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HF20 • 2026

A bill for an act designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose.(See HF 380 .)

A bill for an act designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose.(See HF 380 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
COLLINS
Last action
2025-03-14
Official status
Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose.(See HF 380 .)

A bill for an act designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose.(See HF 380 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose.(See HF 380 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-14 Iowa Legislature

    Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .

  2. 2025-02-13 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 380 .

  3. 2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. H.J. 298 .

  4. 2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 298 .

  5. 2025-01-23 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  6. 2025-01-22 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 01/23/2025 12:00PM RM 103.

  7. 2025-01-15 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Determann, Bloomingdale and McBurney. H.J. 81 .

  8. 2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Local Government. H.J. 41 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose.(See HF 380 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

20

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

20

BY

COLLINS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

designating

the

acquisition

of

certain

vehicles

or

1

vehicle

equipment

as

a

general

county

purpose.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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H.F.

20

Section

1.

Section

331.441,

subsection

2,

paragraph

c,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

subparagraph:

2

NEW

SUBPARAGRAPH

.

(11)

Acquisition

of

vehicles

or

vehicle

3

equipment

for

a

county

sheriff,

county

attorney,

county

jail

4

facility,

county

maintenance

department,

county

conservation

5

department,

or

county

public

health

department.

6

EXPLANATION

7

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

8

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

9

This

bill

amends

the

definition

of

general

county

purpose

10

to

include

the

acquisition

of

vehicles

or

vehicle

equipment

11

for

a

county

sheriff,

county

attorney,

county

jail

facility,

12

county

maintenance

department,

county

conservation

department,

13

or

county

public

health

department.

14

Under

Code

chapter

331,

a

county

board

of

supervisors

15

generally

must

receive

the

approval

of

voters

at

an

election

16

in

order

to

contract

indebtedness

and

issue

general

obligation

17

bonds

to

carry

out

a

general

county

purpose.

18

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1285YH

(2)

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