89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 2166: Designating certain county flood mitigation activities as an essential county purpose
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 amends the portion of the definition of “essential county purpose” relating to the protection of property from floodwaters to include the reconnection of floodplains and wetland and oxbow lake restoration. Under Code chapter 331, a county board of supervisors may generally contract indebtedness and approve the issuance of general obligation bonds to carry out an essential county purpose without approval by voters at an election, while the issuance of general obligation bonds to carry out a general county purpose generally requires approval by voters at an election.
Sponsors
State Government committee
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 24, 2022
- Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. J. Smith
- Sen. Craig Steven Williams (R) · craig.williams@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 8 for, 0 against
For: Center for Rural Affairs; Conservation Districts of Iowa; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Emergency Management Association; Iowa Environmental Council; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Linn County Board of Supervisors
In plain words
- January 31, 2022Filed in the House
- February 22, 2022Passed the House, 93–2
- February 23, 2022Arrived in the Senate
- February 24, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, J. Smith and Williams
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/89/HF2166