Iowa Senate passes government reorganization bill
Posted on AllSides March 8th, 2023
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DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Senate passed SF 514, the almost 1600-page government reorganization bill filed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, by a 34 to 15 vote. The vote was primarily along partisan lines, with State Senator Tony Bisignano, D-Des Moines, being the lone Democrat to vote with the 33 Senate Republicans present for the vote. The bill consolidates 37 cabinet-level directors and agencies into 16, restructures department organizational charts, and rewrites swathes of the Iowa Code to reflect the state government reorganization. The Iowa Senate passed an amendment that...