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 1 before the Iowa utilities commission. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2339XS (3) 91 sb/js
S.F. 228 Section 1. Section 474.3, Code 2025, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 474.3 Proceedings. 3 1. The utilities commission may in all cases conduct its 4 proceedings, when not otherwise prescribed by law, in such 5 manner as will best conduce to the proper dispatch of business 6 and the attainment of justice. 7 2. The utilities commission shall not threaten or impose 8 sanctions against any intervenor unless the utilities 9 commission determines the intervenor engaged in conduct that 10 satisfies all the following conditions: 11 a. The intervenor was knowingly dishonest or in violation 12 of a criminal statute. 13 b. The intervenor caused actual injury to the utilities 14 commission, which injury is quantifiable and exceeds five 15 hundred dollars. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill relates to sanctions on intervenors in contested 20 cases before the Iowa utilities commission. The bill prohibits 21 the commission from threatening or imposing sanctions on an 22 intervenor unless the commission determines the intervenor was 23 knowingly dishonest or in violation of a criminal statute and 24 caused actual, quantifiable injury to the commission in excess 25 of $500. 26 -1- LSB 2339XS (3) 91 sb/js 1/ 1