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Iowa Senate reads House bills and refers dozens of Senate files to committees
Summary
At a routine floor session, the Iowa Senate approved its journal, heard a clerk read a slate of House-passed bills, and the presiding officer referred a long list of Senate files to standing committees including Ways and Means, Appropriations, State Government and Commerce.
The Iowa Senate convened for routine business and approved its journal before clerks read a series of House-passed bills and the presiding officer announced committee referrals for numerous Senate files.
A House reading presented House File 2199 and several other House files covering topics such as law enforcement academy training, employment provisions for UI Hospitals & Clinics, public information board complaints, a licensure compact, child-care eligibility, and animal abandonment penalties. The clerk read the bill numbers and short descriptions to the chamber.
The presiding officer then announced referrals of multiple Senate files to standing committees, directing groups of bills to Ways and Means, Appropriations, State Government and Commerce. No formal floor debate or roll-call votes on those referrals were recorded in the session excerpt.
The journal for the prior sitting was approved as printed after the presiding officer asked for corrections and none were offered. The clerk’s reading and the committee referrals were presented as routine floor actions; no recorded motions or recorded roll-call votes appeared in the available transcript excerpt.
What comes next: referred bills will proceed through assigned committees where hearings, amendments, and votes may be scheduled.
