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SF 169Renumbered as SF 578 · March 10, 2025

Relating to record access by members of cooperative associations providing utility service

Sponsored by Sen. Adrian Dickey (R)

Topics:Business & economy

Same legislation: SF 578

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Also covers SF 578.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2025
  3. Done: Senate committeeMarch 10, 2025
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became SF 578 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 578 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill provides that if a nonprofit cooperative association or cooperative association provides utility service to members, the most recent biennial report and financial information, including the budget and balance sheet, for the nonprofit cooperative association or cooperative association must be made available to a member within days of a reasonable request by the member. A nonprofit cooperative association means a corporate body composed of actual producers or consumers of the given commodity handled by the association, whose business is conducted for the mutual benefit of its members and not for the profit of stockholders, and for which control is vested in its members upon the basis of one vote to each member.

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A cooperative association is one that deals with or functions for its member and that distributes its net earnings among its members in proportion to their dealings with it, except for limited dividends or other items permitted in Code chapter 499, and in which each voting member has one vote and no more.

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

Senate subcommittee

Named February 5, 2025. On February 13, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§498.38§499.81

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

Lobbying

1 for · 4 against · 9 undecided · Who →

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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.

91st General Assembly

SF 169RenumberedSF 578Cleared committeefrom SF 169

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