Bill Text: IA HF296 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning public comment on legislation pending before the general assembly.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-12 - Subcommittee, Klein, Anderson, and Fry. H.J. 60. [HF296 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF296-Introduced.html

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House File 296 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  FINKENAUER, KOESTER,
                                     NUNN, STANERSON,
                                     KAUFMANN, PAUSTIAN,
                                     DEYOE, DRAKE, WILLS,
                                     BYRNES, GRASSLEY,
                                     HIGHFILL, T. TAYLOR,
                                     KLEIN, PRICHARD,
                                     OLDSON, HALL, FORBES,
                                     OURTH, LENSING,
                                     RUNNING=MARQUARDT,
                                     MEYER, and BERRY

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning public comment on legislation pending before
  2    the general assembly.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 1931HH (7) 86
    ec/sc

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  1  1    Section 1.  LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY == PUBLIC COMMENT.
  1  2    1.  The legislative services agency shall establish
  1  3 a process to allow members of the public to submit, with
  1  4 attribution, video and written comments on legislation that is
  1  5 the subject of a public hearing before the general assembly in
  1  6 a manner consistent with any rules governing comments at the
  1  7 public hearing. Persons submitting comments shall identify
  1  8 the legislation and provide their name and address.  Comments
  1  9 will be reviewed for appropriateness prior to posting by the
  1 10 legislative services agency.
  1 11    2.  Comments shall be posted on the general assembly's
  1 12 internet site and shall be linked, as applicable, to the bill
  1 13 subject to comment.  Comments shall be posted in a manner that
  1 14 allows the public to share the comment and shall remain linked
  1 15 to the bill identified until the start of the next general
  1 16 assembly at which time the comments may be removed from the
  1 17 internet site.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 20 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 21    This bill requires the legislative services agency to
  1 22 establish a process to allow members of the public to submit,
  1 23 with attribution, video and written comments on legislation
  1 24 that is the subject of a public hearing before the legislature.
  1 25 Comments submitted and posted shall be linked by bill on the
  1 26 general assembly's internet site and shall remain linked until
  1 27 the start of the next general assembly.
       LSB 1931HH (7) 86
       ec/sc