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

HF 2061: Relating to the request for redaction of personally identifiable information from electronic documents displayed for public access by county assessors and county recorders

Became HF 2255 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

Under current law, a peace officer, a civilian employee of a law enforcement agency, a state or federal judicial officer, or state or federal prosecutor may request their name be redacted from documents made public by the county assessor or county recorder. This bill adds United States senators, representatives to Congress, statewide elected officials, and members of the general assembly to this list of people. The bill requires the secretary of the state to submit recommendations to the general assembly on how to protect information containing the personal residence of those seeking election while at the same time verifying the candidate’s place of residences for the purpose of meeting any applicable residency requirement. The recommendations are to be submitted before November 1, 2026.

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 15, 2026

Rep. Craig Steven Williams (R) · craig.williams@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Cindy Golding (R) · cindy.golding@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D) · aime.wichtendahl@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 1 against

For: Responsive Policy Solutions

Against: Bitches Get Stuff Done

In plain words

January 14, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Local Government committee
January 15, 2026House subcommittee named: Williams, Golding and Wichtendahl
January 22, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
January 29, 2026Approved by the House committee
January 29, 2026Committee vote: 20–0
January 30, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2255
March 2, 2026Withdrawn