Quality Early Learning and Development:
HF 215 ( formerly HSB 4) - Governor's Education Reform Bill -
UPDATE - Passed House 52-44 on 2/19. Sent to Senate and assigned to Senate Education Comm.
SSB 1228 - Education Reform Bill.
UPDATE - passed out of Education Committee with Amendment on 3/7 on a party line vote.
SF 348 (Formerly SF 48) -
An Act requiring background checks for school employees. UPDATE - passed out of Committee on 3/6.
HF 351 (formerly HF 144) - Deems a child who is 4 yrs old and attending preschool as being of compulsory school age unless a parent submits a letter withdrawing the child from preschool.
UPDATE - Passed out of Committee on 2/27.
HF 482 (formerly HF 256) - Membership requirement in ECI Boards.
UPDATE - passed out of Committee on 3/6.
SF 222 - EHS expansion by state of Iowa.
UPDATE - Referred to Appropriations.
NEW:
SF 266 - an act relating to supplementary weighting for limited English proficient students and including effective date provisions.
UPDATE - passed out of Ed Committee on 3/7.
SF 279 - an act relating to school breakfast programs.
UPDATE - passed out of Ed Committee on 3/7.
Child Health and Well-Being:
SSB 1001 - An act requiring pulse oximetry screening for newborns in a birthing hospital.
UPDATE - Passed out of Human Resources 3/6..
SF 296 (formerly SF 71)-
Medicaid expansion - The bill requires DHS to amend the medical assistance state plan to implement the bill with respect to the provision of medical homes and the coverage of certain low-income adults. (Companion bill is HF 83) UPDATE - Passed out of Committee on 3/4.
SF 134 - Use of restraints on a pregnant woman inmate or detainee. UPDATE - passed out of Committee with Amendment.
HF 98 - This bill relates to the mental health and disability services (MH/DS) fund levy for FY 2013-2014 and FY
2014-2015 UPDATE - referred to Ways and Means
HSB 32 -
An Act relating to the penalties for the criminal offense of sexual exploitation of a minor by the purchase or possession of child pornography.
HF 160 - Appropriates $11.63 million in FY 13 from the federal children's health insurance fund to the DHS MH Redesign Transition Fund.
UPDATE - Passed house 58-42 on 2/13. Referred to Senate Approps.
SSB 1159 - vision screening for school age children.
UPDATE: - Passed out of Human Services Committee on 3/4.
SF 350 - (formerly SF 178) -
An Act relating to mandatory child abuse and dependent adult abuse reporter training, and including applicability provisions.
UPDATE - passed out of Committee on 3/6.
SF 337 - (formerly SF 216) -
An Act providing for training on suicide prevention and trauma-informed care for school personnel. UPDATE - passed out of Committee on 3/6.
NEW:
SF 281 - an act requiring the state building code commissioner to adopt standards and requirements for window fall prevention devices for windows.
UPDATE - passed out of State Govt
Committee on 3/7.
HF 415 - makes numerous changes to child abuse assessments, the registry and other matters.
UPDATE - amended and passed out of Committee 14-7.
SSB 1199 - Mental Health Reform. Creates a children's cabinet and a center for excellence for children's health.
UPDATE - amended and passed out of committee on 3/6.
Family Economic Success:
HF 1 -
This bill relates to the taxpayers trust fund by modifying the transfer of moneys from the Iowa economic emergency fund to 29the taxpayers trust fund.
SF 88 - This bill increases the amount of the state earned income tax credit. Currently, the credit is equal to 7 percent of the amount of a taxpayer's federal earned income tax credit. The bill increases the amount of the credit to 20 percent. UPDATE - On Ways and Means Calender for 3/11 at 3:30.
NEW:
SF 72 -
Act providing for the establishment of the Iowa health benefit marketplace. Par of the Affordable Care Act.
UPDATE - passed out of Committee on 3/7 - party line vote.
*bills listed by ECC legislative priority area. Bill listed might be helpful or harmful to the priority area. 
