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88th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2459: Relating to broadband service, including matters under the purview of the office of the chief information officer, the empower rural Iowa broadband grant fund, and certain broadband infrastructure tax exemptions, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 24, 2020

  • Rep. Ray Sorensen (R) · ray.sorensen@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Holly Brink (R)
  • Rep. Dave Williams (D)

Lobbying · 29 for, 0 against

For: AT & T; Ames Chamber of Commerce; Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance; Connected Nation Development Corp.; EveryStep; Governor's Office; Greater Des Moines Partnership; Iowa Association of Councils of Governments; Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives; Iowa Business Council; Iowa Cable and Telecommunications Association; Iowa Chamber Alliance; and 17 more

In plain words

  1. February 19, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the Appropriations committee
  2. February 24, 2020House subcommittee named: Sorensen, Brink and Williams
  3. March 2, 2020Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. June 4, 2020Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2459