SF2026 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisors.(See SF 2341 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: SINCLAIR
Last action: 2026-02-16
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2341 . S.J. 298 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

A bill for an act relating to the approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisors.(See SF 2341 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisors.(See SF 2341 .)

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

2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2341 . S.J. 298 .
2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
2026-01-23 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/28/2026 3:30PM Room 217 Conference Room.
2026-01-13 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Webster, Guth, and Weiner. S.J. 67 .
2026-01-12 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Local Government. S.J. 39 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisors.(See SF 2341 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Senate

File

2026

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2026

BY

SINCLAIR

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

approval

and

publication

of

meeting

1

minutes

of

county

boards

of

supervisors.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

TLSB

5078XS

(2)

91

ms/js

S.F.

2026

Section

1.

Section

331.212,

subsection

2,

Code

2026,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

k.

Approval

of

board

proceedings

to

be

3

published

pursuant

to

section

349.18.

4

Sec.

2.

Section

331.504,

subsection

6,

Code

2026,

is

amended

5

to

read

as

follows:

6

6.

Furnish

a

copy

of

the

proceedings

of

the

board

,

as

7

approved

by

the

board,

required

to

be

published

as

provided

in

8

section

349.18

.

9

Sec.

3.

Section

349.18,

subsection

1,

Code

2026,

is

amended

10

to

read

as

follows:

11

1.

a.

All

proceedings

of

each

regular,

adjourned,

or

12

special

meeting

of

a

board

of

supervisors,

including

the

13

schedule

of

bills

allowed,

shall

be

published

immediately

after

14

the

adjournment

of

the

meeting.

15

b.

All

proceedings

must

be

approved

by

the

board

of

16

supervisors

before

publication.

Approval

must

occur

prior

to

17

adjournment

of

the

meeting.

The

following

information

shall

be

18

added

to

the

proceedings

after

approval:

19

(1)

The

approval

of

the

proceedings.

20

(2)

The

adjournment

of

the

meeting.

21

EXPLANATION

22

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

23

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

24

Under

current

law,

the

county

auditor

is

required

to

furnish

25

recordings

of

proceedings

of

the

board

of

supervisors

to

be

26

published.

All

proceedings

shall

be

published

immediately

27

after

the

adjournment

of

the

meeting.

28

This

bill

requires

the

proceedings

to

be

approved

by

the

29

board

before

the

publication.

The

approval

must

occur

prior

30

to

the

adjournment

of

the

meeting.

The

approval

of

the

31

proceedings

and

the

adjournment

of

the

meeting

shall

be

added

32

to

the

proceedings

after

approval.

33

-1-

LSB

5078XS

(2)

91

ms/js

1/

1