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A bill for an act relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state bank.(Formerly HSB 95 .)

A bill for an act relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state bank.(Formerly HSB 95 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
Last action
2025-04-03
Official status
Referred to Commerce. H.J. 895 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state bank.(Formerly HSB 95 .)

A bill for an act relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state bank.(Formerly HSB 95 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state bank.(Formerly HSB 95 .)

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. 2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature

    Referred to Commerce. H.J. 895 .

  2. 2025-02-10 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 278 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to requirements for, and regular meetings of, the board of directors of a state bank.(Formerly HSB 95 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
House

File

311

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

311

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

COMMERCE

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

95)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

requirements

for,

and

regular

meetings

of,

1

the

board

of

directors

of

a

state

bank.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

524.601,

subsection

1,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

1.

The

business

and

affairs

of

a

state

bank

shall

be

managed

3

by

a

board

of

five

or

more

directors

eighteen

years

of

age

or

4

older,

a

majority

of

whom

shall

be

residents

of

the

state

of

5

Iowa

and

citizens

of

the

United

States

,

and

at

least

three

of

6

whom

shall

be

residents

of

the

state

of

Iowa

.

7

Sec.

2.

Section

524.607,

subsection

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

8

to

read

as

follows:

9

1.

The

board

of

directors

shall

hold

at

least

nine

10

regular

meetings

each

calendar

year.

No

more

than

one

11

regular

meeting

shall

be

held

in

any

one

calendar

month

At

12

a

minimum,

one

regular

meeting

shall

be

held

in

each

quarter

13

of

a

calendar

year

.

Unless

the

articles

of

incorporation

or

14

bylaws

provide

otherwise,

any

director

may

participate

in

15

any

meeting

of

the

board

of

directors

through

the

use

of

any

16

means

of

communication

by

which

all

directors

participating

17

may

simultaneously

hear

each

other

during

the

meeting.

A

18

director

participating

in

a

meeting

by

this

means

is

deemed

to

19

be

present

at

the

meeting.

20

EXPLANATION

21

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

22

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

23

This

bill

relates

to

the

requirements

to

serve

on

the

board

24

of

directors

(board)

of

a

state

bank,

and

the

regular

meetings

25

of

a

board.

26

Under

current

law,

a

board

consists

of

five

or

more

directors

27

18

years

of

age

or

older,

a

majority

of

whom

are

residents

of

28

the

state

of

Iowa

and

citizens

of

the

United

States.

Under

29

the

bill,

a

board

consists

of

five

or

more

directors

18

years

30

of

age

or

older,

a

majority

of

whom

are

citizens

of

the

United

31

States,

and

at

least

three

of

whom

are

residents

of

the

state

32

of

Iowa.

33

Under

current

law,

a

board

shall

hold

at

least

nine

regular

34

meetings

each

calendar

year,

and

no

more

than

one

regular

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meeting

shall

be

held

in

any

one

calendar

month.

Under

the

1

bill,

a

board

shall

hold

at

least

nine

regular

meetings

each

2

calendar

year,

and

at

least

one

regular

meeting

shall

occur

in

3

each

quarter

of

a

calendar

year.

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