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

HF 2427: Relating to the request for redaction of personally identifiable information from electronic documents displayed for public access by county assessors and county recorders

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

Under current law, a peace officer, a civilian employee of a law enforcement agency, a state or federal judicial officer, or a 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 in Congress, statewide elected officials, members of the general assembly, and local partisan elected officials to this list of people.

Sponsors

Rep. Blaine C. Watkins (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 16, 2026

  • Rep. Blaine C. Watkins (R) · blaine.watkins@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Angel Ramirez (D) · angel.ramirez@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Henry Stone (R) · henry.stone@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Bitches Get Stuff Done

In plain words

  1. February 12, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. February 16, 2026House subcommittee named: Watkins, Ramirez and Stone
  3. February 18, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it

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/HF2427