Senator • Democrat
Joseph Bolkcom
Iowa • District SD-043
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
47
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
100% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 153
Other: 20
Yea: 600
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Sponsored Bills
IA SF2368•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to education, including examinations administered to students by higher education institutions providing practitioner preparation, obligations of the department of education increasing the salary of initial teachers, modifying provisions related to endorsements issued by the board of educational examiners, and the use of certain specified school district moneys, and making appropriations.
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IA SF2159•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to application of specific penalties to an assault on a social worker under certain circumstances.(See SF 2292.)
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IA SF2252•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to identification markings on firearms and firearm parts, and providing penalties.
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IA SF2184•Introduced
A bill for an act creating the community law enforcement enhancement fund and providing an appropriation.
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IA SF2167•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to commercial and industrial property tax replacement payments and including effective date provisions.
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IA SF2155•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to additional penalties for certain violations against bicyclists causing serious injury or death committed by a person operating a motor vehicle. Applicability date: 06/30/2022.
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IA SF2154•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to science instruction and the Iowa core content standards applicable to certain specified students of school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
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IA SF2073•Introduced
A bill for an act establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa finance authority.
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IA SF2013•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to Medicaid coverage of maternity care including doula care.
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IA SF2009•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the state child care assistance eligibility requirements and provider reimbursement rates.
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IA SF2005•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the Medicaid extended postpartum coverage option.
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IA SF2008•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to maternal health best practices.
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IA SF2007•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to evidence-based maternal and infant home visiting services.
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IA SF2006•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to Medicaid reimbursement for maternal and child health.
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IA SF471•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to occupational safety and health standards, employment matters, reporting requirements, and civil liability concerning COVID-19, providing penalties and remedies, and including effective date provisions.
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IA SF446•Introduced
A bill for an act creating the community law enforcement enhancement fund and providing an appropriation.
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IA SF437•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the child and dependent care credit and the early childhood development credit available against the individual income tax, and including retroactive applicability provisions.
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IA SF429•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the office of the state long-term care ombudsman, and making an appropriation.
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IA SF412•Introduced
A bill for an act establishing an essential worker hazard pay grant fund and program to be administered by the economic development authority, and including effective date provisions.
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IA SF406•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to marijuana, including the manufacture, delivery, and possession of marijuana and the licensure of retail marijuana, providing fees, including excise taxes, establishing funds, and including penalties.
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IA SF407•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to marijuana, including the manufacture, delivery, and possession of marijuana, providing fees, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
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IA SF397•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to city inspections of rental properties, and providing penalties.
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IA SF381•Introduced
A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction provided by school districts address same-sex relationships, gender identity, and contraceptives, and eliminating provisions relating to abstinence-only materials and abstinence-only curricula developed or offered by schools or school districts.
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IA SF376•Introduced
A bill for an act establishing an agriculture climate adaptation advisory task force and providing for an agriculture climate adaptation report.
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IA SF326•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to eligibility for coverage under the Iowa public employees' retirement system by certain medical students.
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IA SF325•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the Iowa small business relief program, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
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IA SF290•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the exclusion of certain unemployment compensation from the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
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IA SF214•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the exclusion of certain unemployment compensation from the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
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IA SF247•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to certain billiard or pool tournaments and providing penalties.
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IA SF282•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for partially roofed structures and prohibiting the construction, including expansion, of structures, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
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IA SF216•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the state building code and including effective date provisions.
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IA SF217•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to lobbying activities by former executive branch employees, and making penalties applicable.
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IA SF28•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to combined charitable campaign programs administered by certain public employers.
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IA SF248•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion as components of Iowa's approved practitioner preparation programs, twenty-first century learning skills, Iowa teaching standards, administrator standards and criteria, and teacher licensure renewal requirements.
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IA SF215•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the solar energy system tax credit available against the individual and corporate income tax, the franchise tax, the moneys and credits tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
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IA SF212•Introduced
A bill for an act creating the our care, our options Act, and providing penalties.
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IA SF213•Introduced
A bill for an act exempting the sale of feminine hygiene products and diapers from the sales tax.
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IA SF201•Introduced
A bill for an act establishing a home modification grant program within the department on aging, and providing an appropriation.
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IA SF211•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the use of an electronic communication device while driving, and making penalties applicable.
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IA SF210•Introduced
A bill for an act requiring minors to wear helmets while riding motorcycles and motorized bicycles, and providing penalties.
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IA SF204•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of manufacturing, delivering, selling, or possessing drug paraphernalia by exempting hypodermic needles or syringes delivered, sold, or possessed through an approved needle exchange program.
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IA SF205•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to wage payment collection issues arising between employers and employees, providing penalties and remedies, and including effective date provisions.
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IA SF203•Introduced
A bill for an act requiring the use of inventory checklists upon commencement of a residential tenancy and including applicability provisions.
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IA SF200•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the office of the long-term care ombudsman, and making an appropriation.
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IA SF206•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to delayed deposit services by limiting the annual percentage rate for fees, requiring a delayed deposit repayment option in certain circumstances, and making penalties applicable.
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IA SF209•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to the use of moneys in the grants to counties program for lead and copper testing in water supply systems.
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IA SF202•Introduced
A bill for an act relating to older individuals and dependent adults and creating certain criminal offenses and civil actions, and providing penalties. (See SF 522.)
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