Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch
Topics:State budget
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedApril 8, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeApril 8, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 relates to and makes appropriations to the judicial branch.1302(3) for certain purposes, payment of court-ordered juvenile services, and juvenile delinquent graduated sanctions services. The bill provides that a civil trial including a jury trial may take place in a county contiguous to the county with proper jurisdiction, even if the contiguous county is located in an adjacent judicial district or judicial election district, if all the parties in a case agree. If a trial is moved to another county that is located in another judicial district or judicial election district, the judicial officers serving the judicial district or judicial election district receiving the case shall preside over the case.
Read the full explanation
The bill permits a judicial officer to waive travel reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer’s county of residence to conduct official business. The bill allows a judicial officer to be placed on unpaid leave on any day a court employee is required to furlough. If a judicial officer is placed on unpaid leave, the salary of the judicial officer shall be reduced accordingly for the pay period in which the unpaid leave occurred. The judicial branch may use an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the salary reductions due to judicial officer unpaid leave for any purpose other than judicial salaries. The bill states legislative intent that the judicial branch utilize the Iowa communications network or other secure electronic communications in lieu of traveling.
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 April 8, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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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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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. A version became law.
- HF 2695 Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch, and including effective date…90th General Assembly · Withdrawn · nearly identicalDidn’t advance
- SF 563 Relating to the judicial branch, including appropriations to the judicial branch, apportio…90th General Assembly · Signed with item vetoes · very similarBecame law
Similar bills this General Assembly
- SSB 1233 Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch91st General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 648Nearly identical
- HF 2769 Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch91st General Assembly · Signed by GovernorNearly identical
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.