88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
HF 2179: Relating to the determination of city population for purposes of civil service commissions
Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
1 currently requires a city having a population of 8,000 or more according to the federal census conducted in 1980 and having a paid fire department or a paid police department, to appoint a civil service commission. Code chapter 400 also establishes other powers and duties of cities based on population as determined by the federal census conducted in 1980. This bill requires the most recent decennial federal census to be used in determining the population of a city. The bill, however, provides that if a city had a population of 8,000 or more according to any decennial federal census conducted during or after 1980, the most recent decennial federal census in which the city’s population was 8,000 or more shall be used for determining the population of the city for any purpose under Code chapter 400.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Professional Fire Fighters
In plain words
- January 29, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the Local Government committee
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2179