexual abuse to allow survivors of sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America to take full advantage of bankruptcy proceedings against the organization.
Senate Democrats, who no longer have the numbers needed to reject gubernatorial nominations, opposed McKenzie Snow’s nomination over her lack of public education experience.
The bill’s supporters say it is needed to close a legal loophole and help pesticide manufacturers manage the costs of weed killers, while critics say Iowans who get sick from pesticides should have legal recourse, including over labeling.
A bill in the Iowa Legislature would expand the state’s “dram shop” laws, which impose civil liability for selling alcohol to a visibly intoxicated or underage persons, to apply to consumable hemp products.
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