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2022 Iowa Legislative Session - Week 19 Summary

Written by BrownWinick | May 20, 2022 4:33:00 PM

After weeks of limited activity, the Senate Appropriations Committee convened Wednesday signaling the end of the 2022 legislative session is near. The Committee passed ten bills, nine of which were budgets. Most of the budget bills passed with agreed-to amendments between the Senate and House.  Negotiations continue on the largest budget, Health and Human Services and on the Education budget. The Committee also passed out the “standings” bill.  Usually the standings bill is the “catch all” for any technical changes or policy that didn’t make it through earlier in the session.  

Both the Senate and the House are scheduled to convene on Monday at 10:00 a.m. and are expected to adjourn sine die sometime next week. 

BUDGET BILL STATUS 

Bill 

Bill Number 

Status 

Last Action 

House Administration & Regulation 

HF 2565 

PASSED HOUSE; Senate Subcommittee Assigned 

03/24/2022 

Senate administration & Regulation 

SSB 3163 

PASSED SENATE APPOPS; Floor Eligible  

05/17/2022 

Agriculture & Natural Resources 

HF 2560 

PASSED HOUSE; Passed Senate Approps with Amendment 

05/17/2022 

Economic Development 

HF 2564 

PASSED HOUSE; Passed Senate Approps with Amendment 

05/17/2022 

Education 

HF 2575 

PASSED HOUSE; Passed Senate Approps without Amendment 

05/17/2022 

Health & Human Services 

HF 2578 

PASSED HOUSE; Passed Senate Approps without Amendment 

05/17/2022 

Judicial Branch 

HF 2558 

PASSED HOUSE; Passed Senate Approps with Amendment 

05/17/2022 

Justice Systems 

HF 2559 

PASSED HOUSE; Passed Senate Approps with Amendment 

05/17/2022 

Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund 

HF 2579 

PASSED HOUSE; Passed Senate Approps with Amendment 

05/17/2022 

Transportation 

HF 2557 

PASSED HOUSE; Passed Senate Approps 

04/13/2022 

Standings 

SSB 3162 

PASSED SENATE APPROPS 

05/17/2022 

Governor Reynolds signed several bills into law this week:

  • HF 2128 - Biofuels.  After failing to advance last session, the proposal makes changes to require retailers to offer higher biofuels blends.  It establishes an E-15 access standard and requires retailers to sell E-15 gasoline from a minimum number of qualifying dispensers located at a site.  For those retailers whose infrastructure does not support E-15, the bill includes a waiver process and a small retail motor fuel site exemption, which permits small retailers (defined as selling 300,000 gallons of gasoline or less at a site during a qualifying period between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2022) to seek an exemption. 
  • HF 2562 - Manufactured Housing.  Another bill that has had multiple years of activity passed this session.  Addresses some of the issues raised by tenants and owners of mobile home parks.  
  • HF 2475 - Changes the process for removal of a municipal utility board member.  
  • HF 2521 - Regulates health care employment agencies.
  • HF 736 - Addresses overpayment of certain Medicaid claims. 
  • HF 803 - Updates duties of physician assistants.   
In the Know:

There are 10 Senate districts and 39 House districts in which one party has not fielded a candidate.  Therefore, the legislators outlined in the tables below will run unopposed in the November General Election, unless an opponent is nominated in a political party convention.  This can occur when there is no candidate from a political party, or the person who was nominated dies or withdraws.  In order for this process to occur, candidates are required to file an affidavit of candidacy and political party convention certificate.

Senate District 4 

Senate District 25 

Republican Tim Kraayenbrink 

No Republican Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

Democrat Herman Quirmbach 

Senate District 6 

Senate District 29 

Republican Jason Schultz 

Republican Sandy Salmon 

No Democratic Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

Senate District 7 

Senate District 31 

Republican Kevin Alons 

No Republican Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

Democrat Bill Dotzler 

Senate District 9 

Senate District 43 

Republican Tom Shipley 

No Republican Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

Democrat Zach Wahls 

Senate District 15 

Senate District 44 

No Republican Candidate 

Republican Adrian Dickey 

Democrat Tony Bisignano 

No Democratic Candidate 

 

House District 1 

House District 51 

No Republican Candidate 

Republican Dave Deyoe 

Democrat J.D. Scholten 

No Democratic Candidate 

House District 3 

House District 52 

Republican Thomas Jeneary 

No Republican Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

Democrat Sue Cahill 

House District 7 

House District 55 

Republican Mike Sexton 

Republican Shannon Latham 

No Democratic Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

House District 8 

House District 57 

Republican Ann Meyer 

Republican Pat Grassley 

No Democratic Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

House District 10 

House District 61 

Republican John Wills 

No Republican Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

Democrat Timi Brown-Powers 

House District 11 

House District 62  

Republican Brian Best 

No Republican Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

Democrat Jerome Amos Jr. 

House District 12 

House District 64 

Republican Steve Holt 

Republican Anne Osmundson 

No Democratic Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

House District 16 

House District 65  

Republican David Sieck 

Republican Shannon Lundgren 

No Democratic Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

House District 18 

House District 68 

Republican Thomas Moore 

Republican Chad Ingels 

No Democratic Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

House District 22 

House District 71 

Republican Stan Gustafson 

No Republican Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

Democrat Lindsay James 

House District 23  

House District 74 

Republican Ray Sorensen 

No Republican Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

Democrat Eric Gjerde 

House District 24  

House District 75 

Republican Joel Fry 

No Republican Candidate 

No Democratic Candidate 

Democrat Bob Kressig 

House District 29 

House District 77 

No Republican Candidate 

No Republican Candidate 

Brian Meyer 

Democrat Jeff Cooling 

House District 33  

House District 78 

No Republican Candidate 

No Republican Candidate 

Democrat Ruth Ann Gaines 

Democrat Sami Scheetz 

 

House District 34

House District 79 

No Republican Candidate 

No Republican Candidate 

Democrat Ako Abdul-Samad 

Democrat Tracy Ehlert 

House District 35 

House District 82 

No Republican Candidate 

Republican Bobby Kaufmann 

Democrat Sean Bagniewski 

No Democratic Candidate 

House District 44 

House District 85 

No Republican Candidate 

No Republican Candidate 

Democrat John Forbes 

Democrat Amy Nielsen 

House District 45  

House District 86 

Republican Brian Lohse 

No Republican Candidate 

No Democrat Candidate 

Democrat Dave Jacoby 

House District 49 

House District 95 

No Republican Candidate 

Republican Taylor Collins 

Beth Wessel-Kroeschell 

No Democratic Candidate 

House District 50 

 

No Republican Candidate 

 

Democrat Ross Wilburn 

BrownWinick Government Relations:

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