HF610 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to persons allowed to intervene in proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission.(See HF 944 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: THOMSON
Last action: 2025-03-12
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 944 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to persons allowed to intervene in proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission.(See HF 944 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to persons allowed to intervene in proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission.(See HF 944 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 944 .
2025-03-06 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 1. H.J. 549 .
2025-03-06 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 549 .
2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/05/2025 8:00AM RM 19.
2025-02-27 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Thomson, C., Holt and Meyer, B. H.J. 463 .
2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 439 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to persons allowed to intervene in proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission.(See HF 944 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

610

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

610

BY

THOMSON

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

persons

allowed

to

intervene

in

proceedings

1

under

the

Iowa

utilities

commission.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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H.F.

610

Section

1.

Section

476.33,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

5.

The

following

persons

are

entitled

3

as

of

right

to

intervene

in

any

proceeding

conducted

by

the

4

commission:

5

a.

A

member

of

the

general

assembly.

6

b.

An

elected

county

or

city

official.

7

c.

Any

resident

with

a

minimally

plausible

interest

in

the

8

proceeding.

9

EXPLANATION

10

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

11

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

12

This

bill

relates

to

persons

allowed

to

intervene

in

a

13

proceeding

under

the

Iowa

utilities

commission

(commission).

14

The

bill

creates

a

right

to

intervene

in

any

proceeding

15

conducted

by

the

commission

for

any

person

who

is

a

member

16

of

the

general

assembly

or

who

is

an

elected

county

or

city

17

official.

The

bill

also

allows

a

resident

to

intervene

in

any

18

proceeding

under

the

commission

if

the

resident

has

a

minimally

19

plausible

interest

in

the

proceeding.

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