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The session will be extended for another week.  We are still waiting for the Senate to act on the budget bills we sent over several weeks ago.  We did move a couple of priority bills for the Governor this week. I hope next week is the week things start to move but the ball isContinue reading “Capitol Update”

This week again the House stood at a stand still waiting for the Senate to move Budget bills so that we can start the process of working out the differences and pass the budgets.  This is the last thing that needs to be done before we close the session.  The Senate worked a couple ofContinue reading “Capitol Update”

This week is funnel week at the Capitol, the busiest week of session. It’s been a flurry trying to vote bills out of subcommittees and full committees. If a bill is not voted out of committee before funnel week, it cannot be debated on the House floor. There are two committees that are “funnel proof”Continue reading “Capitol Update Week 6”

On Monday, we did not have session in the House, instead I attended caucuses. Very important step in the Democratic process that it is always my honor to be a part of. I met with the Jackson County Supervisors on Tuesday morning, and Tuesday afternoon the Ways and Means committee voted on HSB 626, theContinue reading “Capitol Update Week 5”

This week, we have had many meetings, both full committee and subcommittees, working on discussing and passing along bills. The big bill of the week was the Governor’s Biofuel bill, HF 2128. Last night, 2/2/22, the bill passed out of the House with bipartisan support 81-10. Now, it moves to the Senate, where hopefully theyContinue reading “Capitol Update Week 4”

In the third week of this General Assembly, we really hit the ground running working on the Governor’s proposal bills. Our main focus this week was to pass through House Study Bill 594, which was about bio fuels. With HSB 594, every well-equipped gas station in the state would be required to offer so muchContinue reading “Capitol Update Week 3”

              Week 2 at the Capitol has been very busy. Last week the Governor laid out her comprehensive tax plan for the 2022 legislative session during her speech. This week more details and fiscal information are available as House Study Bill 551 was released publicly. The bill has landed in the Ways and Means committeeContinue reading “Capitol Update Week 2”

Iowa House Passes Support for Hoover Presidential Library RenovationHouse File 588 passed the Iowa House this week with nearly unanimous support. The bill creates a Hoover Presidential Library Tax Credit. The 31st President of the United States was born in Iowa and his presidential library is located in West Branch. The library’s foundation is currentlyContinue reading “Capitol Update Week 13”

Legislative UpdateThis week marked the second funnel here in the Iowa legislature. This means that any bill that has not already passed out of the House or Senate, and passed out of a committee in the opposite chamber is considered to be done for the session. Unless they are assigned to the Ways and MeansContinue reading “Capitol Update Week 12”

Expansion of Beginning Farmer Tax CreditThis week we passed HF 694 also known as the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Expansion. The goal of this bill is to expand eligibility for the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit program to reach even more owner and operators. Since its creation in 2007 the program has issued over 77 millionContinue reading “Capitol Update Week 11”