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Concerning county and city administration, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Local Government Committee
Topics:Cities & counties
Same legislation: SSB 1105
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 6, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 3, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Local city councils and county boards must now use a formal vote to fire their top managers or administrators. This rule applies even if the job has a different official title.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides that a county board of supervisors or a city council shall only discharge from employment the county manager, county administrator, city manager, city administrator, or similar county or city executive, even if a different nomenclature is used to describe the position, by motion or resolution with a majority vote of the board or council, respectively.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 3, 2026. On February 12, 2026 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
2 written public comments to its subcommittee: February 12, 2026 (1), February 12, 2026 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
Iowa Code it changes
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