HF2025 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to historical resource research centers.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: ZABNER, KAUFMANN, THOMSON and JACOBY
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 44 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to historical resource research centers.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to historical resource research centers.

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Bill History

2026-01-13 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 44 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to historical resource research centers.

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House

File

2025

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2025

BY

ZABNER

,

KAUFMANN

,

THOMSON

,

and

JACOBY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

historical

resource

research

centers.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

2

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2025

Section

1.

Section

8A.707,

subsection

2,

paragraph

b,

Code

1

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

b.

Maintain

adequately

staffed

research

centers

that

are

3

open

to

the

public

in

buildings

located

in

Des

Moines

and

Iowa

4

City.

5

EXPLANATION

6

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

7

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

8

This

bill

specifies

that

the

historical

resource

research

9

centers

that

the

department

of

administrative

services

must

10

maintain

under

current

law

in

Des

Moines

and

Iowa

City

must

be

11

in

buildings

located

in

those

cities,

adequately

staffed,

and

12

open

to

the

public.

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