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

SSB 1018: Relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies, and including effective date provisions

Became SF 75 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill concerns county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies. DIVISION I —— PLAN “THREE” COUNTY SUPERVISOR REPRESENTATION PLANS AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS. The bill requires a county with either a population of 125,000 or more based on the most recent federal decennial census or the main campus of an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents to use plan “three” for the election of county supervisors. _____ Plan “three” requires individual members of the board of supervisors for that county to be elected from single-member, equal-population districts.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 16, 2025

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dave Sires (R) · dave.sires@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Janice Weiner (D) · janice.weiner@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 6 against

For: City of Waukee; Dr. Tanja Garrison; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Urban County Coalition; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 16, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee
  2. January 16, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Sires and Weiner
  3. January 21, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. January 22, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 75

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/SSB1018