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2019 Legislative Report – Week Six

With two weeks left to go before the first legislative funnel, progress was made on both the policy and appropriations fronts. Floor work is heating up in both chambers, peppered between committee work.

By Sydney J. Gangestad and Tim R. Coonan
  • Iowa

2019 Legislative Report – Week Five

This week, the pace of bills being introduced stayed constant from last week, as did subcommittee and committee work. High pace, high volume. Work on high profile issues continues...

By Sydney J. Gangestad and Tim R. Coonan
  • Iowa

2019 Legislative Report – Week Four

This week, hundreds of bills were introduced and many were acted upon. There has been an uptick in the pace at which bills are being assigned and advancing through the subcommittee and committee process, which has resulted in a higher volume of bills eligible for floor debate earlier in the process than has been the case in the past.

By Tim R. Coonan and Sydney J. Gangestad
  • Iowa

2019 Legislative Report – Week Three

Unlike most of the rest of the state, weather did not have much of an impact on the business of the legislature with the exception of the cancellation of a few events.

By Sydney J. Gangestad and Tim R. Coonan
  • Iowa

2019 Legislative Report – Week Two

The second week of the legislative session started out relatively slow due to the observance of Martin Luther King Day on Monday and cancellations of committee work for weather-related reasons on Tuesday.

By Sydney J. Gangestad and Tim R. Coonan
  • Iowa

2019 Legislative Report – Week One

The 88th General Assembly convened this week, with Republicans holding a 32-18 majority in the Senate and a 54-46 majority in the House.

By Sydney J. Gangestad and Tim R. Coonan

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