Legislative Briefs

A House subcommittee has advanced a bill that would set statewide standards for placing renewable energy projects like wind and solar farms.

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ bill that would ban some food dyes from school meals advanced through a House subcommittee on Thursday. It would also require nutrition education for doctors and would let pharmacies sell ivermectin over the counter.

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill that would limit government agencies, businesses and schools from requiring medical interventions, like vaccines. The bill, called the Iowa Medical Freedom Act, passed a House Health and Human Services subcommittee on Thursday.

Homeless service providers that receive government funding could be criminally charged and fined if they allow clients to have drugs on their premises under a bill advanced Wednesday by an Iowa House subcommittee.

Iowa could soon have a domestic abuse offender registry under a bill advanced Wednesday by a House subcommittee.

Farmers would be strongly shielded from lawsuits over greenhouse gas emissions under a bill advanced Tuesday by an Iowa House panel. The bill states that farmers would be protected from legal responsibility for the climate impact of greenhouse emissions, unless a court finds they violated an enforceable emissions limit or an environmental permit.

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ bill to tighten laws around checking the immigration status of state hires and restricting bail for people without legal status has advanced through a House subcommittee.

An Iowa House subcommittee has unanimously advanced a bill that would further regulate Iowa medical spas. The bill would add additional oversight to spas that offer minor, nonsurgical medical procedures like Botox injections and laser hair removal.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) would be required to identify specific animal sources of fecal bacteria before adding a stream, lake or river segment to the state’s impaired waters list under a bill passed by a House subcommittee.

A bill that aims to expand access to subacute mental health services has advanced through an Iowa House subcommittee.