Concerning combined services of governmental units

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedApril 1, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeApril 1, 2025
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
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 provides governmental units the ability to combine their services and authority related to levying taxes, collecting taxes, and assessing property values or other applicable taxing methods by entering into an agreement pursuant to Code chapter 28E. “Governmental unit” is defined to mean a political subdivision of the state with the authority to assess, levy, and collect taxes, which includes but is not limited to a county, a city, a school district, or a township.

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 April 1, 2025. On April 9, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Rep. John H. Wills REmail
• Rep. Carter F. Nordman REmail
• Rep. Aime Wichtendahl DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§28E.45

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

Similar bills

• HF 720 Concerning combined services of governmental units
  91st General Assembly · In committee
  Nearly identical

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.