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“Democracy in Action”
Tuesday, February 21st
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
State Capitol
Agenda (tentative)
9:45-10:00 a.m. – Registration
(Wallace Building -- Auditorium)
10:00 a.m. – Welcome and CCI Legislative Briefing (Wallace Building -- Auditorium)
10:45 a.m. to 12:30 – Meetings with legislators (State Capitol)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – Meetings with legislators (State Capitol)
2:30-3:00 – Wrap-up/Adjourn (State Capitol)
During the day, we will be meeting with:
- Representative Pat Murphy – House minority leader
- Representative Christopher Rants – Speaker of the House (invited)
- Senator Mike Gronstal – Democratic Floor Leader (invited)
- Senator Stewart Iverson – Republican Floor Leader (invited)
- Senator Jack Kibbie – Democratic Senate President
- Senator Jeff Lamberti – Republican Senate President (invited)
- Rep. Jeff Elgin -- chair of the State Government Committee
- Rep. George Eichhorn -- chair of Administrative Rules Review Committee (invited)
Some of the legislation that will be highlighted:
GOOD:
House File 77 – Local Control
House File 18 – Eliminates the property tax exemption loophole for factory farms
House File 224 – Voter-Owned Elections
Senate File 275 – Farmers’ Market Vendors
BAD:
House File 701 – the “Chronic Agriculture Complainer”
House File 767 – the Environmental Civil Penalties bill
(the “Let’s go easy on polluters” bill)
Be there to help us take action on these important bills!
Please RSVP by February 17 - contact CCI at 515/282-0484 or iowacci@iowacci.org. We will send those who RSVP more specific information closer to the date. |
