Holz Comments On Collective Bargaining Bill

(Des Moines) — Debate continues on the controversial collective bargaining bill that is before both chambers of the state legislature. Many people have the belief that the collective bargaining bill came about fairly quickly, and is being rushed through the legislature without proper discussion. However, Republican State Representative Chuck Holz of Le Mars says that simply is not the case.

Chuck Holz

Holz says in the state House chambers, nearly 100 amendments have been introduced for the bill, but so far, legislators have not been able to act on many of the amendments.

The Le Mars state representative says the House is trying to modify the original bill. He says both sides are using scare tactics and telling people the worst case scenario.

Holz offers a timetable of this week’s actions regarding the collective bargaining bill.

Holz says the discussion continued on Tuesday and went into the evening before the House took a recess.

The state representative isn’t certain as to when the bill will be voted on by the full House chamber, but says it is a priority with leadership, so he believes it will either by yet this week, or early next week.