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

SF 250: Creating a rural attorney recruitment assistance program, and making appropriations

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 creates the rural attorney recruitment assistance program. The bill requires the college student aid commission (commission) to establish a program for attorneys to assist rural counties and municipalities in recruiting attorneys. The bill requires each interested county or municipality to apply to the commission. The commission is required to conduct a county or municipality assessment designed to evaluate the county’s or municipality’s need for an attorney and the county’s or municipality’s ability to sustain and support an attorney before admitting a county or municipality into the program.

Sponsors

Sen. Annette Sweeney (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 17, 2025

  • Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
  • Sen. Doug Campbell (R) · doug.campbell@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 9 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Judicial Branch - Supreme Court; Iowa League of Cities; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Bar Association; Jefferson Fink; Justice Not Politics; Professional Educators of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 10, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
  2. February 17, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Garrett, Campbell and Winckler

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/SF250