HF 2427 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to the request for redaction of personally identifiable information from electronic documents displayed for public access by county assessors and county recorders.

HF 2427 updates Iowa law to allow additional officials to request removal of their names from public online documents maintained by county assessors and recorders. Currently, law enforcement personnel can request this redaction; the bill adds U.S. Senators, Representatives, statewide elected officials, state legislators, and local partisan elected officials to that list. County offices must redact the requester's name from electronic documents displayed online upon such a request. This change directly affects those officials seeking to protect their personal information in public records.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2026 Last action Feb 18, 2026
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Committee
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Feb 18, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 16, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/18/2026 12:00PM RM 305.
legislature
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Watkins, Ramirez and Stone.
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Blaine Watkins
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