SSB 3135: Transferring the powers and duties of local boards of health and local health departments to county boards of health and district boards of health, and including applicability and effective date provisions

What it does

This bill transfers duties from local boards of health and local health departments to county boards of health (county boards) and district boards of health (district boards). DIVISION I —— HEALTH CARE DISTRICTS. The bill eliminates local boards of health and local health departments. Instead, each county must either create its own county board or join with any number of geographically contiguous counties, with approval from the department of health and human services (HHS), to form a district overseen by a district board.

Senate subcommittee · named February 10, 2026

• Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Renee Hardman (D) · renee.hardman@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 13 against

For: Protect My Innocence

Against: Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Hospital Association; Iowa Public Health Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Marion County Board of Supervisors; One Iowa; One Iowa Action; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa; and 1 more

In plain words

1. February 10, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee
2. February 10, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Driscoll and Hardman
3. February 16, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
4. February 19, 2026Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2432