Iowa House conducts first readings of 10 bills, refers measures to committees; adjourns until Jan. 28

The Iowa House of Representatives conducted first readings for 10 House files and referred each measure to a standing committee, then approved a motion to adjourn until Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 8:30 a.m., Representative Seacrest moved.

Most measures were read without floor debate and sent to committees that will consider them in more detail. The bills introduced covered education policy, criminal procedure, higher-education residency requirements, involuntary commitment procedures, direct shipment of alcohol, a proposed sales-tax change, property-tax adjustments, rural veterinary support, and changes to gambling licensing and fees.

House File 135, introduced by Representative Jones and others, was described as “a bill for an act providing for a waiver of institution and mandatory fees at region institutions and community colleges for certain sanctionary sanitary workers and their children.” The measure was given a first reading and referred to the…