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

HF 2490: Relating to probate indigent defense fees and trial transcript fees

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 provides for the cost of a trial transcript to be assessed against the county in which indigent probate proceedings are pending or took place. Under current law, only the cost of the court-appointed counsel is assessed against the county and the respondent is responsible for the fee of the trial transcript.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Iowa Judicial Branch - Supreme Court; Iowa State Bar Association

In plain words

  1. February 21, 2022Filed in the House
  2. March 22, 2022Passed the House, 94–0
  3. March 23, 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/HF2490