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House gives first reading to scores of bills across education, health, judiciary and more; adjourns to Feb. 10
Summary
The Iowa House of Representatives read the titles of dozens of bills and referred them to standing committees, including a proposed joint resolution limiting federal terms and numerous education and health measures. The session ended with a motion to adjourn to Feb. 10 at 1 p.m.
The House of Representatives conducted first readings of dozens of bills and referred those measures to standing committees on Wednesday, then adjourned until Monday, February 10, at 1 p.m.
The most prominent item read aloud was House Joint Resolution 6, sponsored by Representative Wills and others, described on the floor as a proposal to limit the number of terms a person may serve in Congress or as a federal official. The resolution was given a first reading and referred to the Committee on State Government.
Members also heard first readings for a broad set of House files covering topics including attorney recruitment, litigation and financial-contract regulation, tax credits for radon mitigation systems, school meal and calendar provisions, pharmacy and prescription-drug oversight, preschool funding, child-abuse awareness, childcare liability and insurance, prior authorization for cancer treatment, and multiple education- and public-safety-related measures. Examples listed on the House floor included House File 209 (creating a rural attorney recruitment assistance program; referred to Appropriations), House File 210 (regulating litigation and financial contracts; referred to Judiciary), and House File 211 (creating a radon mitigation tax credit; referred to Ways and Means). The Clerk read each bill title and the chamber recorded committee referrals as part of the first-reading process.
Most measures were placed with the committee named by the Clerk on the House calendar; the transcript does not record committee action beyond referral. The session did not include floor debate on the merits of the bills as read; the floor activity consisted primarily of title readings and procedural referrals.
Representative Windscottle moved to adjourn the House until Monday, February 10, at 1 p.m., saying, "I move the House adjourn until Monday, February 10 at 1 p.m." The presiding officer then declared, "The ayes do have it. The House is adjourned."
The first readings establish which committees will consider the measures; committee hearings, amendments, or floor debate would occur later and are not recorded in this transcript.
