Apr 3, 2025
Legislative News
The Legislative News is updated regularly by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s (ABI) public policy team with information about the latest activity in the Iowa Legislature, administratively and at the federal level.
General Legislative News
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Oct 22, 2021
Second Round of Maps Unveiled, Legislature Meets Next Week for Special Session
This week, the Iowa Legislative Services Agency (LSA) released the second set of proposed maps for the U.S. House, Iowa House and Iowa Senate Districts. The decennial process, known as redistricting, is taking place across the country as states look to establish legislative districts for the next ten years.
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Jul 16, 2021
Marketable Foods for Human Consumption - The Saga Continues
On Tuesday, ABI public policy staff testified before the Administrative Rules Review Committee (ARRC) and objected to ARC 5720C, which is related to a marketable foods for human consumption sales tax exemption that was promulgated by the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDR).
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Dec 1, 2016
Iowans have access to Naloxone to combat opioid overdose
Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, and Office of Drug Control Policy Director Steve Lukan announced this week that Iowans now have access to Naloxone, a prescription medication that can reverse an opioid overdose through a standing order issued by Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, Iowa Department of Public Health Medical Director. This implements legislation that was passed in 2016.
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Jul 23, 2015
US Department of Labor Issues Administrator’s Interpretation on Employee Classification
Last week, David Weil, an administrator at the US Labor Department, issued a fifteen page Administrator’s Interpretation that seeks to clarify when a person is classified as an independent contractor or an employee.
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May 14, 2015
House amendment expands copay mandate
The Iowa House on Wednesday adopted an amendment to the Health and Human Services bill- Senate File 505 - that expands the current co-pay equalization for chiropractors to the following specialists: physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists.
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May 7, 2015
Wage payment issue receives additional debate
Although the wage payment collection legislation (Senate File 270) did not make the legislative funnel earlier this year, Rep. Bruce Hunter (D-Des Moines) offered an amendment to the economic development appropriations bill that would change the burden of proof in wage payment claims to the employer and establish a rebuttable presumption.
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Feb 12, 2015
Wage payment expansion moves forward in Iowa Senate
Senate File 39, a bill that would change the burden of proof in Iowa’s current wage payment collection to rest on the employer, has passed out of a subcommittee and is eligible for debate by the full Labor and Business Relations Committee.
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Feb 5, 2015
Co-pay mandate advances to full Senate HR committee
On Tuesday, a Senate subcommittee advanced Senate Study Bill 1094, a bill that would require office co-pays for physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists to be no greater than co-pays for primary care physicians.
