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

HF 2338: Relating to the apportionment of district associate judges

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

What it does

This bill relates to the apportionment of district associate judges. The bill provides a new formula to be prescribed when appointing judges based upon a weighted workload. Under current law, district associate judges are apportioned based upon county population. The bill defines the term “vacancy” to mean the death, resignation, retirement, or removal of a district associate judge, or the failure of a district associate judge to be retained in office at the judicial election, or an increase in judgeships.

Sponsors

Judiciary (companion To Sf 2241 By Committee on Judiciary) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: City of Iowa City; Iowa Judicial Branch - Supreme Court

In plain words

  1. February 10, 2022Filed in the House
  2. February 23, 2022Passed the House, 97–0
  3. February 24, 2022Arrived in the Senate

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/HF2338