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Senate passes three bills; approves school-safety team and study of countywide fire services
Summary
During a floor session, senators passed Senate File 601 and two amended bills — Senate File 583 and Senate File 594 — each by a recorded vote of 48-0. Lawmakers adopted technical and stakeholder amendments to the school-safety measure and to the fire-services study.
The Senate passed three bills on final passage during a floor session: Senate File 601, Senate File 583 (as amended) and Senate File 594 (as amended). The secretary recorded unanimous, constitutional-majority votes on each measure, with results reported as 48 ayes and 0 nays.
Senate File 601 concerns timelines for online information available concerning discontinuance of city utilities. Senator Klimesh moved the bill be read for the final time and placed on its passage; after the reading and a roll-call, the secretary reported that the bill "having received a constitutional majority, is declared to have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to." The roll call included named ayes from Senators Walz, Knox, Sweeney, Buzano and Whitver among others; the official tally was 48 ayes, 0 nays.
Senate File 583 was before the body with an amendment (Senate Amendment 30-26). Senator Dawson opened remarks on the bill, describing it as a measure that "creates, what we will now call a school safety assessment team, bringing people at the local level, county and state together to try to identify, potential problems sooner and get the needed intervention." Dawson said the amendment renames the program the "school safety assessment team" and incorporates a technical correction provided by the judicial branch. The amendment was moved and adopted, and Dawson then moved final passage. The secretary later recorded the bill as passed, with a roll-call tally of 48 ayes, 0 nays.
Senate File 594, as described on the floor, creates a study committee to examine consolidation or countywide provision of fire protection services. Senator Webster said the committee would include representatives from the Iowa Professional Firefighters, fire chiefs, volunteer fire departments, the Iowa Emergency Management Association and an attorney with fire-service experience, and that the study would review entities organized under code chapters 28E, 357B, 357F, 357G and 357J. An amendment (Senate Amendment 30-28) adding stakeholders and clarifying the scope and starting counties was adopted, and Webster moved final passage. The secretary recorded the bill as passed by a constitutional majority (48-0).
Senate resolution 6 and Senate File 549 were called at the start of the sequence of business but no debate, amendment, or recorded votes on those two measures appear in the transcript provided; details for those items are not specified in the record excerpt.
After the roll calls, the Senate recessed for a Democratic caucus in Room 24, as announced on the floor.
