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

HF 545: Relating to the assessment of fees when a public defender or designee requests copies of certain documents

Became HF 842 · Its progress continues under the new number.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Savings: up to $84,000

Senate File 593 is estimated to result in a cost savings of $84,000 per year to the Indigent Defense Fund beginning in FY 2022. Table 1 provides the annual estimated costs to the Indigent Defense Fund under this Bill and current law.

House subcommittee · named February 18, 2021

  • Rep. Megan Jones (R) · megan.jones@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Dustin D. Hite (R)
  • Rep. Mary Lynn Wolfe (D)

Lobbying · 2 for, 3 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Iowa Association for Justice

Against: Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association

In plain words

  1. February 16, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
  2. February 18, 2021House subcommittee named: Jones, Hite and Wolfe
  3. February 22, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. March 3, 2021Subcommittee recommended passing it
  5. March 16, 2021Approved by the House committee
  6. March 17, 2021Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 842
  7. March 25, 2021Withdrawn

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/HF545