HF 1001: Creating a rural attorney recruitment assistance program, and making appropriations

What it does

This bill creates the rural attorney recruitment assistance program. The bill requires the college student aid commission (commission) to establish a program for attorneys to assist rural counties and municipalities in recruiting attorneys. The bill requires each interested county or municipality to apply to the commission. The commission is required to conduct a county or municipality assessment designed to evaluate the county’s or municipality’s need for an attorney and the county’s or municipality’s ability to sustain and support an attorney before admitting a county or municipality into the program.

Senate subcommittee · named April 28, 2025

• Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Matt Blake (D) · matt.blake@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 12 for, 0 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Dr. Tanja Garrison; Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Defense Counsel Association; Iowa Judicial Branch - Supreme Court; Iowa League of Cities; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Bar Association; Justice Not Politics; Reforging Families

In plain words

1. April 10, 2025Filed in the House
2. April 22, 2025Passed the House, 86–6
3. April 23, 2025Arrived in the Senate
4. April 28, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Zumbach, Blake and Kraayenbrink