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 PAG LIN 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