SF497 • 2026

A bill for an act concerning county and city administration, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 1105 .)

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: 2026-03-02
Official status: Amendment S-5038 filed. S.J. 437 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act concerning county and city administration, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 1105 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act concerning county and city administration, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 1105 .)

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Bill History

2026-03-02 Iowa Legislature
Amendment S-5038 filed. S.J. 437 .
2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Placed on calendar.
2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 319 .
2026-02-12 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-02-10 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 11:00AM Room 315.
2026-02-03 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee reassigned: Webster, Quirmbach, and Sires. S.J. 189 .
2026-01-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Webster, Hardman, and Sires. S.J. 141 .
2026-01-26 Iowa Legislature
* * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *
2025-06-16 Iowa Legislature
Referred to Local Government. S.J. 1057 .
2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 408 .
2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 401 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act concerning county and city administration, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 1105 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

497

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

497

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

LOCAL

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SSB

1105)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

concerning

county

and

city

administration,

and

including

1

effective

date

and

applicability

provisions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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497

Section

1.

Section

331.301,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

27.

A

board

of

supervisors

shall

3

only

discharge

from

employment

the

county

manager,

county

4

administrator,

or

similar

county

executive,

even

if

a

different

5

nomenclature

is

used

to

describe

the

position,

by

the

adoption

6

of

a

motion

or

resolution

upon

a

majority

vote

of

the

board.

7

Sec.

2.

Section

364.2,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

8

following

new

subsection:

9

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

7.

A

city

council

shall

only

discharge

10

from

employment

the

city

manager,

city

administrator,

or

11

similar

city

executive,

even

if

a

different

nomenclature

is

12

used

to

describe

the

position,

by

the

adoption

of

a

motion

or

13

resolution

upon

a

majority

vote

of

the

council.

14

Sec.

3.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

15

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

16

Sec.

4.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

new

employment

17

contracts

and

the

renewal

of

an

existing

employment

contract

18

for

a

city

manager,

city

administrator,

or

similar

city

19

executive

or

a

county

manager,

county

administrator,

or

similar

20

county

executive,

even

if

a

different

nomenclature

is

used

to

21

describe

the

position,

entered

into

on

or

after

the

effective

22

date

of

this

Act.

23

EXPLANATION

24

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

25

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

26

This

bill

provides

that

a

county

board

of

supervisors

27

or

a

city

council

shall

only

discharge

from

employment

the

28

county

manager,

county

administrator,

city

manager,

city

29

administrator,

or

similar

county

or

city

executive,

even

if

30

a

different

nomenclature

is

used

to

describe

the

position,

31

by

motion

or

resolution

with

a

majority

vote

of

the

board

or

32

council,

respectively.

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