HSB 77 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to the filing of complaints with the Iowa public information board.

This bill extends the deadline for filing complaints with Iowa's Public Information Board from 60 to 90 days after an alleged violation of open meetings (Chapter 21) or open records (Chapter 22) laws occurs or is discovered with reasonable diligence. It applies directly to citizens, taxpayers, the attorney general, and county attorneys who wish to report government transparency violations. The bill also requires complaints to follow specific timing, form, and content rules and mandates that all filed complaints become public records. The change aims to provide more time for individuals to submit formal complaints about government openness issues.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Mar 5, 2025
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Total actions
7
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Mar 5, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 768.
legislature
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0.
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Jan 23, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/30/2025 12:00PM House Lounge 2.
legislature
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Wilz, H., Smith and Wilburn.
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to State Government.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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