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

HF 786: Relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies, and including effective date provisions

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 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 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

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. March 5, 2025Filed in the House
  2. March 18, 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/HF786