A bill for an act relating to selection committees for presidents of regents institutions.

This bill requires Iowa's regents university boards to use a presidential selection committee when hiring presidents, making it mandatory rather than optional under current law. Only board members serve as voting members on the committee, which must recommend the most qualified candidates to the board, and the board can only select a president from this list. The committee may hire executive search firms and use allocated funds for the process, while keeping candidate identities confidential unless disclosed by written agreement. It directly affects the hiring process for presidents of Iowa's public universities governed by the Board of Regents.