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

HF 501: Relating to school districts, including by modifying provisions related to school district dissolution proposals and election dates for school district mergers, consolidations, or dissolutions

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

What it does

This bill relates to school districts, including by modifying provisions related to school district dissolution proposals and election dates for school district mergers, consolidations, or dissolutions. Current law requires that elections related to school district mergers, consolidations, or dissolutions must be held, in odd-numbered years, on the first Tuesday in March, the second Tuesday in September, or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and in even-numbered years, on the first Tuesday in March, or the second Tuesday in September.

Sponsors

Rep. Ray Sorensen (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 25, 2025

  • Rep. Thomas Jay Moore (R) · tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Craig P. Johnson (R) · craig.johnson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Mary Lee Madison (D) · mary.madison@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 20, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
  2. February 25, 2025House subcommittee named: Moore, T., Johnson, C. and Madison

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/HF501