DES MOINES — It’s do or die week in the Iowa Legislature.Friday marks the second “funnel” deadline, which means policy bills that do not involve budgeting or taxation issues must be passed in either the House or Senate and clear a standing committee in the other chamber to remain eligible for further consideration this legislative session.There are some exceptions, but generally issues that have stalled due to lack of support or lower-priority status likely will find their way to the Statehouse recycling bin by week’s end — barring some 11th-hour maneuvering — as lawmakers work in anticipation of adjourning by their April 30 target.Bills currently being shadowed by the legislative Grim Reaper include measures designed to ban most traffic enforcement cameras, end faculty tenure at regent universities, make daylight saving time Iowa’s year-round time, lower the penalty for possessing marijuana, bar employers from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations, override presidential executive orders and sanction left-lane “campers” who refuse to drive in the slower lane of traffic.“We’re still trying to sort through all of those bills,” said Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver, R-Ankeny, “and I still have members lobbying for or against all of those bills, so I don’t feel entirely comfortable right now saying what’s dead or what’s alive.
Reckoning Comes This Week For Some Iowa Legislative Ideas
Rod Boshart, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Sun, 03/28/2021 - 2:13pm
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Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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