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

HF 281: Concerning county supervisor representation plans 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

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill requires a county with a population of 60,000 or more based on the most recent federal decennial census to use plan “three” for the election of county supervisors. Plan “three” requires individual members of the board of supervisors for that county to be elected from single-member equal-population districts. The bill provides that a county with a population of 60,000 or more as of the effective date of the bill, that does not use plan “three” as of that date for the election of supervisors shall not be required to elect supervisors under plan “three” until the election for supervisors in 2024 following adoption of a representation plan in conformity with the provisions of law governing the adoption of a plan “three” representation plan.

Sponsors

Local Government committee

Cost

Cost: up to $480,000

Division I For the three counties required to change from plan “one” to plan “three,” the one-time cost per county is estimated to be between $40,000 and $80,000 for a total one-time cost between $120,000 and $240,000 for FY 2024. Division II Counties who hold…

Lobbying · 2 for, 5 against

For: Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

Against: Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Auditors; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Urban County Coalition

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2023Filed in the House
  2. March 1, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/HF281