[DSM-Iowa] Today’s update from Cindy’s Perspective

[Cindy Ray]

Greetings!
First let me make sure we know the correct bill numbers. According to the message from Emily, they are HB126 and SB1123. 
I, along with Bob and Becky Young, went to the subcommittee meeting in G15 at the Capitol. Don Shepherd and Wes’ wife, Susan, were at the hearing, too. It was a pleasure meeting Susan.
I can’t say who all was heard, but they included the Library Association and Historical Society, the change in the AG’s office that seemed to give the AG more power over the county attorneys, Corrections and Paroles. That’s general and doesn’t matter anyway.
The meeting was to have lasted two hours, but they were ahead of schedule. In order to insure that people who need to be there will be, they ended the meeting at one hour and ten minutes.
People were allowed to speak, and I was hoping for the opportunity, but we weren’t heard. The next committee meeting is Monday at 11:00, but I am not yet sure where. They are trying to  organize so that the entire two hours will be utilized. If all aren’t heard on Monday, it will be continued to a later date.
I think the Senators are a little concerned about the bill, or at least with a lot of the bill. I also think the E-mails that have gone out have been helpful because as we were leaving, I heard one of themsay  that the Department for the Blind has a lot of passion. 
Just as an aside, there was a Zoom Bomber on Zoom (I didn’t even know they were available that way), and they shut Zoom down. When they tried again, the mischief maker was still there. They said they were turning it over to the FBI.
Stay tuned, stay alert, and let’s keep on working to live the lives we want.


Cindy Lou
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