At about 11:45 a.m., the Iowa Senate overwhelmingly passed one of the few high-profile policy bills to be considered on what legislators hope is the final day of the 2010 Iowa legislative session as legislators “prudently prance” toward ending the 2010 Iowa legislative session. (When I asked House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy earlier this week if legislators were sprinting or slogging toward adjournment, he offered up the alliterative alternative of a “prudent prance.”)
SF 2379 passed on a 44 to 4 vote. It’s the bill which establishes a statewide policy for issuing gun permits. The bill now goes to the House for consideration.
Representative Clel Baudler (D-Greenfield) talks with NRA members in statehouse rotunda after Senate passes gun-related legislation.
Legislators are meeting on this Saturday, but it’s now apparent the House and Senate will likely be back in session on Monday.
About O.Kay Henderson
Kay is a founding member of the Radio Iowa network newsroom. In 1994, she became the network’s news director. She’s a featured reporter and commentator on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press,” and the 2002 recipient of the Shelley Award.
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