SSB 1090: Relating to contracts entered into by state agencies and including applicability provisions

What it does

This bill prohibits the inclusion of certain provisions in contracts entered into by the department of administrative services, the department of management or supported entities pursuant to Code chapter 8, subchapter XI (information technology), and any other state agency, and declares those provisions void if present in such contracts. The bill also provides that every state agency vendor contract shall be deemed to include provisions requiring the contract to be governed by Iowa law and for litigation related to the contract to be brought and maintained in the district court of Polk county, Iowa, or the United States district court for the southern district of Iowa sitting in Des Moines, Iowa.

Senate subcommittee · named February 4, 2025

• Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Art Staed (D) · art.staed@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 6 against

Against: Common Good Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; One Iowa; One Iowa Action

In plain words

1. February 4, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
2. February 4, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Bousselot and Staed
3. February 11, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
4. February 12, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 297