The Iowa State Bar Association works tirelessly with its members to develop legislative positions that improve the administration of justice in the State of Iowa. The association speaks with a unified voice to best represent the interests of the legal community. This is accomplished through close collaboration with the ISBA's committees, sections and bar leadership, constructing position papers on legislation and other policy issues, informing and educating legislators on the issues that most profoundly impact the legal community and monitoring all issues of concern to practitioners and their clients. This weekly report will provide you information about The Iowa State Bar's legislative positions, information about Bar advocacy, and legislation of interest. Administrative Law These are bills associated with Adminstrative Law. HF 0001 Linda Upmeyer A bill for an act establishing an organized system of reviews and ongoing repeal dates for programs and projects administered by executive branch departments. 1/25/2017 - House - Subcommittee: Koester, Bergan and Cohoon. H.J. 122. SF 0001 Bill Anderson A bill for an act requiring jobs impact statements for administrative rules. 3/22/2017 - House - Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 709. Comments: SF 0149 Brad Zaun A bill for an act relating to the review of administrative rules and the rulemaking process. 1/31/2017 - Senate - Subcommittee: Zaun, Dawson, and Horn. S.J. 187. Agricultural Law HF 0454 Charlie McConkey A bill for an act relating to the regulation of persons, including commercial establishments, keeping nonagricultural animals, providing for fees and appropriations, and making penalties applicable. 2/28/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Agriculture. H.J. 476. HF 0456 Sharon Steckman A bill for an act authorizing counties to adopt county legislation relating to the siting of confinement feeding operations. 2/28/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Agriculture. H.J. 476. HF 0468 Agriculture A bill for an act providing for certain court actions involving an allegation of a public or private nuisance or the interference with a person’s comfortable use and enjoyment of life or property caused by an animal feeding operation, providing for the award of damages, costs, and expenses, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 134.) 3/22/2017 - House - Withdrawn. H.J. 754. HF 0495 Agriculture A bill for an act extending the beginning farmer tax credit program and appropriations used to support the program, including the agricultural assets transfer tax credit and the custom farming contract tax credit. (Formerly HSB 140.) 3/27/2017 - House - Subcommittee recommends passage. SF 0142 Jake Chapman A bill for an act to exclude equine boarding from the annual lease termination requirements for farm tenancies. 1/31/2017 - Senate - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Edler, and Hart. S.J. 186. SF 0210 Daniel Zumbach A bill for an act barring claims against county or district fairs for damages arising out of the transmission of pathogens from certain animals housed on the fairgrounds. 2/14/2017 - Senate - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. SF 0320 Mark Chelgren A bill for an act requiring notice of topsoil removal in real estate disclosure statements and making penalties applicable. 2/23/2017 - Senate - Subcommittee: Feenstra, Lykam, and Zaun. S.J. 403. SF 0328 Janet Petersen A bill for an act providing for the confinement of agricultural animals and the storage of manure or washwater on karst terrain or terrain that drains into a known sinkhole, and making penalties applicable. 2/28/2017 - Senate - Subcommittee: Zumbach, Brown, and Kinney. S.J. 425. SF 0362 Agriculture A bill for an act barring claims against fairs for damages arising out of the transmission of pathogens from certain animals housed on the fairgrounds. (Formerly SF 210.) 3/29/2017 - House - Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 809. SF 0447 Agriculture A bill for an act providing for certain court actions involving an allegation of a public or private nuisance or the interference with a person’s comfortable use and enjoyment of life or property caused by an animal feeding operation, providing for the award of damages, costs, and expenses, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1144.) Effective 3-29-17. 3/29/2017 - Senate - Signed by Governor. S.J. 823. Business Law HF 0062 Charles Isenhart A bill for an act allowing the formation of certain for-profit corporations as benefit corporations authorized to do business in this state under certain conditions. 1/23/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Commerce. H.J. 103. HF 0158 Sandy Salmon A bill for an act relating to the operations and governance of certain common interest communities. 2/14/2017 - House - Passed subcommittee. HF 0223 Ralph Watts A bill for an act relating to the application of foreign laws and constitutional rights and including effective date provisions. 4/4/2017 - House - Rereferred to Judiciary. H.J. 869. SF 0118 Herman Quirmbach A bill for an act providing law enforcement authorities with access to ownership and control information of domestic business entities. 1/26/2017 - Senate - Subcommittee: Feenstra, C. Johnson, and Mathis. S.J. 145. SF 0221 Brad Zaun A bill for an act allowing the formation of certain for-profit corporations as benefit corporations authorized to do business in this state under certain conditions. 2/14/2017 - Senate - Subcommittee: Zumbach, C. Johnson, and McCoy. S.J. 275. SF 0385 Judiciary A bill for an act relating to the revised uniform athlete agents Act and providing remedies and penalties. (Formerly SSB 1096.) 3/30/2017 - House - Subcommittee recommends passage. Commercial and Bankruptcy Law SF 0157 Julian Garrett A bill for an act relating to the notation of discharges of motor vehicle security interests. 1/31/2017 - Senate - Subcommittee: Smith, Anderson, and Lykam. S.J. 187. SF 0301 Jeffrey Danielson A bill for an act relating to employer reimbursements for withholding wages for support payments and garnishment. 2/23/2017 - Senate - Subcommittee: Edler, Bisignano, and Schneider. S.J. 402. Construction Law HF 0003 Kevin Koester A bill for an act relating to statute-of-repose periods for improvements to real property and including applicability provisions. 3/21/2017 - House - Withdrawn. H.J. 704. SF 0413 Judiciary A bill for an act relating to statute-of-repose periods for improvements to real property and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1010.) 3/21/2017 - Senate - Message from House. S.J. 701. Criminal Law HF 0002 Ken Rizer A bill for an act relating to the unauthorized placement of a global positioning device and providing a penalty. (see HF 204.) 2/1/2017 - House - Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 179. HF 0013 Rick Olson A bill for an act relating to an application for and the issuance of a search warrant by electronic means. (See HF 582.) 4/4/2017 - House - Withdrawn. H.J. 863. HF 0020 Megan Hess Jones A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of sexual exploitation by a school employee, and making penalties applicable. 3/30/2017 - House - Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 818. HF 0034 Bob Kressig A bill for an act concerning motor vehicle-related violations that result in serious injury or death and are committed while the operator has a denied, canceled, suspended, revoked, or barred driver’s license, and providing penalties. 1/18/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 91. HF 0052 Mary Wolfe A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of interference with judicial acts and certain county-provided bailiff and law enforcement services, and providing penalties. 4/3/2017 - House - Message from Senate. H.J. 828. HF 0053 Lisa Heddens A bill for an act adding a substance to the controlled substance schedules. 1/19/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 98. HF 0060 Curtis Hanson A bill for an act relating to the use of electronic communication devices to write, send, or read text messages while driving as a primary offense. 1/19/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 99. HF 0077 Bruce Hunter A bill for an act requiring certain peace officers, including tribal law enforcement officers, to wear and use a body camera and providing remedies. 1/23/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 105. HF 0088 Bruce Hunter A bill for an act modifying the elements defining hate crimes, and providing penalties. 1/24/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 111. HF 0113 Mary Wolfe A bill for an act relating to the revocation of driver’s licenses for drug- related criminal convictions, and including effective date provisions. 1/25/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 120. HF 0115 Charles Isenhart A bill for an act relating to drug overdose prevention, including by limiting criminal and civil liability, and modifying penalties. 1/25/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 120. HF 0118 Appropriations A bill for an act relating to public funding and regulatory matters and making, reducing, transferring, and supplementing appropriations for expenditures in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and including effective date provisions. 1/30/2017 - House - Withdrawn. H.J. 145. HF 0127 Richard Anderson A bill for an act relating to civil protective orders and dating abuse, creating the criminal offense of dating abuse assault, making related modifications, and providing penalties. 1/26/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 128. HF 0128 Helen Miller A bill for an act establishing a criminal sentencing commission. 1/26/2017 - House - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 129. HF 0148 Greg Heartsill A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of invasion of privacy, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (See HF 526.) 3/27/2017 - House - Withdrawn.