DES Moines, Iowa \u2014 Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a wide-ranging batch of bills into law, touching on issues from education and health care to banking and electric bicycles.<\/p>\n
Among the new laws is a measure affecting the Iowa Propane Education and Research Council, along with updates to regulations for motor vehicle dealers. The dealer-related law addresses access to certain vehicles, how long records must be stored, and rules for remote car sales.<\/p>\n
Veterans with service-connected disabilities will see changes as well. One bill waives tuition and mandatory fees at Iowa\u2019s public regent universities for qualifying veterans.<\/p>\n
State employees are also impacted. A newly signed law establishes paid parental leave, setting guidelines for eligible workers and when the benefit takes effect.<\/p>\n
Another measure focuses on parental rights in medical decisions, allowing a parent or guardian to consent to certain medical services for a minor even if the child objects.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers also approved a bill limiting civil or criminal liability tied to the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as legislation that eliminates certain higher education programs.<\/p>\n
Changes are coming to Iowa\u2019s courts, too. One law addresses magistrate appointments, senior magistrate roles and compensation for judicial officers.<\/p>\n
In health and human services, a new law aims to better align how programs are delivered, including services for older adults, people with disabilities and volunteer programs.<\/p>\n
Election procedures were also part of the package. One bill modifies rules for satellite absentee voting stations.<\/p>\n
Other measures signed into law deal with state bank operations, including requirements for board meetings and electronic activities, and set new limits on power output for low-speed electric bicycles and similar devices.<\/p>\n
Additional legislation affects medical licensing, including administrative medicine licenses, and updates rules for residential real estate. Those changes include access to homeowners association records and disclosure requirements for home inspections.<\/p>\n
The bills take effect on varying timelines, with some provisions implemented immediately and others rolling out in the months ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DES Moines, Iowa \u2014 Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a wide-ranging batch of bills into law, touching on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-616956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}