House places more than a dozen bills on the calendar, refers measures to committees
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On opening day the House recorded a lengthy set of bill introductions — including measures on buffer strips, a veterans service-animal grant program and reforms to first-home eligibility — and referred them to committees for consideration. The chamber adjourned after brief announcements.
DES MOINES — The House opened with ceremonial observances and then a clerk read a roster of newly introduced bills that were placed on the calendar and referred to standing committees.
The clerk read the bill titles and sponsors into the record and announced committee referrals for each. Notable measures read into the record included House File 2167, a bill to create a buffer-strip program and fund; a bill read as House File 21868 proposing a state readmittance tax; House File 2169 directing the Iowa Finance Authority to review household income limits for first-home programs; House File 2174 to create a task force to address legal services for indigent parties; and House File 2180 to establish a service-animal training grant program for veterans. The clerk also placed bills concerning student immunization rules (HF 2171), interscholastic sports roster minimums (HF 2170), limits on intentional admissions of air contaminants (HF 2173), paid volunteer leave for state employees (HF 2177), and utility rate regulation (HF 2181) on the calendar. Several bills were read "by" named sponsors in the record (for example, Deacon, Bayneski, Rinker, Shipley, Meggers, Barker and Harvinton). The clerk announced the committee to which each bill was referred (committees cited included Community Agriculture, Education, Environmental Protection, Judiciary, Public Safety, State Government, Transportation, Veterans Affairs and Commerce).
The floor reading did not include debate on the measures; the clerk’s reading served to give notice and referral. The record shows the clerk’s reading of multiple bills and the chair’s placement of those items on the calendar for committee consideration.
Members then made brief announcements: Representative Bridal invited members to a Catholic conference breakfast in the Legislative Dining Room; Representative Galback announced a Metro Waste Authority legislative open house from 4–6 p.m. at 300 East Locust; and Representative Young invited colleagues to a Des Moines University breakfast tomorrow in the rotunda.
Near the close of the session Representative Kauffman moved that the House "adjourn until Wednesday, January 28 at 08:30AM." The presiding officer called for the voice vote, the ayes were heard and the House was declared adjourned.
No roll-call votes on the introduced bills were recorded on the floor during this session; further action, including committee hearings or floor debate, will be required for any bill to advance.