HF 127 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to county supervisors, concerning county supervisor representation plans and county supervisor vacancies, and including effective date provisions.

HF 127 requires Iowa counties with populations of 125,000+ (based on the latest census) or those containing a state university campus to use "Plan Three" for electing county supervisors. This means these counties must adopt a specific representation map for supervisor elections, with new maps due by October 2025 for the 2026 general election. For supervisor vacancies, the bill mandates special elections in larger counties (125k+ population or university campuses) but allows appointments in smaller counties instead. The bill directly affects county governance structures in qualifying counties, altering both election planning and vacancy procedures.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Last action Mar 21, 2025
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Total actions
8
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Committee
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Mar 5, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 786.
legislature
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 15. Nays, 7. Excused, 1.
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 11, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2025 2:30PM House Lounge.
legislature
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Kaufmann, Wulf and Zabner.
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to State Government.
lower
11 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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