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

SF 2439: Relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies, 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 concerns county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies. DIVISION I —— PLAN “THREE” COUNTY SUPERVISOR REPRESENTATION PLANS. This division requires a county with a population of 125,000 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 125,000 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 2026 following adoption of a representation plan in conformity with the provisions of law governing the adoption of a plan “three” representation plan.

Sponsors

Ways and Means committee

Cost

Cost: up to $240,000

Division I For the three counties required to change from plan “one” to plan “three” under Division I, the one-time cost per county is estimated to be between $40,000 and $80,000 for a total one-time cost of between $120,000 and $240,000 for FY 2025.

Lobbying · 1 for, 4 against

For: Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

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

In plain words

  1. April 11, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. April 11, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
  3. April 16, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. April 18, 2024Passed the Senate, 32–15

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/SF2439