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

SF 497: Concerning county and city administration, and including effective date and applicability 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 provides that a county board of supervisors or a city council shall only discharge from employment the county manager, county administrator, city manager, city administrator, or similar county or city executive, even if a different nomenclature is used to describe the position, by motion or resolution with a majority vote of the board or council, respectively.

Sponsors

Local Government committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 3, 2026

  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dave Sires (R) · dave.sires@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 6, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee · as SSB 1105
  2. February 6, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Westrich, Driscoll and Wahls · as SSB 1105
  3. February 18, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes · as SSB 1105
  4. March 3, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 497 · as SSB 1105
  5. March 4, 2025Filed in the Senate
  6. March 4, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
  7. June 16, 2025Sent to the Senate Local Government committee
  8. January 13, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Sires, Wahls and Webster · as SSB 1105
  9. January 26, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Hardman and Sires
  10. January 26, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Sires, Hardman and Webster · as SSB 1105
  11. February 3, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Quirmbach and Sires
  12. February 12, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
  13. February 18, 2026Approved by the Senate committee

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/SF497