Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF241: A BILL FOR An Act relating to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings
Status: In committee, March 5, 2025
An Act relating to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings.
From the introduced text, February 6, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2344YH (3) sb/js H.F. Section 1. Section 476.33, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 5. For hearings initiated under this chapter, all members of the commission shall be present during any live testimony. If at any point during live testimony at a hearing not all members are available for any reason, the meeting shall pause until all members of the commission return. Sec. 2. Section 478.2, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: a. A member of the commission, the counsel of the commission, or a presiding officer designated by the commission shall serve as the presiding officer at each meeting, shall present an agenda for such meeting, which shall include a summary of the legal rights of the affected landowners, and shall distribute and review the statement of individual rights required under section 6B.2A, subsection 1. At least one member of the commission shall attend each informational meeting. If at any point during the meeting no member of the commission is available for any reason, the meeting shall pause until at least one member of the commission returns. A …
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 790 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0. H.J. 433 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 433 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/20/2025 7:45AM RM 19.
- : Subcommittee: Holt, Fett and Meyer, B. H.J. 290 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 258 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 433 . (February 25, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: hearings, meetings, utilities commission
Common questions
- What is HF241?
- HF241 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings.
- What does HF241 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings.
- What is the status of HF241?
- In committee as of March 5, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 790 . (March 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF241?
- Charley Thomson (R, 58), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF241?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0241&ga=91
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