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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 127: Relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies, and including effective date provisions

Became HF 786 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill concerns county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies. DIVISION I —— PLAN “THREE” COUNTY SUPERVISOR REPRESENTATION PLANS AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS. The bill requires a county with either a population of 125,000 or more based on the most recent federal decennial census or the main campus of an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents 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.

Sponsors

Rep. Brett Barker (R), Rep. Chad Behn (R), Rep. Samantha Fett (R), Rep. Bill Gustoff (R), Rep. Austin Harris (R), Rep. Heather Hora (R), Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R), Rep. Shannon Latham (R), Rep. Judd Lawler (R), Rep. Ray Sorensen (R), Rep. Derek Wulf (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 30, 2025

  • Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R) · bobby.kaufmann@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Derek Wulf (R) · derek.wulf@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Adam Zabner (D) · adam.zabner@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 6 against

For: City of Waukee; Dr. Tanja Garrison; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Urban County Coalition; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 27, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
  2. January 30, 2025House subcommittee named: Kaufmann, Wulf and Zabner
  3. February 13, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 26, 2025Approved by the House committee
  5. February 26, 2025Committee vote: 15–7
  6. March 5, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 786
  7. March 21, 2025Withdrawn

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/91/HF127