State agencies

Public Information Board

Answers questions about Iowa’s open meetings and public records laws, and handles complaints for free when someone thinks a government body broke them.

Who leads it

Executive Director

Official website

ipib.iowa.gov

General Fund, FY27 est.

$496K

Its budget over time

General Fund appropriations by fiscal year1.

$496K
Fiscal yearGeneral Fund
FY27 est.$496K
FY26$467K
FY25$363K
FY24$357K
FY23$358K
FY22$358K
FY21$343K
FY20$343K
FY19$339K
FY18$323K
FY17$273K
FY16$350K
FY15$350K
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearGeneral Fund
FY27 est.$496K
FY26$467K
FY25$363K
FY24$357K
FY23$358K
FY22$358K
FY21$343K
FY20$343K
FY19$339K
FY18$323K
FY17$273K
FY16$350K
FY15$350K

Bills that would change its laws

Recent bills that add to, rewrite or repeal the Iowa Code chapters it mainly carries out2: chapter 21, chapter 22, chapter 23.

  • SF 2490Relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling orders, negotiation of surface damage, imposition and distribution of a tax, and jurisdiction, and providing civil penaltiesSigned by Governor
  • SF 2477Providing for the implementation of battery stewardship plans, making appropriations, and providing penaltiesDied when the session ended
  • HF 2692Relating to confidential public records, including seals and signatures of licensed architects, licensed landscape architects, and registered interior designersDied when the session ended
  • SF 2432Eliminating a city’s ability to create a city board of health or a city health department, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session ended
  • HF 2638Relating to public records, including employment separation information for certain government employees, contractors, or appointeesDied when the session ended
  • HF 2634Relating to preneed sellers, sales agents and sales agent applicants, and government cemeteriesSigned by Governor
  • HF 2622Relating to public libraries, including eligibility requirements for state assistance and oversight by city councilsDied when the session ended
  • HF 2567Creating the Iowa state archives and records authority, providing penalties, and making appropriationsDied when the session ended
  • HF 2490Relating to public meetings and records, including public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body, supervision and fees associated with examining and copying public records, employment separation information for certain government employees, contractors, or appointees, and injunctions to restrain vexatious requestersSigned by Governor
  • HF 2475Providing for the public examination of a record associated with a donation made to a government body by a nonprofit corporationDied when the session ended
  • HF 2401Relating to exceptions to member education course requirements for official meetings open to the publicDied when the session ended
  • HF 2388Relating to public records, including employment separation information for certain government employees, contractors, or appointeesRenumbered as HF 2638