Relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2024
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2024
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeFebruary 13, 2024
4. ✓
   Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 22, 202492–2
5. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeMarch 13, 2024
6. ✓
   Done: Passes the SenateApril 18, 202446–0
7. ✓
   Done: To the GovernorApril 26, 2024
8. ✕
   Stopped: VetoedMay 17, 2024

Became HF 2539 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2539 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

Under current law, a court is required to assess a person who participated in a violation of Code chapter (open meetings) damages between $100 and $500. This bill increases the damages to between $1,000 and $5,000. Under current law, if a violation was knowingly committed, a court is required to assess the person damages between $1,000 and $2,500. The bill increases the damages to between $10,000 and $25,000. The bill requires a court to issue an order removing a member of a governmental body from office if that member has engaged in a prior violation of Code chapter regardless of whether damages were assessed against the member during the member’s term, which is a prerequisite to removal under current law.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed

House subcommittee

Named January 18, 2024. On January 24, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.

• Rep. Brent Siegrist REmail
• Rep. Jacob Bossman REmail
• Rep. Adam Zabner DEmail

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

Fiscal note

The fiscal impact of HF 2539 is anticipated to be minimal. Source Iowa Public Information Board /s/ Jennifer Acton May 14, 2024 Doc ID 1449682 The fiscal note for this Bill was prepared pursuant to Joint Rule 17 and the Iowa Code. Data used in developing this fiscal note is available from the Fiscal Services Division of the Legislative Services Agency upon request.

• Final Fiscal Note — Public Records, Education and Enforcement · May 14, 2024
• Public Records, Education and Enforcement · February 21, 2024

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§21.12

Amends§21.6

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title; check the text to be sure it’s the same idea.

Similar bills

• HF 416 Relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties appl…
  91st General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 706
  Very similar

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.