Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to procedures to review the Iowa utility board’s exercise of the power of eminent domain, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2024
- 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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If a large majority of members in either house of the Iowa Legislature vote to do so, they can stop an eminent domain case started by the Iowa Utilities Board. Once this vote happens, all court trials, hearings, and related legal actions for that case must stop immediately. This rule applies to cases that began on or after January 1, 2024.1
Read the official explanation
This bill allows a greater than three-fifths majority of either house of the general assembly to vote to withdraw from an eminent domain proceeding instituted by the Iowa utilities board (IUB). Upon notice to the involved entities and parties, all trials, depositions, hearings, and similar operations of the proceeding must cease. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to eminent domain proceedings initiated by IUB on or after January 1, 2024.