Iowa HF 2312: A bill for an act relating to testing violent crime evidence collection kits by the state criminalistics laboratory. (Formerly HSB 617.)

Bill Text

House
File
2312
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
2312

BY
BARKER

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
establishing
an
affordable
housing
task
force.
1

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING
TASK
FORCE.
1

1.
An
affordable
housing
task
force
is
created
to
identify
2

state
and
local
regulatory
barriers
that
contribute
to
the
cost
3

of
affordable
housing
and
to
examine
the
corresponding
public
4

benefit
of
such
regulations
relative
to
their
impact
on
housing
5

costs.
6

2.
The
task
force
shall
study
and
make
recommendations
7

concerning
state
and
local
regulations
and
practices
affecting
8

the
development
and
availability
of
affordable
housing,
9

including
but
not
limited
to
the
following
areas:
10

a.
Zoning
and
land
use
regulations.
11

b.
State
and
local
building
codes.
12

c.
Permitting
and
approval
processes.
13

d.
State
and
local
funding
mechanisms.
14

3.
The
task
force
shall
consist
of
the
following
members:
15

a.
The
state
building
code
commissioner
or
the
16

commissioner’s
designee.
17

b.
The
state
fire
marshal
or
the
fire
marshal’s
designee.
18

c.
The
director
of
the
Iowa
economic
development
authority
19

or
the
director’s
designee.
20

d.
Three
members
representing
housing
developers,
appointed
21

by
the
governor.
22

e.
One
elected
official
of
a
city
with
a
population
of
fifty
23

thousand
or
more,
appointed
by
the
governor.
24

f.
One
elected
official
of
a
city
with
a
population
of
fewer
25

than
fifty
thousand,
appointed
by
the
governor.
26

g.
One
county
supervisor
from
a
county
with
a
population
of
27

fifty
thousand
or
more,
appointed
by
the
governor.
28

h.
One
county
supervisor
from
a
county
with
a
population
of
29

fewer
than
fifty
thousand,
appointed
by
the
governor.
30

i.
Two
members
of
the
house
of
representatives,
one
31

appointed
by
the
speaker
of
the
house
and
one
appointed
by
the
32

minority
leader
of
the
house.
33

j.
Two
members
of
the
senate,
one
appointed
by
the
majority
34

leader
of
the
senate
and
one
appointed
by
the
minority
leader
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of
the
senate.
1

4.
Members
of
the
task
force
shall
serve
without
2

compensation
but
shall
be
reimbursed
for
actual
expenses
3

incurred
in
the
performance
of
their
official
duties.
Task
4

force
members
who
are
members
of
the
general
assembly
shall
5

be
paid
in
accordance
with
section
2.32A.
The
remaining
task
6

force
members
shall
be
reimbursed
from
moneys
appropriated
for
7

such
a
purpose.
8

5.
On
or
before
December
1,
2026,
the
task
force
shall
9

submit
a
written
report
to
the
general
assembly
detailing
10

the
task
force’s
findings
and
recommendations,
including
11

any
proposed
statutory
or
administrative
changes
to
reduce
12

regulatory
barriers
to
affordable
housing
while
preserving
13

public
health
and
safety.
14

EXPLANATION
15

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17

This
bill
establishes
an
affordable
housing
task
force
to
18

study
state
and
local
regulations
that
contribute
to
the
cost
19

of
affordable
housing
and
to
examine
the
corresponding
public
20

benefit
of
such
regulations
relative
to
their
impact
on
housing
21

costs.
22

The
bill
requires
the
task
force
to
examine
zoning
and
land
23

use
regulations,
state
and
local
building
codes,
permitting
24

and
approval
processes,
and
state
and
local
funding
mechanisms
25

affecting
the
development
and
availability
of
affordable
26

housing.
27

The
bill
establishes
the
membership
of
the
task
force,
28

which
includes
representatives
from
state
agencies,
housing
29

developers,
local
government
officials
from
cities
and
counties
30

of
varying
population
sizes,
and
members
of
the
general
31

assembly.
32

The
bill
requires
the
task
force
to
submit
a
written
report
33

to
the
general
assembly
and
the
governor
by
December
1,
2026,
34

detailing
the
task
force’s
findings
and
recommendations,
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including
any
proposed
statutory
or
administrative
changes
1

intended
to
reduce
regulatory
barriers
to
affordable
housing
2

while
preserving
public
health
and
safety.
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