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

SF 2432: Eliminating a city’s ability to create a city board of health or a city health department, 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 transfers duties from local boards of health and local health departments to county boards of health (county boards) and district boards of health (district boards). DIVISION I —— HEALTH CARE DISTRICTS. The bill eliminates local boards of health and local health departments. Instead, each county must either create its own county board or join with any number of geographically contiguous counties, with approval from the department of health and human services (HHS), to form a district overseen by a district board.

Sponsors

Local Government committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named March 12, 2026

  • Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) · skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Blaine C. Watkins (R) · blaine.watkins@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D) · aime.wichtendahl@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 13 against

For: Protect My Innocence

Against: Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Hospital Association; Iowa Public Health Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Marion County Board of Supervisors; One Iowa; One Iowa Action; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa; and 1 more

In plain words

  1. February 10, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee · as SSB 3135
  2. February 10, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Driscoll and Hardman · as SSB 3135
  3. February 16, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as SSB 3135
  4. February 19, 2026Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2432 · as SSB 3135
  5. February 23, 2026Filed in the Senate
  6. February 23, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
  7. March 10, 2026Passed the Senate, 32–13
  8. March 12, 2026Arrived in the House
  9. March 12, 2026House subcommittee named: Wheeler, Watkins and Wichtendahl
  10. March 18, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
  11. March 19, 2026Approved by the House committee
  12. March 19, 2026Committee vote: 12–9

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/SF2432