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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

SSB 1191: SSB 1191

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to confidential records of the commission on judicial qualifications. _____ make an application to the supreme court to retire, discipline, or remove a judicial officer or remove a judicial branch employee. The records of the commission are confidential unless the commission decides to apply to the supreme court to take action against the judicial officer or employee, in which case the records become public documents. The bill provides that a member of the general assembly shall, upon request, have access to the commission on judicial qualifications’ records.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 27, 2023

  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Justice Not Politics

In plain words

  1. February 27, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. February 27, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Dawson, Petersen and Zaun

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SSB1191