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

HF 2695: Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch, and including effective date provisions

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 relates to and makes appropriations to the judicial branch.1302(3) for certain purposes, payment of court-ordered juvenile services, and juvenile delinquent graduated sanctions services. The bill provides that a civil trial including a jury trial may take place in a county contiguous to the county with proper jurisdiction, even if the contiguous county is located in an adjacent judicial district or judicial election district, if all the parties in a case agree. If a trial is moved to another county that is located in another judicial district or judicial election district, the judicial officers serving the judicial district or judicial election district receiving the case shall preside over the case.

Sponsors

Appropriations committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 5 for, 4 against

For: Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Court Reporters Association; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Judicial Branch - Supreme Court; Iowa State Bar Association

Against: Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers; Iowa Association for Justice; Justice Not Politics

In plain words

  1. April 16, 2024Filed in the House
  2. April 19, 2024Withdrawn

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/HF2695