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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2689: Creating a rural attorney recruitment assistance program, and making appropriations

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill creates the rural attorney recruitment assistance program. The bill allows the department of education to establish a program for attorneys to assist rural counties and municipalities in recruiting attorneys. The bill requires each interested county or municipality to apply to the department. The department is required to conduct a county or municipality assessment designed to evaluate the county’s or municipality’s need for an attorney and the county’s or municipality’s ability to sustain and support an attorney before admitting a county or municipality into the program.

Sponsors

Appropriations committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Judicial Branch - Supreme Court; Iowa League of Cities; Iowa State Bar Association

In plain words

  1. April 10, 2024Filed in the House
  2. April 15, 2024Passed the House, 95–3
  3. April 16, 2024Arrived in the Senate

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/90/HF2689