Same-sex marriage, medical marijuana proposals fail to clear first ‘funnel’ hurdle
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Same-sex marriage, medical marijuana proposals fail to clear first ‘funnel’ hurdle
The three-member commission for the blind had been down to just one after one member retired and another passed away.
Today’s funnel is the first key deadline that winnows the number of bills that remain eligible for consideration for the remainder of the legislative session.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: state lawmakers put the F-U in funnel week, and 2024 really gets going with both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis planning trips to Iowa soon.
State government reorganization, bills impacting LGBTQ students and youth, gun regulations and more were passed overnight Thursday into early Friday
Lawmakers also advance jobs open to teens, limits on speed cameras
Republicans advanced bills Wednesday that would restrict which materials are available to students in school libraries amid increased scrutiny from conservative activists around school material they consider to be explicit.
Also, a proposed bill would require school administrators to teach a class
It’s unclear if House CO2 pipeline bill -- if it passes -- would get a hearing in the Senate.
The program is projected to spend roughly $315 million annually in state funding to roughly $7,600 annual scholarships for, eventually, any Iowa student to put toward private school tuition and other education-related expenses.
Republicans also were expected to move a ban on gender-affirming health care
Also, Republicans advanced a proposal to add more job search requirements for Iowans receiving unemployment benefits
Union workers from across Iowa gathered at the State Capitol Monday to protest proposals loosening state child labor laws.
In voting down the bill, Sen. Jason Schultz, a Republican from Schleswig, cast doubt on the likelihood of any bill restricting eminent domain powers for pipelines making it out of the Iowa Legislature this session.
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