Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to public records requests
Sponsored by the Senate State Government (companion To Hf 400 By Committee on State Government) Committee
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 that upon receipt of a public records request, the lawful custodian shall (1) promptly, as defined in the bill, acknowledge the request and provide the contact information of the lawful custodian’s authorized designee, (2) provide an approximate date for a response and an estimate of any reasonable fees associated with the request, and (3) inform the requester of any expected delay in production of the public record.
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 4, 2025 (as SSB 1086). On February 18, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
7 for · 0 against · 24 undecided · Who →
Family tree
Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 350 Relating to public records requests90th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
- SF 202 Relating to public records requests90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- HF 2330 Relating to public records requests91st General Assembly · Passed HouseNearly 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.