IA HF 259

died on adjournment

A bill for an act relating to public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IA HF 259 pass?

No. IA HF 259 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-06-16): Referred to State Government.

What is IA HF 259 about?

IA HF 259 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 259?

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT is the primary sponsor of IA HF 259.

Introduced: 2025-02-06
Latest action: 2025-06-16 — Referred to State Government.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-06-16
Referred to State Government.
referral-committee
2025-04-03
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2025-03-10
Explanation of vote.
2025-03-05
Read first time, attached to SF 388.
reading-1
2025-03-05
Message from House.
2025-03-04
Immediate message.
2025-03-04
Passed House, yeas 94, nays 1.
passage
2025-02-06
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

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Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-04 · pass · 94-1
Member-level votes (102)
- Amos: yes
- Jr.: yes
- Andrews: yes
- Baeth: yes
- Bagniewski: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Bergan: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brown-Powers: yes
- Cisneros: yes
- Collins: yes
- Cooling: yes
- Croken: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dieken: yes
- Dunwell: yes
- Ehlert: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Gjerde: yes
- Golding: yes
- Gosa: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Ingels: yes
- James: yes
- Jeneary: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Johnson, R.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Judge: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Konfrst: yes
- Kressig: yes
- Kurth: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Levin: yes
- Lohse: yes
- Lundgren: yes
- Madison: yes
- Matson: yes
- McBurney: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nielsen: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Olson: yes
- Rinker: yes
- Scheetz: yes
- Scholten: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Sieck: yes
- Siegrist: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Srinivas: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Thomson: yes
- Turek: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Wichtendahl: yes
- Wilburn: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Wills: yes
- Jacoby: no
- Gaines: absent
- Meyer, B.: absent
- Open: absent
- Shipley: absent
- Williams: absent

Related bills

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 259&ga=91

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