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

SF 97: Designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose

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 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.

Sponsors

Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 4, 2025

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Dr. Tanja Garrison; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association

In plain words

  1. January 22, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee
  2. February 4, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Quirmbach and Webster

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/SF97