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.
Its budget over time
General Fund appropriations by fiscal year1.
$496K
| Fiscal year | General 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 year | General 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