Iowa Rep. Jerry A. Kearns (D)

IA - Agriculture (House)

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member

IA - Labor (House)

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member

IA - Veterans Affairs (House)

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Ranking Member

IA - Ways and Means (House)

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member

IA - Justice System Appropriations Subcommittee

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member

IA - Tax Expenditure Committee

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member

IA - Agriculture (House)

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member

IA - Labor (House)

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member

IA - Veterans Affairs (House)

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ranking member

IA - Ways and Means (House)

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member

IA - HF339 A bill for an act relating to property taxes levied by a township for the improvement and maintenance of certain cemeteries.

IA - HF180 A bill for an act relating to the establishment of an evidence-based depression screening and treatment program for older individuals.

IA - HR13 A resolution congratulating Mikaela Foecke for her success on and off the volleyball court.

IA - HF2197 A bill for an act establishing the state percent of growth for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2017.

IA - HSB229 In Ways and Means

IA - HR29 A resolution expressing gratitude to members of the 49th Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry for their efforts to honor Iowans who served in the American Civil War.

IA - HF2240 A bill for an act relating to the construction and maintenance of walkways in rail yards, and providing a penalty.

IA - HF151 A bill for an act relating to coverage of three-dimensional mammography and including applicability date provisions.

IA - HF184 A bill for an act relating to abuse and financial exploitation of elders and providing penalties.

IA - HR21 A resolution urging the United States Postal Service to ensure the postmarking of all absentee ballot materials mailed through the postal service.

IA - HF171 A bill for an act establishing a notification requirement for mammogram reports to patients.

IA - HCR106 A concurrent resolution urging United States Senator Charles Grassley to promptly hold a hearing to consider President Barack Obama's nomination of an associate justice to the Supreme Court of the United States and for the United States Senate to vote on the nomination.

IA - HJR10 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to an individual's right to keep and bear arms.

IA - HF106 A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a health workforce center.

IA - HR116 A resolution encouraging state and local governments to increase the direct purchase of nutritious and healthy food from local and regional producers, including through Iowa's regional food systems, and recognizing the United States Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture for bolstering local and regional food system development.

IA - HF2351 A bill for an act prohibiting employers and employment agencies from seeking the criminal record or criminal history from applicants for employment under certain circumstances, establishing a criminal history employment application task force, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF95 A bill for an act relating to emergency food assistance and making appropriations.

IA - HR33 A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965.

IA - HF179 A bill for an act establishing a long-term care committee.

IA - HR18 A resolution expressing the House of Representatives' commitment to women's health and well-being.

IA - HF75 A bill for an act relating to policies at public institutions of higher education granting resident status for purposes of paying postsecondary tuition and fees.

IA - HSB110 In Ways and Means

IA - HF108 A bill for an act relating to the consultant employed by the department of education for gifted and talented children programs.

IA - HF2177 A bill for an act creating a dual language immersion pilot project and fund and a state certificate of biliteracy to be administered by the department of education.

IA - HR35 A resolution recognizing and congratulating Kyven Gadson on his outstanding achievements in college wrestling and as a student-athlete at Iowa State University.

IA - HF2236 A bill for an act including certain board of regents institution special security officers and civil commitment unit for sex offenders employees in the protection occupation category of the Iowa public employees' retirement system.

IA - HSB40 In Veterans Affairs

IA - HR27 A resolution recognizing and congratulating the Grand View University Wrestling Team and program on its outstanding achievements in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics wrestling.

IA - HF231 A bill for an act relating to confidential communications between an emergency medical care provider and a patient.

IA - HF458 A bill for an act requiring that honey packaged in this state and sold or offered for sale to consumers be labeled, and making penalties applicable.

IA - HJR2009 A joint resolution calling for an Article V convention in order to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States relating to free and fair elections.

IA - HF2162 A bill for an act relating to voter registration by providing for the registration of eligible electors upon review of electronic records received from driver's license and nonoperator's identification card applications, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF2255 A bill for an act relating to firearm violence protective orders and making penalties applicable.

IA - HF430 A bill for an act relating to areas established as fruit-tree or forest reservations for the purpose of a property tax exemption by requiring the erection or maintenance of partition fences to restrain livestock, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

IA - HF2165 A bill for an act to require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable.

IA - HF2159 A bill for an act relating to wage discrimination under the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965 and in state contracting, making penalties applicable, and establishing an equal pay task force.

IA - HR34 A resolution honoring the life of Major General Grenville M. Dodge and commemorating the sesquicentennial of the conclusion of the American Civil War.

IA - HF439 A bill for an act prohibiting the production, manufacture, sale, or offer for sale of personal care or dental products containing microbeads in this state, and providing penalties.

IA - HF426 A bill for an act relating to solar energy purchase requirements applicable to certain electric utilities.

IA - HF2153 A bill for an act providing for an increase in the state minimum hourly wage and subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in the midwest consumer price index.

IA - HF178 A bill for an act relating to elderly persons with aggressive or psychiatric behaviors in long-term care facilities.

IA - HF2417 A bill for an act establishing a retirement savings plan trust, and including implementation and effective date provisions.

IA - HR113 A resolution urging Congress to enact legislation to ensure that students from Iowa and throughout the United States have access to debt-free higher education at public colleges and universities.

IA - HF380 A bill for an act to establish a music therapy advisory council within the board of social work and provide for licensure of music therapists and providing for fees and civil penalties.

IA - HF2072 A bill for an act relating to school district funding by establishing a district cost per pupil equity budget adjustment for certain budget years and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF170 A bill for an act relating to elderly persons with aggressive or psychiatric behaviors in long-term care facilities.

IA - HF2227 A bill for an act relating to the requirements for scrap metal transactions and reporting, and making civil penalties applicable.

IA - HF78 A bill for an act relating to the expungement of not-guilty verdicts and dismissed criminal-charge records.

IA - HF2220 A bill for an act relating to children's mental health and well-being and making an appropriation.

IA - HR23 A resolution honoring Dr. Sally Mason and her outstanding achievements as President of the University of Iowa.

IA - HJR2004 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa restricting the use of revenues derived from a certain increase in the state sales and use tax rates for school infrastructure purposes.

IA - HF68 A bill for an act establishing a veterans treatment court in each judicial district.

IA - HF2196 A bill for an act establishing the categorical state percent of growth for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2017.

IA - HF2182 A bill for an act relating to school district funding by establishing a district cost per pupil equity budget adjustment for certain budget years and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF472 A bill for an act providing for population impact statements on bills, resolutions, and amendments.

IA - HF2101 A bill for an act concerning varsity athletics eligibility of students in open enrollment subjected to harassment or bullying.

IA - HF73 A bill for an act relating to wage payment collection issues arising between employers and individuals who provide services to employers, providing penalties and remedies, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF402 A bill for an act concerning fourteen-day and five-day licenses and permits issued by the administrator of the alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce.

IA - HF148 A bill for an act making an appropriation to the Iowa finance authority for the unsewered community revolving loan program.

IA - HF2070 A bill for an act relating to the concurrent enrollment program between school districts and community colleges.

IA - HF469 A bill for an act creating a licensed social worker loan repayment program and revolving fund.

IA - HSB228 In Ways and Means

IA - HF471 A bill for an act regarding a preference for apprenticeship sponsors in public construction contracts.

IA - HR103 A resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

IA - HF2138 A bill for an act requiring each area education agency to employ a dyslexia specialist, subject to an appropriation by the general assembly.

IA - HF399 A bill for an act relating to the establishment of one or more facilities for the housing of certain sex offenders in need of medical and personal care.

IA - HF72 A bill for an act increasing certain penalties for employers willfully misclassifying employees for unemployment compensation contribution purposes.

IA - HR36 A resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the enactment of landmark energy efficiency legislation.

IA - HF376 A bill for an act relating to untested sexual abuse evidence collection kits stored at law enforcement agencies.

IA - HSB251 In Ways and Means

IA - HF187 A bill for an act relating to an interagency review to identify and address barriers to community living for elders and individuals with disabilities.

IA - HF2199 A bill for an act relating to Medicaid program improvement, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

IA - HF173 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the office of long-term care ombudsman and the department on aging.

IA - HR8 A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the milestone achieved by the first African Americans to serve in the Iowa General Assembly, the Honorable Willie Stevenson Glanton and the Honorable James H. Jackson.

IA - HF118 A bill for an act striking certain statutory repeal provisions relating to the state sales and use tax and the secure an advanced vision for education fund.

IA - HF2071 A bill for an act relating to the determination of the regular program state cost per pupil and the regular program district cost per pupil and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF412 A bill for an act requiring certain employers to provide leave for school conferences and classroom activities, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.

IA - HF71 A bill for an act to increase the state minimum hourly wage and to provide subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefits.

IA - HJR3 A joint resolution requesting the call of a constitutional convention in order to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow Congress and the states to prohibit or otherwise regulate the expenditure of funds for political speech by any corporation, limited liability company, or other corporate entity.

IA - HF214 A bill for an act relating to private instruction.

IA - HF605 A bill for an act relating to debating and reviewing legislation to which a correctional impact statement is attached.

IA - HF305 A bill for an act concerning the issuance of temporary visitor driver's licenses to certain foreign nationals.

IA - HR25 A resolution commemorating the sesquicentennial of the conclusion of the American Civil War.

IA - HF2250 A bill for an act making an appropriation from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for a veterans memorial park.

IA - HR22 A resolution acknowledging the 150th anniversary of the death of President Abraham Lincoln.