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

HF 2488: Relating to public records of the Iowa public broadcasting board

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 public records of the Iowa public broadcasting board. The bill provides that all records, videos, electronic storage, documents, tapes, or other information stored or preserved in any medium by the Iowa public broadcasting board (board), administrator of the public broadcasting division of the department of education (administrator), department of education (department), or any other entity on behalf of the state of Iowa shall be public records and subject to examination unless deemed confidential under Code chapter (Iowa’s open records law).

Sponsors

State Government committee

Cost

Cost: up to $231,000

House File 2488 is estimated to increase ongoing costs to Iowa PBS by $231,000. Additional costs may be incurred for the costs to maintain the process of preservation, digitization, and cataloging of footage. Iowa PBS may request an increase in General Fund ap…

Lobbying · 2 for, 1 against

For: Jim Gibbons; League of Women Voters of Iowa

Against: Iowa PBS

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2022Filed in the House
  2. February 22, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 14, 2022Passed the House, 54–39
  4. March 15, 2022Arrived in the Senate
  5. March 17, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/HF2488