This Week at the Statehouse – Week 13

Not a lot of legislative work happened this week. The Senate has started their committee work on Governor appointments to board and commission that require Senate confirmation. The hearings for the Board of Regents members have not yet been held. They will include reappointments of Regent Sherry Bates and Regent Nancy Dunkel, as well as confirmation of Regent JC Risewick who was appointed after last year’s legislative session adjourned. The final confirmation hearing will be for Robert Cramer who is replacing Regent Nancy Boettger.

The Senate Appropriations Committee did start their work on FY 2024 budget bills. They passed out “shell” bills that outline the different department’s bill language that is needed because of the state government reorganization bill, SF 514, which Governor Reynolds signed into law on Tuesday. However, there are no state appropriations in these budget bills.

SF 560 EDUCATION

SF 559 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SF 558 AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

SF 561 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SF 563 JUDICIAL BRANCH

SF 562 JUSTICE SYSTEMS

SF 557 ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATION

We have not seen a REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE budget bill yet.

The House has released their budget targets at $90 million more than the Governor and the Senate. We currently do not have any details on what will be funded to UNI.

Upcoming Dates

April 28 – 110th Calendar Day (lawmaker per diem expenses end)

If you have any questions, please email me at mary.braun@uni.edu.