Iowa Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D)

IA - Education (House)

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Member

IA - Government Oversight (House)

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Ranking Member

IA - Local Government (House)

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Member

IA - Veterans Affairs (House)

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Member

IA - HF2229 A bill for an act providing for a teacher licensure renewal requirement relating to cultural competency training.

IA - HR21 A resolution recognizing and congratulating the Grand View University Vikings wrestling team on winning the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Wrestling National Championship for the eighth consecutive year. Adopted by House.

IA - HF2385 A bill for an act requiring that the United States history unit requirement under the states educational standards include instruction in African American history.

IA - HF2232 A bill for an act relating to the commission on the status of African Americans and the office on the status of African Americans.

IA - HF2386 A bill for an act directing the state board of education to adopt rules prohibiting school districts and accredited nonpublic schools from using seclusion rooms to isolate, confine, or detain students.

IA - HR18 A resolution urging Iowas congressional delegation to support and the United States Congress to pass the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019.

IA - HF77 A bill for an act making an appropriation to the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund.

IA - HF99 A bill for an act authorizing the school budget review committee to grant supplemental aid or establish a modified supplemental amount for a school district with an unusual increase in students eligible for free and reduced price meals and including applicability provisions.

IA - HF104 A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance, including income eligibility and waiting list guidelines and copayment requirements.

IA - HF113 A bill for an act requiring the adoption of rules requiring the use of nontoxic shot to hunt doves and providing penalties.

IA - HF127 A bill for an act relating to the sale or transfer of firearms, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.

IA - HF131 A bill for an act relating to the carrying, transportation, or possession of a pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on the grounds surrounding the capitol building including state parking lots and parking garages.

IA - HF133 A bill for an act relating to the income eligibility requirements for state child care assistance.

IA - HF135 A bill for an act relating to long-term services and supports and certain capitation rates under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF141 A bill for an act establishing an advisory committee to evaluate the use and value of the master matrix when approving a permit to construct a confinement feeding operation structure, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF214 A bill for an act relating to civil protective orders and dating abuse, creating the criminal offense of dating abuse assault, making related modifications, and providing penalties.

IA - HF221 A bill for an act relating to the compassionate use of medical cannabis Act, reclassifying marijuana, including tetrahydrocannabinols, from a schedule I controlled substance to a schedule II controlled substance, providing for civil and criminal penalties and fees, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF226 A bill for an act authorizing the withholding of names and addresses of lottery prize winners.

IA - HF368 A bill for an act relating to underage prostitution.

IA - HF376 A bill for an act relating to Medicaid program coverage for certain populations, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF383 A bill for an act relating to public school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2019, specifying citation references, modifying provisions relating to the property tax replacement payments, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF394 A bill for an act relating to school district finance by modifying provisions relating to the calculation of the regular program state cost per pupil, establishing a supplementary weighting plan for certain mandatory school district transportation costs, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF410 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of objectionable odors and providing penalties.

IA - HF440 A bill for an act relating to delayed deposit services by limiting the annual percentage rate for fees and requiring a delayed deposit repayment option in certain circumstances and making penalties applicable.

IA - HF450 A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction provided by school districts include instruction on consent.

IA - HF458 A bill for an act providing for an Edna Griffin statue or monument on the capitol complex grounds.

IA - HF469 A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction provided by school districts include instruction on the meaning of consent.

IA - HF475 A bill for an act relating to the payment of dependent care expenses from campaign funds and making penalties applicable.

IA - HF492 A bill for an act limiting the amount of instructional time a school district or accredited nonpublic school must make up when inclement weather causes a school district or accredited nonpublic school to close, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF493 A bill for an act relating to the circumstances for which supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount may be approved by the school budget review committee and including applicability provisions.

IA - HF505 A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction provided by school districts include age-appropriate and research-based instruction inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health practices.

IA - HF507 A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of nonconsensual condom removal and providing penalties.

IA - HF508 A bill for an act relating to restrictions on the criminal defenses of provocation, diminished capacity, and self-defense.

IA - HF565 A bill for an act establishing a first responders loan repayment program and fund and making an appropriation.

IA - HF615 A bill for an act eliminating the option to calculate by hours the instructional time school districts and accredited nonpublic schools must include in the school calendar.

IA - HF616 A bill for an act relating to licensure requirements for school principals, associate principals, and assistant principals.

IA - HF620 A bill for an act relating to the dispensing of a refill of a chronic maintenance drug to a patient.

IA - HF630 A bill for an act relating to mental health supports and services for children and adults, including the establishment of a mental health professional fellowship program.

IA - HF724 A bill for an act establishing an agriculture climate adaptation advisory task force and providing for an agriculture climate adaptation report.

IA - HF2049 A bill for an act requiring school employee training and protocols relating to childrens mental health, requiring that suicide prevention information be included on secondary student identification cards, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

IA - HF2075 A bill for an act relating to employee organization elections administered by the public employment relations board and including effective date and applicability provisions.

IA - HF2103 A bill for an act exempting from the state sales tax the purchase price of tangible personal property or specified digital products sold and services furnished to a nonprofit food bank.

IA - HF2127 A bill for an act establishing a moratorium relating to the construction, including expansion, of certain confinement feeding operation structures, requesting an interim study committee, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF2172 A bill for an act relating to provision of the state family planning network under the Medicaid program, and including effective date and repeal provisions.

IA - HF2228 A bill for an act relating to a teaching recruitment in Iowa program within the department of education.

IA - HF2284 A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance, including income eligibility and waiting list guidelines and copayment requirements.

IA - HF2290 A bill for an act providing small businesses with income, franchise, moneys and credits, and gross premiums tax credits for providing child care benefits to employees of the small business, and including applicability date provisions.

IA - HF2298 A bill for an act providing for minority impact statements to be attached to appropriations bills and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF2302 A bill for an act creating the our care, our options Act, and providing penalties.

IA - HF2327 A bill for an act relating to preexisting condition protections and including applicability provisions.

IA - HF2329 A bill for an act requiring annual volunteer service by high school students and including applicability provisions.

IA - HF2342 A bill for an act appropriating moneys to the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund.

IA - HF2347 A bill for an act requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to develop and establish a policy limiting the use of smartphones in classroom learning environments.

IA - HF2371 A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including expenditures, attribution statements, and reports, and making penalties applicable.

IA - HF2378 A bill for an act establishing an exception to the number of children allowed to be present for child care at any one time in a child development home under certain conditions.

IA - HF2466 A bill for an act establishing a mental health and disability services risk pool and risk pool board, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.

IA - HF2467 A bill for an act relating to expansion of the 1st five program statewide, and making an appropriation.

IA - HF2545 A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a grant program and grant fund administered by the department of human services to provide grants for new or expanded licensed child care centers and new or expanded registered child development homes.

IA - HF2546 A bill for an act relating to the child and dependent care credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

IA - HF2578 A bill for an act establishing a small business revolving loan program and small business revolving loan fund within the economic development authority to award low-interest loans to eligible small businesses.

IA - HF2579 A bill for an act relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable.

IA - HF2604 A bill for an act establishing a local government public safety grant fund and making an appropriation.

IA - HF2605 A bill for an act relating to the connecting Iowa farms, schools, and communities broadband grant fund and making appropriations.

IA - HF2609 A bill for an act relating to the individual income tax credits for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical services personnel members, and reserve peace officers by increasing the amounts of the credits, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

IA - HR15 A resolution designating the twenty-seventh day of June as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and the month of June as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month.

IA - HR22 A resolution congratulating and honoring University of Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee for his outstanding wrestling accomplishments, including a second consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association wrestling championship title at the 125 pound weight-class. Adopted by House.

IA - HR26 A resolution recognizing Megan Gustafson for her outstanding academic and college basketball career at the University of Iowa. Adopted by House.

IA - HR27 A resolution of the Iowa General Assembly, on the occasion of Earth Day, 2019, recognizing the threat of climate change and committing to necessary and appropriate legislative action to improve air quality, combat climate change, mitigate its effects, and position our economy for sustainable growth and job creation.

IA - HR102 A resolution celebrating July 2, 2019, as the 100th anniversary of the State of Iowa ratifying the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

IA - HR105 A resolution recognizing the centennial of the formation of the American Legion Auxiliary.

IA - HCR105 A concurrent resolution celebrating July 2, 2019, as the 100th anniversary of the State of Iowa ratifying the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.