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Iowa House reads dozens of bills; many referred to standing committees or placed on calendar
Summary
Clerks read titles for more than two dozen House and Senate files; most received first reading and were referred to standing committees or placed on the calendar, the body announced. The session also recessed after a motion by a member.
The House of Representatives conducted first readings for more than two dozen measures during the session; clerks read bill titles and most were formally referred to standing committees or placed on the calendar, the speaker announced.
The batch of first readings included bills on animal regulation (House File 488), a standing appropriation for pediatric cancer research at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (House File 489), emergency veterinary care for police service dogs (House File 490), county deputy sheriffs' and assistant county attorneys' salaries (House File 492), traffic control within cities (House File 493), railroad crew-size and train-length penalties (House Files 494 and 495), multiple tax-related measures (House Files 496–498), a disaster assistance grant program (House File 499), insurance coverage for complex rehabilitation technology wheelchairs (House File 500), school-district procedures for mergers and dissolutions (House File 501), modifications to board of educational examiners authorities (House File 502), consumer data protection (House File 503), a robotics grant program and related public–private partnership (House File 504), and…
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