88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

SF 183: Setting the dates for the submission of local public measures to the electors and including 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.

What it does

This bill requires all propositions to authorize the issuance of bonds by a county, township, school corporation, city, or any local board or commission or the imposition of local option taxes by a city or county to be submitted to electors on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year. The bill exempts such elections from certain limitations on the withdrawal of public measures from a ballot until January 1, 2020.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 6, 2019

Sen. Jeff Edler (R)
Sen. Thomas A. Greene (R)
Sen. J. Smith

Lobbying · 0 for, 16 against

Against: City of Coralville; City of Des Moines; Iowa Association of Community College Trustees; Iowa League of Cities; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Auditors; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Iowa State Education Association; Iowa Western Community College; Kirkwood Community College; North Iowa Area Community College; Piper Sandler; and 4 more

In plain words

February 5, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee
February 6, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Edler, Greene and J. Smith