Bill Text: IA SF228 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - Introduced, referred to Commerce. S.J. 209. [SF228 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2025-SF228-Introduced.html

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Senate File 228 - Introduced
SENATE FILE 228
BY SALMON , CAMPBELL , ALONS ,
GUTH , WESTRICH , GREEN ,
TAYLOR , and ROWLEY
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases
before the Iowa utilities commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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S.F. 228
Section 1. Section 474.3, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
474.3 Proceedings.
1. The utilities commission may in all cases conduct its
proceedings, when not otherwise prescribed by law, in such
manner as will best conduce to the proper dispatch of business
and the attainment of justice.
2. The utilities commission shall not threaten or impose
sanctions against any intervenor unless the utilities
commission determines the intervenor engaged in conduct that
satisfies all the following conditions:
a. The intervenor was knowingly dishonest or in violation
of a criminal statute.
b. The intervenor caused actual injury to the utilities
commission, which injury is quantifiable and exceeds five
hundred dollars.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
This bill relates to sanctions on intervenors in contested
cases before the Iowa utilities commission. The bill prohibits
the commission from threatening or imposing sanctions on an
intervenor unless the commission determines the intervenor was
knowingly dishonest or in violation of a criminal statute and
caused actual, quantifiable injury to the commission in excess
of $500.
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