Bill Text: IA HF2271 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to education requirements for members of the general assembly in legislative ethics.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-04 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 190. [HF2271 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2271-Introduced.html
House
File
2271
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2271
BY
JACOBSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
education
requirements
for
members
of
the
1
general
assembly
in
legislative
ethics.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
68B.31,
subsection
4,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(1)
Prepare
a
code
of
ethics
within
thirty
days
after
the
3
commencement
of
each
general
assembly
,
which
shall
require
that
4
members
of
the
general
assembly
receive
at
least
one
hour
of
5
instruction
in
legislative
ethics
annually
from
the
ethics
6
committee
.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
68B.31,
subsection
4,
paragraph
a,
Code
8
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
9
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(6)
Provide
at
least
one
hour
of
10
instruction
in
legislative
ethics
annually
for
the
members
of
11
its
house.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
relates
to
education
requirements
for
members
of
16
the
general
assembly
in
legislative
ethics.
17
The
house
and
senate
ethics
committees
are
required
to
18
prepare
a
code
of
ethics
within
30
days
of
the
commencement
of
19
each
general
assembly.
Under
the
bill,
the
code
of
ethics
must
20
require
the
members
of
the
general
assembly
to
receive
at
least
21
one
hour
of
instruction
in
legislative
ethics
annually
from
the
22
house
or
senate
ethics
committee.
23
The
ethics
committees
may
investigate
violations
of
the
24
code
of
ethics.
A
member
of
the
general
assembly
who
violates
25
the
code
of
ethics
may
be
censured
or
be
subject
to
any
other
26
appropriate
sanction,
including
suspension
or
expulsion.
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