by Dustin Hite Week 6 of the legislative session was a busy one in the Education Committee as well as on the House Floor. The Education Committee passed a number of bipartisan bills out of committee this week. Last week House File 532(formerly HSB 184) advanced out of the full committee, this bill allocates additional […]
by Holly Brink Week 6 Update Hello Friends, It was a busy sixth week at the Iowa Capitol. Despite the challenges that the year presents, Iowans still, rightfully, expect us to show up and do the job you all elected us to do. That’s why the Iowa House was hard at work to improve the […]
by Ken Rozenboom At this point of the legislative session the focus of each standing committee is to narrow down their list of priorities, and move those bills to a final committee vote before the first funnel deadline, just two weeks away. This newsletter I will touch lightly on a number of different bills taking […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom The fifth week of the legislative session included more debate on important education issues, as well as continuing our varied work in subcommittees and committees. Since 1906, Iowa law has permitted a property tax exemption for land that is enrolled in the Forest Reserve program. This is a good program that […]
by Dustin Hite House Republicans spent this last week at the Capitol making great progress on some of our top legislative priorities this session, among those being access to affordable child care and additional education funding to address the added costs schools have experienced due to the pandemic. As well, the House Human Resources Committee […]
by Holly Brink Hello Friends, I hope that you all were able to stay safe throughout the series of blizzards we have had recently. While many of you have been staying put the House has definitely been on the move. It was a busy legislative week in the House with the passage of 25 bills […]
by Sen Ken Rozenboom Wow! Four weeks are already in the books as we continued our work on a large number of issues at the subcommittee and committee levels. We also passed a number of bills on the Senate floor and sent them to the House. One of the bills we passed on a 46-0 […]
by Rep. Dustin Hite It was another busy week at the Statehouse. I started on Monday by taking the gavel and sitting in the Speaker’s chair for the opening of Monday’s session. The rest of the week was filled with committees and subcommittees and is now ending with a blizzard. On Tuesday evening, the Iowa […]
by Rep. Holly Brink Week 4 Update Hello Friends, As always it is an honor to serve you in the Legislature. I want to focus the majority of this week’s newsletter on the House Government Oversight committee, which I have the pleasure of leading along with Vice Chair Representative Jacobsen. The Government Oversight committee has […]
(DES MOINES) – This morning, Rep. Dustin Hite (R-New Sharon) and Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R-Oskaloosa) welcomed Ann Frost and Kevin Deronde of Mahaska Health to the Iowa State Capitol.
