Relating to the grounds for removal of a local assessor and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2026
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2026
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2026
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   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

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

What’s in it

This bill modifies Code section 441.9, which governs the grounds for the removal of a local assessor by majority vote of the conference board to specifically include charges of failing to meet applicable employment standards or charges of unethical or unlawful conduct, if substantiated at a public hearing. The bill takes effect upon enactment.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named February 12, 2026 (as HSB 738). On February 17, 2026 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Steven C. Holt REmail
• Rep. Skyler Wheeler REmail
• Rep. Aime Wichtendahl DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§441.9

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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