SF 457: Relating to city civil service and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill relates to procedures governing city civil service under Code chapter 400. The bill strikes language authorizing the city council to establish, by ordinance, the number of civil service commissioners at not less than three in a city having a population of more than 70,000. The bill requires the city council to establish, by ordinance, the number of civil service commissioners at not less than five and not more than seven in a city having a population of more than 50,000. The bill requires the mayor, with the approval of city council, to appoint five civil service commissioners in a city having a population of more than 50,000 and having a paid fire department or a paid police department.

Senate subcommittee · named January 11, 2024

• Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Janice Weiner (D) · janice.weiner@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 11 against

For: Iowa Fraternal Order of Police; Iowa Peace Officers Association; Iowa Professional Fire Fighters; Iowa State Police Association

Against: City of Cedar Falls; City of Coralville; City of Davenport; City of Des Moines; City of Iowa City; Iowa League of Cities; Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum); Iowa State Bar Association; Jordan True; Metropolitan Coalition; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska

In plain words

1. February 28, 2023Filed in the Senate
2. February 28, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
3. March 20, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
4. June 5, 2023Sent to the Senate Local Government committee
5. January 11, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Driscoll and Weiner
6. January 18, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it
7. February 14, 2024Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2325