Iowa Education Legislative Watch
State

Judiciary Committee

Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 1:00 pm · RM 103

Met

Agenda

  1. Call to Order

    Call to Order Roll Call Approval of last meeting minutes Bills electronically assigned: HSB 263 – C. Thomson-CH, Lawler, Wessel-Kroeschell HSB 564 – Lawler-Ch, C. Thomson, Wilburn HSB 565 – Lawler-CH, C. Thomson, Bagniewski HSB 566 – C. Thomson-CH, Watkins, Wessell-Kroeschell HSB 567 – Gustoff-CH, Stone, Bagniewski HSB 568 – Wheeler-CH, Fett, Srinivas HSB 569 – Gustoff-CH, Watkins, Wichtendahl HSB 570 – Lawler-CH, Williams, Ramirez HSB 571 – Lawler-CH, Gustoff, Ramirez HF 439 – Wheeler-CH, Williams, Ramirez HF 803 – Lawler-CH, Stone, Wichtendahl HF 824 – Gustoff-CH, Wheeler, Wilburn HF 922 – C. Thomson-CH, Lawler, Wichtendahl HF 1011 – M. Thompson-CH, Lawler, Srinivas HF 2015 – Fett-CH, C. Thomson, Wilburn HF 2016 – Fett-CH, Wheeler, Wichtendahl Assignment of bills, as ready: Consideration of bills, as ready: Other business Adjourn

    HF 1011: A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including the establishment of human trafficking prosecution units and the remittance of wire transmission fees to the office to combat human trafficking.(Formerly HF 831, HF 463; See HF 2565.)HF 2015: A bill for an act relating to restitution for the torture, injury, or killing of a police service dog, and modifying penalties.(See HF 2216.)HF 2016: A bill for an act relating to requirements for proof of ownership of dogs and providing penalties.(See HF 2190.)HF 439: A bill for an act relating to citizenship or immigration status for purposes of a driver's license or nonoperator's identification card, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 37.)HF 803: A bill for an act relating to court-ordered substance use disorder evaluations for persons convicted of operating while intoxicated.(Formerly HF 464; See HF 2346.)HF 824: A bill for an act relating to consideration of the educational setting of a minor child in a child custody proceeding.(Formerly HF 347.)HF 922: A bill for an act relating to discrimination in the provision of financial services, and providing civil penalties.(Formerly HF 594.)HSB 263: A bill for an act relating to temporary orders of child custody in dissolution proceedings.HSB 564: A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, and establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer's immediate family, and providing penalties.(See HF 2533.)HSB 565: A bill for an act relating to the appointment of counsel by the court for an indigent person, and including effective date provisions.HSB 566: A bill for an act establishing the state public defender's pilot project to implement innovative models of child welfare legal representation as the project to preserve families.HSB 567: A bill for an act relating to public improvement contracts, including notice requirements.(See HF 2189.)HSB 568: A bill for an act relating to the final disposition of human remains.(See HF 2349.)HSB 569: A bill for an act relating to real estate transfer tax, including declarations of value.(See HF 2188.)HSB 570: A bill for an act relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, rights of sexual abuse victims, mental competency and civil commitment, restitution, and victim rights.(See HF 2704.)HSB 571: A bill for an act relating to criminal investigation, including the extension of DNA submission requirements to persons arrested for a felony or aggravated misdemeanor, and making appropriations to support the investigation of cold cases.(See HF 2624.)