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ROOKER, WHO EXPLAINS THAT BILL TONIGHT. AMANDA. STACEY. SEVERAL HOUSE LAWMAKERS SHARED PERSONAL STORIES OF NEARLY ESCAPING DISASTER. SOME THROUGH TEARS RECOUNTING THE SEVERE FLOODING IN SPENCER LAST JUNE AND THE TORNADO LAST MAY THAT DEVASTATED THE TOWN OF GREENFIELD. OVER 100 HOMES FLATTENED TO THEIR FOUNDATIONS IN LESS THAN A MINUTE. PEOPLE RIPPED FROM THEIR BASEMENT. WE LOST LIVES AND MANY MORE WILL NEVER BE MADE WHOLE AGAIN. THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS A LAKE OF WATER. THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I WAS RAISED IN. IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS THE SEVERE STORMS LAST YEAR REVEALED A NEED FOR CHANGE. HER BILL, SENATE FILE 619, PASSED THROUGH THE IOWA HOUSE AND SENATE UNANIMOUSLY AND IS NOW ON ITS WAY TO HER DESK. IT INCLUDES $11.6 MILLION TO HELP IOWANS FIX ANY HOMES THAT WERE DAMAGED BY LAST YEAR’S NATURAL DISASTERS, AND $2 MILLION TO HELP CITIES TEAR DOWN ANY DAMAGED BUILDINGS. IT ALSO SENDS $19 MILLION TO A REVOLVING LOAN FUND. THAT’S FOR PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP PREPARE FOR FUTURE FLOODS, DROUGHTS, WILDFIRES AND SEVERE STORMS. THE PROPOSAL EXEMPTS DISASTER ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS FROM STATE TAXES AND PROVIDES FRAUD PROTECTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS IN THE INSURANCE CLAIMS PROCESS. LAWMAKERS SAY THEY’RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL HELP BETTER PREPARE IOWA WHEN DISASTER STRIKES. WHEN YOU SEE THIS WITH YOUR YOUR OWN EYES AND YOU EXPERIENCE IT, IT DOES. IT HITS. AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING TO AVOID NATURAL DISASTERS. IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW MUCH TAX WE PAY, IT’S JUST NOT GOING TO STOP. BUT I DO HOPE THAT WE CAN AT LEAST ENSURE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN GET THE FOLKS THE THE FINANCIAL RELIEF THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO REBUILD THEIR HOUSES, THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEIR SCHOOLS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO SIGNI