Legislative Work
This Week's House GOP Newsletter - February 16th, 2023
Highlights in this edition:
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How Much Sports Wagering Tax Money is Iowa Collecting? A Lot More Than Expected
- Through January 2023, $1.4 billion has been wagered through Iowa casinos on sporting events with 8.4 million collected in taxes
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Protect Children, Support Parents - Education Committee Prohibits Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Instruction in K-6
- Children in these grades should be focused on curriculum and instruction in math, science, language arts and history
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Tone Deaf House Democrats Fail to Support Hunting and Fishing Rights
- Last year radical activists in Oregon attempted to ban and criminalize all hunting, fishing and farming through a statewide petition
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How Much Does a Snowstorm Cost to Clean Up?
- Through Valentine’s Day, the Department has spent a total of $25 million on winter operations
Bill Analyses - Week of February 6th
House File 176 - Continuous Sexual Abuse
House File 161 - Medical Malpractice
House File 183 - Psychologist Prescribing
House File 200 - Special Permits for Oversized Loads
House File 185 - Butchery Innovation and Revitalization Program
House File 199 - Exempting Hydroexcavation Equipment for Certain Highway Usage Limits
House File 177 - Freedom of Speech and the Press - Special Motion for Relief
This Week's House GOP Newsletter - February 9, 2023
Highlights in this edition:
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January Revenue Remains Strong as Tax Cuts Go Into Effect
- Through the first seven months of the fiscal year, state revenue is 4.2 percent higher than in Fiscal Year 2022
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House Passes increase of $106.8 Million for Schools
- The State Cost Per Pupil (SCPP) amount on which the school aid formula is based increases from $7413 to $7635, a $222 increase
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House Republicans Continue to Prioritize Access to Child Care
- HSB 50 creates a two-year pilot program making child care workers eligible for child care assistance for their own children
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Age-Appropriate Material in Classrooms Topic of Oversight Meeting
- Comments from parents cited the graphic sexual images, explicit sexual content and disturbing accounts of violent sexual assault, rape and pedophilia as not age appropriate
Bill Analyses - Week of January 30th, 2023
House File 138 - Updating Protection Occupations Covered in IPERS
House Joint Resolution 3 - Gubernatorial Line of Succession
House File 128 - Controlled Substances
House File 137 - Mobile Cosmetology/Barbering
House File 35 - Updating Definitions for Recreational Public Use of Private Land
House File 142 - Veterans Trust Fund - Commission Allocation
House File 112 - Domestic Abuse Assault
House File 113 - Public Defender Pilot Project Extension
House File 111 - Real Estate Transfer Tax Exemption
House File 150 - Condemnation - Reduction of Damages
This week's House GOP Newsletter - February 2, 2023
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Education Committee passes Regent Teacher Preparation Program Review and Parental Rights Bills
- House File 7 prohibits a school district from hiding information about students from that student’s parents or guardians
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House Judiciary Passes Common Sense Bills
- HF 112 allows county attorneys to look at previous convictions of domestic abuse in order to increase the penalty for an abuser
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AG Bird and 24 other Attorneys General Sue Biden Administration Over ESG Rule
- The lawsuit joined by the state of Iowa intends to protect employees’ pension plans by keeping politically motivated investment policies in check
Bill Analyses - Week of January 23rd
House File 94 - Movie Prop Money
House File 68 - Students First Act
House Resolution 3 - House Rules
House File 93 - Mental Health Providers Non-Competes
This Week's House GOP Newsletter - January 26, 2023
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House Republicans Commitment to Fiscal Discipline Ensures Financial Viability of Students First Act
- After full implementation of the program, the state’s ending balance at the end of FY 2029 is expected to be $3.5 billion while the Taxpayer Relief Fund grows to $3.7 billion
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School Choice Bill is Pro-Parent, Pro-Student
- At the end of the day, parents — not schools — are responsible for raising their children. Put simply, parents parent and teachers teach
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Rural Emergency Hospital Legislation Advances
- Iowa House Republicans to ensure access to emergency care in rural areas
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No More Withholding…Pensions are Exempt!
- The 2022 tax cut (House File 2317) excludes retirement income from Iowa taxable income starting January 1, 2023
This Week's House GOP Newsletter - January 19, 2023
Highlights in this edition:
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December’s Revenue Figures Continue to Show State Revenue Growth
- State tax collections for the month amounted to nearly $900 million, helping to push overall revenue growth for the year to 4.8 percent
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School Choice: Myths and Facts on Affordability and Other Topics
- The Governor’s school choice proposal fits within long-term budget parameters
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Four Million Granted for Housing Projects
- The projects awarded funding are leveraging an additional $3.3 million in additional funding
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Prohibiting Non-Competes for Mental Health Providers
- This bill will allow mental health providers to continue to see their patients without wasting time and money battling with an employer in court
This Week's House GOP Newsletter - January 12, 2023
Highlights in this edition:
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Governor Releases FY 2024 Budget Proposal
- Many line items are proposed to be moved to different agencies
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Governor Reynolds Outlines Education Savings Accounts
- For parents who choose to enroll their children in private school, they will have access to $7,598, which is the same amount of state funding per public school student, to use for tuition, fees
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What are ESG Policies?
- ESG ratings demand more adherence to diversity quotas, social justice messaging, and critical race training for employees
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House File 1—Property Tax Reform
- HF 1 shifts the narrative on property tax reform from providing certainty to government budgets to providing certainty to the taxpayer’s budget
This Week's House GOP Newsletter - December 15, 2022
Highlights in this edition:
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Revenue Estimating Conference Makes Slight Adjustments to Forecasts for Fiscal Year 2023 & 2024
- While inflation has started to slightly cool off, so has consumer spending
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Open Enrollment—What Changed?
- One form of parental choice in education has already been enacted over the last two sessions
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Medicaid Public Health Emergency – Is There No End in Sight?
- For the last two and a half years, the federal government has prevented states from disenrolling ineligible Medicaid members which has resulted in an estimated 100,000 ineligible Iowans receiving free health insurance
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Iowa Top Job Postings
- With 4,664 openings, registered nurses are the most in demand profession
- Happy New Year and Happy Tax Cuts
Iowans will see lower income tax rates and tax free retirement income in 2023 thanks to Republicans
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