Iowa House approves independent ethics panel to oversee officials
The Iowa House, by 77-19, advances HF 2466 creating a 12 member ethics board to govern officials, employees and lobbyists, with gifts, revolving door, and campaign finance rules. The measure faces conference committee as differences with the Senate are worked out.
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Senate blocks dating violence expansion to domestic abuse laws
Iowa Senate rejects a House plan to extend domestic abuse laws to dating partners for a second time. The 42 to 8 vote sends the measure back to the House while stripping the dating couples amendment and raising questions about session prospects.
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al Sturgeon
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Ethics panel: No conflict for lawmaker in education votes
Des Moines legislator Rep. Jack Holveck can vote on education spending bills despite teaching at Des Moines Area Community College. The House Ethics Committee, in a 3-2 vote along party lines, called the potential conflict tenuous and allowed his participation.
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Tax relief group accuses league of unethical use of tax dollars
Iowans for Tax Relief accuses the Iowa League of Municipalities of unethical misuse of public funds by funding lobbying against a Taxpayers' Rights Amendment. President David Stanley says local officials should halt contributions while lawmakers consider ethics reform to ban tax funded lobbying. The Senate panel backed a simple majority vote for certain bonds, and a House amendment seeks to bar public funds from lobbying.
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