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

HF 895: Relating to regional transit districts

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

What it does

A regional transit district is a public transit district created pursuant to Code chapter 28E by one or more counties and participating cities to provide support for transportation of passengers by one or more public transit systems that may be designated as a public transit system under Code chapter 324A. Under current law, a regional transit district can be created by one or more counties, if at least one of the counties has a population in excess of 175,000, and participating cities through a Code chapter 28E agreement. This bill eliminates the county population threshold to be able to create a regional transit district with participating cities.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 24, 2025

Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Thomas Townsend (D) · thomas.townsend@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: City of Iowa City; Greater Iowa City, Inc.; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa League of Cities; Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce

In plain words

February 18, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Local Government committee · as HSB 193
February 18, 2025House subcommittee named: Jones, Wengryn and Zabner · as HSB 193
February 26, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 193
March 5, 2025Approved by the House committee · as HSB 193
March 5, 2025Committee vote: 16–1 · as HSB 193
March 7, 2025Filed in the House
March 7, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 895 · as HSB 193
March 19, 2025Passed the House, 91–5
March 20, 2025Arrived in the Senate
March 24, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Klimesh, Koelker and Townsend