First Week of Session Concludes
January 12, 2024
The first week of the session just concluded. Legislators spent time sharing their priorities with opening day speeches and listening to key leaders in the state talk about their vision to move Iowa forward. The weather didn’t slow down legislators, who were stuck in town and subcommittees were already getting scheduled.
Here are a few additional highlights:
- ABI’s Vice President, Public Policy, JD Davis was featured on the Business Record's Legislative Forecast. Rewatch it here.
- Governor Reynolds proposes unemployment tax reduction, income tax reduction and childcare facility property tax relief. View her speech here. View the tax proposal here.
- ABI supported legal reform proposals on future phantom damages and products liability reform were introduced.
View speeches from legislative leaders and more below:
- Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver
- Senate President Amy Sinclair
- Senate Minority Leader Pam Jochum
- Speaker of the House Pat Grassley
- House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst
- House Majority Leader Matt Windschitl delivered a speech, but didn’t submit remarks for the record.
- Chief Justice Susan Christensen
- Major General Stephen Osborn, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard