A bill for an act relating to the approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisors. (Formerly SF 2026 .)

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SENATE

FILE

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BY

COMMITTEE

ON

LOCAL

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SF

2026)

(As

Amended

and

Passed

by

the

Senate

March

10,

2026

)

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:

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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

in

one

of

17

the

following

ways:

18

(1)

Approval

by

the

board

at

the

next

board

of

supervisors

19

meeting

following

the

meeting

for

which

the

proceedings

are

to

20

be

published.

21

(2)

Approval

by

the

chairperson

of

the

board

of

supervisors

22

prior

to

the

meeting

following

the

meeting

for

which

the

23

proceedings

are

to

be

published.

24

Sec.

4.

Section

349.18,

subsection

3,

paragraph

a,

Code

25

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

26

a.

The

county

auditor

shall

furnish

a

copy

of

the

27

proceedings

to

be

published,

within

one

week

following

the

28

adjournment

approval

of

the

board.

The

county

auditor

shall

29

include

either

a

summary

of

all

resolutions

or

the

complete

30

text

of

resolutions

adopted

by

the

board

in

the

furnished

copy

31

of

the

proceedings.

As

used

in

this

subsection

,

“summary”

32

means

a

narrative

description

of

the

resolution

setting

forth

33

the

main

points

of

the

resolution

in

a

manner

calculated

to

34

inform

the

public

in

a

clear

and

understandable

manner

the

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meaning

of

the

resolution

and

to

provide

the

public

with

1

sufficient

notice

of

the

policy

stated

or

action

to

be

taken,

2

as

resolved

by

the

board

in

the

resolution.

The

narrative

3

description

shall

include

the

title

of

the

resolution,

an

4

accurate

and

intelligible

synopsis

of

the

essential

elements

5

of

the

resolution,

a

statement

that

the

description

is

a

6

summary,

the

location

and

the

normal

business

hours

of

the

7

office

where

the

full

text

of

the

resolution

may

be

inspected,

8

and

the

effective

date

of

the

resolution.

Legal

descriptions

9

of

property

set

forth

in

a

resolution

shall

be

described

in

10

full.

The

narrative

description

shall

be

written

in

a

clear

11

and

coherent

manner

and

shall,

to

the

extent

possible,

avoid

12

the

use

of

technical

or

legal

terms

not

generally

familiar

to

13

the

public.

When

necessary

to

use

technical

or

legal

terms

not

14

generally

familiar

to

the

public,

the

narrative

description

15

shall

include

definitions

of

those

terms.

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