Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF237: A BILL FOR An Act relating to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission
Status: In committee, March 12, 2025
An Act relating to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission.
From the introduced text, February 6, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2339YH (4) sb/js H.F. Section 1. Section 474.3, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 474.3 Proceedings. 1. The utilities commission may in all cases conduct its proceedings, when not otherwise prescribed by law, in such manner as will best conduce to the proper dispatch of business and the attainment of justice. 2. The utilities commission shall not threaten or impose sanctions against any intervenor unless the utilities commission determines the intervenor engaged in conduct that satisfies all the following conditions: a. The intervenor was knowingly dishonest or in violation of a criminal statute. b. The intervenor caused actual injury to the utilities commission, which injury is quantifiable and exceeds five hundred dollars. EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission. The bill prohibits the commission from threatening or imposing sanctions on an intervenor unless the commission determines the intervenor was knowingly dishonest or in violation of a criminal statute and caused actual, quantifiable injury to the commission in excess …
Sponsors
- Charley Thomson (R, 58) · primary sponsor
- Eddie Andrews (R, 43)
- Helena Hayes (R, 88)
- Mark Thompson (R, 56)
- Robert Henderson (R, 2)
- Tom Shipley (R, 9)
- Zachary Dieken (R, 5)
- Cindy Golding (R, 83)
- Dean Fisher (R, 53)
- Thomas Gerhold (R, 84)
- Thomas Jeneary (R, 3)
- Mark Cisneros (R, 96)
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 923 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 1. H.J. 548 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 548 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/19/2025 3:30PM House Lounge.
- : Subcommittee: Fett, Lawler and Meyer, B. H.J. 290 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 257 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 548 . (March 6, 2025): 20 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: utilities, utilities commission
Common questions
- What is HF237?
- HF237 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission.
- What does HF237 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission.
- What is the status of HF237?
- In committee as of March 12, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 923 . (March 12, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF237?
- Charley Thomson (R, 58), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF237?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0237&ga=91
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