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

SF 2197: Providing for purchases made by nonprofit corporations when performing public functions

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 provides that if a state or political subdivision awards moneys to a nonprofit corporation under contract to perform a public function, the nonprofit corporation when engaged in a competitive bidding procedure may adopt a performance-based process for reviewing and ranking bids. The bill specifically applies to those state agencies and local governments authorized to make purchases, including the department of administrative services (Code chapter 8A), the department for the blind (Code chapter 216B), community colleges (Code chapter 260C), the board of regents (Code chapter 262), the department of transportation (Code chapter 307), counties (Code chapter 331), cities (Code chapter 364), and the department of corrections (Code chapter 904).

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 7, 2024

  • Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
  • Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 1, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
  2. February 7, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Cournoyer, Koelker and Winckler
  3. February 13, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes

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/SF2197