Relating to city civil service employees and related procedures and including effective date provisions

Sponsored by the Senate Local Government Committee

Topics:Cities & counties

Same legislation: SSB 1010, HSB 82, HF 641

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2025
Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
Done: Senate committeeFebruary 13, 2025
Done: Passes the SenateMarch 17, 202537–9
Done: House committeeApril 3, 2025
Done: Passes the HouseApril 17, 202581–12
Done: To the GovernorMay 19, 2025
Done: Signed into lawMay 19, 2025

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What’s in it

This bill relates to city civil service. The bill prohibits a city with a civil service commission established under Code chapter 400 from adopting, enforcing, or otherwise administering an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment, or using any other means, to establish a board or other entity for the purpose of citizen review of the conduct of officers as defined by the bill. The bill strikes language authorizing a city council to establish, by ordinance, the number of civil service commissioners at not less than three in a city having a population of more than 70,000.

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The bill requires a city council in a city having a population of more than 50,000 to establish, by ordinance, the number of civil service commissioners at not less than five and not more than seven. The bill modifies standards and procedures for the removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension of a city civil service employee. The bill modifies standards and procedures for appeals of such actions to a city civil service commission, including procedures and standards for hearings on such appeals and procedures applicable before such hearings are held. The bill also modifies standards and procedures for appeal of such decisions by a city civil service commission to the district court, including modifying the applicable scope of review and providing for reasonable attorney fees, expert fees, and costs and expenses to be awarded to a city civil service employee who substantially prevails in such an appeal. The bill takes effect upon enactment.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendments H-1235, S-3022, S-3008; see Amendments. Full bill text · What changed before it passed

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§400.22A

Amends§364.3 §400.1 §400.18 §400.19 §400.23 §400.24 §400.26 §400.27

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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.

Tried before

SF 2325Passed a chamber90th GA

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SSB 1010Cleared committee HSB 82Renumbered

91st General Assembly

SF 311Became lawSenate companion HF 641Didn’t advancefrom HSB 82

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This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

SF 2325 Relating to city civil service employees and related procedures and including effective da…
90th General Assembly · Passed Senate · same title
Passed a chamber

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