What is funnel week at the Iowa Capitol and why is it so important? Our 60 second primer

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When you comply with the Iowa Legislature, you will have heard about “funnel” week. So, what’s it?

The following 4 days are mainly a dash to get as many payments as potential via committees within the Iowa Legislature.

That is as a result of March 3 is the primary “funnel” deadline of the legislative session. Payments that have not gotten via a committee by then will not advance this yr (theoretically).

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So, this week is do or die for payments that have not handed out of a committee. That could possibly be something from Gov. Kim Reynolds’ invoice proscribing faculty library books and instructing about gender identification, to quirky, under-the-radar payments like Rep. Jeff Shipley’s try and ban margarine from faculty lunches.

What must you count on? Oodles of subcommittee and committee conferences as legislators hurry to maintain as many payments shifting as potential.

There are exceptions for payments associated to tax and spending, which are not topic to the funnel. Plus management can revive supposedly “useless” payments in a lot of methods, together with including them as amendments to different payments.

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And in 4 weeks, we’ll do it yet again. March 31 is the second “funnel.” Payments should be via one chamber and out of a committee within the reverse chamber by that date as a way to advance.

Have extra questions on funnel and laws? Attain out to sgrubermil@registermedia.com.

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