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

HF 2268: Creating specialty probate courts

Became HF 2483 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to probate proceedings and instructs the Iowa supreme court to create specialty probate courts. One probate court shall be in the largest populated county, one in an eastern county, and the third one in a western county. Under current law, the probate code (Code chapter 633) allows a full-time associate probate judge to be appointed, but only one county is currently utilizing the option. The bill requires the establishment of two more probate courts that have a designated probate judge.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

House File 2483 is estimated to have a cost of $516,000 to the Judicial Branch in FY 2023 and a cost of $687,000 each fiscal year after, as shown in Table 1 below. The Judicial Branch is funded from the State General Fund.

House subcommittee · named February 9, 2022

  • Rep. Dustin D. Hite (R)
  • Rep. Jon Jacobsen (R)
  • Rep. Todd Prichard (D)

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: AARP Iowa; Iowa State Bar Association; Personal Interest -Bill Gustoff; The Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel

In plain words

  1. February 4, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. February 9, 2022House subcommittee named: Hite, Jacobsen and Prichard
  3. February 15, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 16, 2022Approved by the House committee
  5. February 16, 2022Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2483

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/HF2268