House introduces bills including standing appropriation for pediatric cancer research

The House of Representatives opened with an invocation and pledge before moving to legislative business, where the clerk read three bills on first reading and placed them on the appropriations calendar.

House File 2758 was read aloud by the clerk as "a bill for an act providing for standing appropriation on the state board of regents for pediatric cancer research at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics." The clerk said the bill had received its first reading and was placed on the appropriations calendar.

The clerk also read House File 2759, described as a bill relating to the payment of claims associated with public school pupil transportation, making appropriations and including effective date provisions; that bill was given first reading and placed on the appropriations calendar. The clerk read Senate File 2356 as a bill related to public improvement contracts and public requirement provisions; the clerk said that bill had received first reading and was "passed on file." All three readings were announced by the clerk without further debate during this short session.

The bills as announced affect the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (HF2758), public-school transportation claims (HF2759), and public improvement contract requirements (SF2356). No committee debate, amendments, or vote on the measures occurred during this session; the clerk only announced their first readings and placement on the appropriations calendar.

The House then took up other routine business and adjourned. Further consideration of the introduced bills will occur according to the appropriations calendar and committee schedules.