If reform is what the AEAs need, we need to get it right. An interim study and more informed debate next session seems like a better plan than the current bills moving in the Legislature. We’d urge lawmakers to consider pressing the pause button instead of continuing to push ahead. ___...
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Bills limiting cellphone use by mandating voice-activated or hands-free technology while driving have been introduced in the Iowa Legislature since 2019, but all attempts at passage have been unsuccessful."This is not a political issue. This is a safety issue," Peter Bengtson said. "Lawmakers ...
See also a database of statewide ballot measures maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures.Constitution (Iowa Const.) Bills These are enrolled bills. See also a link for tracking current legislation. Acts and Joint Resolutions of the State of Iowa (Iowa Acts) These are ...
(Iowa 1991). The legislature responded by amending section 663 A. 9 once again, this time substituting the words "a party" for "the applicant," thereby making the certiorari requirement applicable to the State as well as inmates. See S.F. 2097, 74th G.A., § 38 (Iowa 1992). The ...
United States Senate, one of the two houses of thelegislature(Congress) of theUnited States, established in 1789 under theConstitution. Each state elects two senators for six-year terms. The terms of about one-third of the Senate membership expire every two years, earning the chamber the nick...
The chairman of the Iowa House Transportation Committee expects the Legislature to outlaw texting and driving in 2010: “I think given the circumstances of what’s happened lately — what the media has been reporting and actual tragedies (as a result of texting while driving) — it’s a good...
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Iowa's part-time legislature, which meets from January to May, regularly saw bills to create a private right of action for consumer fraud. (23) This section describes how persistent coverage and editorials from the Des Moines Register (the state's largest newspaper), lobbying by community ...
During the legislative process, lawmakers can make changes to bills through amendments that alter their original proposals before they are voted on by their colleagues. The process enables lawmakers to develop informed recommendations that address specific issues in more comprehensive ways. This can help...