Designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2025
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 13, 2025
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   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. –
   Skipped: House committeeSkipped
6. ✓
   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 11, 202591–0
7. Next: To the Governor
8. 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 amends the definition of general county purpose to include the acquisition of vehicles or vehicle equipment for a county sheriff, county attorney, county jail facility, county maintenance department, county conservation department, or county public health department. Under Code chapter 331, a county board of supervisors generally must receive the approval of voters at an election in order to contract indebtedness and issue general obligation bonds to carry out a general county purpose.

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. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Dawn Driscoll REmail
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach DEmail
• Sen. Scott Webster REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§331.441

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

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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.

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