Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to the definition of a governmental body under Iowa’s open meetings law
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill amends the definition of a governmental body under Iowa’s open meetings law (Code chapter 21). The bill includes an advisory board, advisory commission, or task force created by the governor, the general assembly, or by administrative action of a state department or agency to develop and make recommendations on public policy and budgetary issues and an advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, task force, or other body created by statute or executive order of this state, created by an executive order of a political subdivision of this state, or created by action of an administrative officer of a political subdivision to develop and make recommendations on public policy and budgetary issues in the definition of a governmental body subject to the requirements of the open meetings law.
Read the full explanation
Under current law, an advisory board, advisory commission, or task force created by administrative action of a state department or agency and an advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, task force, or other body created by action of an administrative officer of a political subdivision were not included in the definition of a governmental body. The new definition relating to such bodies and actions also includes, in addition to public safety recommendations, recommendations on budgetary issues.