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

SF 2132: Relating to the membership of the district judicial nominating commissions

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 district judicial nominating commissions. Under current law, the governor appoints five eligible electors of each judicial district to the 11-person commission. The bill changes the amount of electors to six and provides that no more than half of the commissioners appointed shall be of the same gender. Under current law, the most senior judge in the district serves as a commissioner and as the chairperson of that particular district judicial nominating commission. The bill removes the judge from the commission and from being chairperson and the members of each district judicial nominating commission elect a chairperson from their own number.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 5 for, 18 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Americans For Prosperity; Personal Interest -Bill Gustoff; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers; Iowa Alliance For Retired Americans; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Defense Counsel Association; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Judicial Branch - Supreme Court; Iowa State Bar Association; Iowa State Education Association; and 6 more

In plain words

  1. January 27, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. January 27, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 10, 2022Passed the Senate, 32–15
  4. March 14, 2022Arrived in the House

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/SF2132