HF380 • 2026

A bill for an act designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose.(Formerly HF 20 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Last action: 2025-03-18
Official status: Subcommittee: Westrich, Knox, and Webster. S.J. 567 .
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.(Formerly HF 20 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose.(Formerly HF 20 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Explanation of vote. H.J. 751 .
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Westrich, Knox, and Webster. S.J. 567 .
2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Local Government. S.J. 495 .
2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Message from House. S.J. 495 .
2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Explanation of vote. H.J. 638 .
2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. H.J. 607 .
2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature
Passed House , yeas 91, nays 0. H.J. 599 .
2025-02-13 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 317 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act designating the acquisition of certain vehicles or vehicle equipment as a general county purpose.(Formerly HF 20 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

380

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

380

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

LOCAL

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

20)

(COMPANION

TO

SF

97

BY

LOFGREN)

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:

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380

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.

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