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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HF 2022: Relating to qualifications for magistrates

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill removes the requirement that a magistrate must be a licensed attorney in the state. Under current law, a magistrate has to be a licensed attorney in the state, unless appointed before April 1, 2009, and reappointed in the same county for subsequent successive terms.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 12, 2022

  • Rep. Jon Jacobsen (R)
  • Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R) · bobby.kaufmann@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Rick L. Olson (D) · rick.olson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 3 against

Against: Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Association of Magistrate Judges; Iowa State Bar Association

In plain words

  1. January 11, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 12, 2022House subcommittee named: Jacobsen, Kaufmann and Olson
  3. January 26, 2022Subcommittee recommended against it

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2022