by Senator Adrian Dickey While this week there was a lot of activity and much legislation that was discussed and voted upon, I am going to focus on two things that I have received a lot of emails on this year: Bottle bill and school choice. For years, legislation known as the “Bottle Bill” has […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom Our main focus of this week was floor debate. Even after ten years in the Senate it amazes me how wide-ranging our discussions are in the legislature. This week we discussed many issues, including where fireworks can be sold, estate trusts, wind energy property tax, zoning commissions, taking fur-bearing animals for […]
by Dustin Hite This week in the Iowa House, we move closer to ending session and getting back home. We passed several budgets off the House floor, which is usually a sign that we are down to some of the final things. However, even though budgets are beginning to be set, there are still several […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey I apologize for not getting a newsletter out last week. I simply had so many things going on. It was Monday before I had time to write it and by that time, a new week was under way! This week we passed Senate Resolution 108. It recognized March 21 through March […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom Agriculture has always been an anchor for Iowa’s economy. To recognize the importance of agriculture in Iowa this week in the Senate we passed Senate Resolution 108. This resolution recognizes March 21 through March 27 as National Agriculture Week in Iowa. Iowa has 84,900 farms, of which over 90 percent are […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom The second funnel (major legislative deadline) has passed, meaning that we’re one step closer to the scheduled end of the legislative session. The purpose of this deadline is to focus our work on the issues that appear to have enough support to pass both chambers. Last year I was assigned to […]
by Dustin Hite This week concludes the second (and final) funnel week in the Iowa Legislature. All bills, besides those in budgeting committees, must pass out of committees in both the Iowa House and Senate to remain eligible for consideration. Today we held the last Education Committee meeting for the 2022 session, where we passed […]
Des Moines – Rob Sand filed over 5,000 petition signatures to qualify for the June primary ballot on Wednesday, more than double the number required. Sand was first elected in 2018, the only statewide candidate to defeat an incumbent that year, by pledging to “wake up the watchdog” in the Auditor’s Office. “Big and powerful […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom The next legislative deadline is quickly approaching, so most of the Senate’s ninth week was dedicated to floor debate. Senate File 2357 is a bill that requires every school board member to vote yay, nay, or abstain only if they have a conflict on all matters before their board. In some […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey Next week is the 2nd funnel week, so most of the Senate’s ninth week was dedicated to floor debate. However the highlight of the week was seeing the results of a Des Moines Register poll that showed the majority of Iowans support the tax relief bill signed by Governor Reynolds last […]
