Truce Ends Fight on Death Penalty In Iowa Senate
Iowa Senate members agreed to a truce allowing a toughened sex offender package attached to House File 619 to pass with a 50 to 0 vote. The plan includes DNA sampling and electronic tracking for released offenders, while lawmakers pledge to revive the death penalty debate next session and on the campaign trail.
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Rod Boshart
Gazette Des Moines
Senate
Jeff Lamberti
Rankeny
GOP
Lamberti
House
Tom Vilsack
Jetseta Gage
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Roger Paul Bentley
Brandon
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Chuck Larson
Iowa approves drug repository and open meetings reforms
Gov. Tom Vilsack signed nine bills into Iowa law, including a prescription drug repository to redistribute unused meds to low income patients and a tougher open meetings removal mechanism. Convictions needed for removal drop from three strikes to two during a term.
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Ayre Clark
Gazette
Des Moines
Tom Vilsack
Iowa
Sen
David Johnson
Rochevedan
Iowa Department of Public Health
Board of Pharmacy Examiners
Johnson
Jennifer Mullin
Vilsack
Pam Ward
West
Senate budget brims as cigarette tax funds schooling relief
Senate leaders say adding cigarette tax revenue would boost education funding and widen the general fund, trimming property tax relief for schools. The plan increases spending for regents, state salaries, teacher pay, early childhood programs, public safety, and community colleges.
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Mike Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Senate
House
Regent
Regents
Christopher Rants
Sioux City
Rants
Tom Vilsack
Vilsack
Matt Paul
Paul
Chuck Gipp
Decorah
Senate advances Iowa Values Fund funding package
The Iowa Senate approved a funding bill including nearly 50 million dollars in grants and loans and 21 million in tax credits for small business growth as part of the Iowa Values Fund. The measure, passed 31 to 18, moves to Gov. Tom Vilsack after House approval, with amendments possible on the Senate floor. The fund's origin was challenged previously by the Iowa Supreme Court over a line item veto.
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DES Moines
Senate
Iowa Values Fund
Iowa Department of Economic Development
House
Values Fund
Bill Dotzler
D-Waterloo
Iowa Supreme Court
Vilsack
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