Senator Bill Dotzler told me this bill made it out of committee today.

Jane Clark wrote:

> This is a heads-up about a bill that was unveiled yesterday at the Iowa
> Legislature.
>
> This bill is offered as a way to "improve Iowa's business climate."
>
> The bill would amend 481.b3 which relates to Endangered &Threatened state
> lists and would allow the state list to include only the same species as the
> federal list if this passed (Iowa has very few federally-listed species).
>
> I think this is Senate Study Bill 1155 and it covers a wide range of
> proposed changes in business and labor regulation.  There is also some
> rollback proposed for indoor air.
>
> There is a press conference today at 3 p.m. in Room 24 at the Capitol --
> there should be more news about this tomorrow or later today.
>
> Sierrans might recall similar attempts to shorten the E&T list in the past,
> but those were usually stand-alone bills.  This bill covers a wide range of
> changes in regulations to "perk up the economy"  Leaders of the Iowa
> Chamber Alliance said Monday they want to streamline the process that
> businesses must go through to obtain permits," according to the Des Moines
> Register.
>
> I apologize if I have the Code section listed wrong, but I am sure you will
> all get the idea.
>
> Jane Clark
> Des Moines
>
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