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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2260: Relating to the mandatory retirement age of magistrate judges

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 relates to the mandatory retirement age of magistrate judges. The bill increases the mandatory retirement age from to 78, which is the same mandatory retirement age of senior judges. The bill also provides that a person is not qualified to be appointed as a magistrate if the person is at the time of appointment. Under current law, a person who reaches the age of is not qualified to be appointed as a magistrate judge.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

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

In plain words

  1. February 4, 2022Filed in the House

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/HF2260