A bill to limit the power of the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has passed the House and Senate and awaits Governor Kim Reynolds’ signature to become law.

The legislation requires the attorney general to receive permission from the governor, General Assembly, or Executive Council to prosecute out-of-state lawsuits. House District 20 Representative Ray Sorensen (R) explains this restriction,“Now that doesn’t mean he can’t, he full well can it’s just putting another check in the checks- and- balances rather than just a dog off a leash just running wild. And that goes for both parties and parties are going to change power, the AG, I would assume eventually Tom will retire and move on and so there could be a new party AG in there, and that goes for both I think it just requires the AG to maybe focus a little bit more on the state of Iowa.”

This bill comes as Attorney General Tom Miller has supported several lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s actions. Miller is the country’s longest-serving attorney general. To hear more from Sorensen about what passed and what failed to move forward in the recent session, listen to today’s Let’s Talk Guthrie County program on air and at raccoonvalleyradio.com.