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Iowa Senate defeats GOP effort to strip House apprenticeship language from SF 603, 32-15
Summary
The Iowa Senate voted 32-15 to reject an amendment that would have removed House-added language limiting local governments’ ability to impose apprenticeship or contractor requirements on private Tax Increment Financing projects in Senate File 603.
The Iowa Senate on the floor defeated a Republican motion to adopt Senate Amendment 3,033 to Senate Amendment 3,030 to Senate File 603, rejecting an effort to remove House-added language that limits political subdivisions from imposing apprenticeship or other contractor requirements beyond state law. The roll call recorded 15 votes in favor and 32 opposed, and the amendment failed.
Senate File 603 returned to the floor after the House amended the bill and sent it back to the Senate. Senator Schulz, speaking in favor of the House amendment, said the change responds to a recent effort in Des Moines to use local requirements to limit participation in private developments funded with tax increment financing. “This amendment comes up due to … the latest game of whack a mole that the Iowa legislature has had to play in response to efforts to cut out 90% of the private construction, employee workforce,” Schultz said, adding the language would make apprenticeship training voluntary and prevent…
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