Iowa House Advances Fireworks and Impaired Driving Bills
Iowa House committees moved forward two bills before Friday’s deadline. SF 489 would legalize sale of consumer fireworks in limited windows with fees and opt out rules, while SF 444 would mandate twice daily sobriety monitoring and ignition interlocks for impaired driving offenses.
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Senate
Mary Wolfe
Clinton
Zach Nunn
Rbondurant
Nunn
Wolfe
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Iowa House marks 96th flag day with Gebhardt banner display
The Iowa House noted the 96th anniversary of adopting Dixie Cornell Gebhardt’s banner as state flag. Rep. Greg Heartsill cited the 1921 design, once flown by Iowa Army National Guard members, now on display at the State Historical Building in Des Moines. Governor Branstad signed nuisance protection for farms and other bills move through committees.
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Iowa
Knoxville
Greg Heartsill
R-Melcher
State Historical Building
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Senate
House
Iowa Senate
State Department of Transportation
Dan Zumbach
Ryan
Open Government Names of Public Volunteers Won't Be Secret
Des Moines area bill to shield names of Iowa public volunteers was abandoned after disclosure of a hospital worker with a criminal history. Rich Knowles had requested records showing volunteer driver Wes Furne's past offenses, prompting lawmakers to drop the secrecy effort.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Crawford County Memorial Hospital
Iowa Public Information Board
Denison
Rich Knowles
Knowles
Wes Furne
Information Board
Furne
Iowa Hospital Association
Kevin Koester
R-Ankeny
Koester
Farne
Iown
Crawford Hospital
Iowa Newspaper Association
Iowa Freedom of Information Council
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Linda Up
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Iowa City
James.lynch
Thegazette
Capitol Digest
Boards of
Julian Garrett
Indianola
Dennis Guth
R-Klemme
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Education Committee
Herman Quirmbach
Ames
Bob Dvorsky
Bobby Kaufmann
Wilton
Rock Island
Clarke County
Department of Transportation
Kaufmann
Emily Piper
Clarke County Reservoir
Piper
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Rod Boshart
University of Iowa
Tom Brands
Cory Clark
Rob Hogg
Cedar Rapids
Clark
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