Legislation / HF 2490

HOUSE FILE 2490 Signed by Governor

Public meetings and records, including public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body, supervision and fees associated with examining and copying public records, employment separation information for certain government employees, contractors, or appointees, and injunctions to restrain vexatious requesters

Sponsor   House State Government Committee Effective   07/01/2026 Formerly   HSB 578 Last action   Signed by Governor. H.J. 1166. — May 15, 2026 Full text   Iowa Legislature ↗
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Introduced
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Passed Subcommittee
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Passed Committee
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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both Chambers
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Signed by Governor

Lobbyist declarations

24 declarations filed on this bill
● 2 For ● 0 Against ● 22 Undecided

Related legislation

Part of a group of 6 related bills
HF 259 Public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body
Passed One Chamber
HSB 578 Public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body.(See HF 2490.)
Passed Committee
HSB 75 Public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body.(See HF 259.)
Passed Committee
SF 388 Public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body
Passed Committee
SSB 1087 Public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body.(See SF 388.)
Passed Committee
Date Chamber Action
2026-02-16 House Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 297.
2026-02-23 House Passed House, yeas 88, nays 1. H.J. 384.
2026-02-23 House Immediate message. H.J. 395.
2026-02-24 Senate Message from House. S.J. 375.
2026-02-24 Senate Read first time, referred to State Government. S.J. 375.
2026-02-26 Senate Subcommittee: Salmon, Townsend, and Webster. S.J. 418.
2026-03-04 Senate Subcommittee Meeting: 03/05/2026 11:30AM Room 315.
2026-03-05 Senate Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
2026-03-19 Senate Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. S.J. 607.
2026-03-19 Senate Amendment S-5116 filed. S.J. 607.
2026-03-19 Senate Placed on calendar.
2026-03-26 Senate Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 659.
2026-04-20 Senate Amendment S-5193 to S-5116 filed, adopted. S.J. 835.
2026-04-20 Senate Amendment S-5116 adopted, as amended. S.J. 835.
2026-04-20 Senate Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 0. S.J. 836.
2026-04-20 Senate Immediate message. S.J. 839.
2026-04-20 House Message from Senate. H.J. 948.
2026-04-20 House Senate amendment H-8389 filed. H.J. 953.
2026-04-22 House House concurred in Senate amendment H-8389. H.J. 980.
2026-04-22 House Passed House, yeas 89, nays 0. H.J. 980.
2026-05-01 House Explanation of vote. H.J. 1082.
2026-04-22 House Immediate message. H.J. 985.
2026-04-22 Senate Message from House. S.J. 877.
2026-05-06 House Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 1164.
2026-05-15 House Signed by Governor. H.J. 1166.

Vote Summaries

Date Chamber Vote Type
Total
By Party
Classification
Yea Nay NV Absent D Yea D Nay R Yea R Nay
2026-02-23 House Floor Passage 88 1 0 11 28 1 60 0 Bipartisan Support
2026-04-20 Senate Floor Passage 44 0 0 6 16 0 28 0 Unanimous
2026-04-22 House Floor Passage 89 0 0 11 28 0 61 0 Unanimous

Individual Votes

Floor Passage

Party Yea Nay Absent
D 28 1 4
R 60 0 7
vote_text name party district
Yea J.D. Scholten D HD-001
Yea Robert Henderson R HD-002
Absent Thomas Jeneary R HD-003
Yea Skyler Wheeler R HD-004
Absent Zachary Dieken R HD-005
Yea Megan Hess Jones R HD-006
Yea Wendy Larson R HD-007
Yea Ann Meyer R HD-008
Yea Henry Stone R HD-009
Yea John Wills R HD-010
Yea Craig Williams R HD-011
Yea Steven Holt R HD-012
Yea Travis Sitzmann R HD-013
Yea Jacob Bossman R HD-014
Absent Matt Windschitl R HD-015
Yea David Sieck R HD-016
Yea Devon Wood R HD-017
Yea Tom Moore R HD-018
Yea Brent Siegrist R HD-019
Yea Josh Turek D HD-020
Yea Brooke Boden R HD-021
Absent Samantha Fett R HD-022
Yea Ray Sorensen R HD-023
Yea Sam Wengryn R HD-024
Yea Hans Wilz R HD-025
Yea Austin Harris R HD-026
Yea Kenan Judge D HD-027
Yea David Young R HD-028
Yea Brian Meyer D HD-029
Yea Megan Srinivas D HD-030
Yea Mary Madison D HD-031
Yea Jennifer Konfrst D HD-032
Absent Ruth Ann Gaines D HD-033
Yea Rob Johnson D HD-034
Yea Sean Bagniewski D HD-035
Yea Austin Baeth D HD-036
Yea Barb Kniff McCulla R HD-037
Yea Jon Dunwell R HD-038
Yea Rick Olson D HD-039
Yea Bill Gustoff R HD-040
Yea Ryan Weldon R HD-041
Yea Heather Matson D HD-042
Yea Eddie Andrews R HD-043
Yea Larry McBurney D HD-044
Yea Brian Lohse R HD-045
Yea Dan Gehlbach R HD-046
Yea Carter Nordman R HD-047
Yea Chad Behn R HD-048
Yea Beth Wessel-Kroeschell D HD-049
Yea Ross Wilburn D HD-050
Yea Brett Barker R HD-051
Yea David Blom R HD-052
Yea Dean Fisher R HD-053
Yea Joshua Meggers R HD-054
Yea Shannon Latham R HD-055
Yea Mark Thompson R HD-056
Yea Pat Grassley R HD-057
Yea Charley Thomson R HD-058
Yea Christian Hermanson R HD-059
Yea Jane Bloomingdale R HD-060
Yea Timi Brown-powers D HD-061
Absent Jerome Amos D HD-062
Yea Michael Bergan R HD-063
Yea Jason Gearhart R HD-064
Absent Shannon Lundgren R HD-065
Yea Steven Bradley R HD-066
Yea Craig Johnson R HD-067
Absent Chad Ingels R HD-068
Yea Tom Determann R HD-069
Yea Norlin Mommsen R HD-070
Yea Lindsay James D HD-071
Yea Jennifer Smith R HD-072
Absent Elizabeth Wilson D HD-073
Yea Eric Gjerde D HD-074
Yea Bob Kressig D HD-075
Yea Derek Wulf R HD-076
Yea Jeff Cooling D HD-077
Yea Angel Ramirez D HD-078
Yea Tracy Ehlert D HD-079
Yea Aime Wichtendahl D HD-080
Yea Daniel Gosa D HD-081
Yea Bobby Kaufmann R HD-082
Yea Cindy Golding R HD-083
Absent Thomas Gerhold R HD-084
Absent Amy Nielsen D HD-085
Nay Dave Jacoby D HD-086
Yea Jeff Shipley R HD-087
Yea Helena Hayes R HD-088
Yea Elinor Levin D HD-089
Yea Adam Zabner D HD-090
Yea Judd Lawler R HD-091
Yea Heather Hora R HD-092
Yea Gary Mohr R HD-093
Yea Mike Vondran R HD-094
Yea Taylor Collins R HD-095
Yea Mark Cisneros R HD-096
Yea Ken Croken D HD-097
Yea Monica Kurth D HD-098
Yea Matthew Rinker R HD-099
Yea Blaine Watkins R HD-100

Floor Passage

Party Yea Absent
D 16 1
R 28 5
vote_text name party district
Yea Catelin Drey D SD-001
Absent Jeff Taylor R SD-002
Yea Lynn Evans R SD-003
Yea Tim Kraayenbrink R SD-004
Absent Dave Rowley R SD-005
Yea Jason Schultz R SD-006
Yea Kevin Alons R SD-007
Yea Mark Costello R SD-008
Yea Tom Shipley R SD-009
Yea Dan Dawson R SD-010
Absent Julian Garrett R SD-011
Yea Amy Sinclair R SD-012
Yea Cherielynn Westrich R SD-013
Yea Sarah Trone Garriott D SD-014
Yea Tony Bisignano D SD-015
Yea Renee Hardman D SD-016
Yea Izaah Knox D SD-017
Yea Janet Petersen D SD-018
Yea Ken Rozenboom R SD-019
Absent Mike Pike R SD-020
Yea Mike Bousselot R SD-021
Yea Matt Blake D SD-022
Yea Jack Whitver R SD-023
Yea Jesse Green R SD-024
Yea Herman Quirmbach D SD-025
Yea Kara Warme R SD-026
Yea Annette Sweeney R SD-027
Absent Dennis Guth R SD-028
Yea Sandy Salmon R SD-029
Yea Doug Campbell R SD-030
Yea William Dotzler D SD-031
Yea Mike Klimesh R SD-032
Yea Carrie Koelker R SD-033
Yea Daniel Zumbach R SD-034
Yea Mike Zimmer D SD-035
Yea Thomas Townsend D SD-036
Yea Molly Donahue D SD-037
Yea Dave Sires R SD-038
Yea Liz Bennett D SD-039
Yea Art Staed D SD-040
Yea Kerry Gruenhagen R SD-041
Yea Charlie McClintock R SD-042
Absent Zach Wahls D SD-043
Yea Adrian Dickey R SD-044
Yea Janice Weiner D SD-045
Yea Dawn Driscoll R SD-046
Yea Scott Webster R SD-047
Yea Mark Lofgren R SD-048
Yea Cindy Winckler D SD-049
Yea Jeff Reichman R SD-050

Floor Passage

Party Yea Absent
D 28 5
R 61 6
vote_text name party district
Yea J.D. Scholten D HD-001
Yea Robert Henderson R HD-002
Yea Thomas Jeneary R HD-003
Yea Skyler Wheeler R HD-004
Absent Zachary Dieken R HD-005
Yea Megan Hess Jones R HD-006
Yea Wendy Larson R HD-007
Yea Ann Meyer R HD-008
Yea Henry Stone R HD-009
Absent John Wills R HD-010
Yea Craig Williams R HD-011
Yea Steven Holt R HD-012
Yea Travis Sitzmann R HD-013
Yea Jacob Bossman R HD-014
Absent Matt Windschitl R HD-015
Yea David Sieck R HD-016
Yea Devon Wood R HD-017
Yea Tom Moore R HD-018
Yea Brent Siegrist R HD-019
Yea Josh Turek D HD-020
Yea Brooke Boden R HD-021
Yea Samantha Fett R HD-022
Yea Ray Sorensen R HD-023
Yea Sam Wengryn R HD-024
Yea Hans Wilz R HD-025
Yea Austin Harris R HD-026
Yea Kenan Judge D HD-027
Yea David Young R HD-028
Yea Brian Meyer D HD-029
Yea Megan Srinivas D HD-030
Yea Mary Madison D HD-031
Yea Jennifer Konfrst D HD-032
Absent Ruth Ann Gaines D HD-033
Yea Rob Johnson D HD-034
Absent Sean Bagniewski D HD-035
Yea Austin Baeth D HD-036
Yea Barb Kniff McCulla R HD-037
Yea Jon Dunwell R HD-038
Yea Rick Olson D HD-039
Yea Bill Gustoff R HD-040
Yea Ryan Weldon R HD-041
Yea Heather Matson D HD-042
Yea Eddie Andrews R HD-043
Yea Larry McBurney D HD-044
Yea Brian Lohse R HD-045
Yea Dan Gehlbach R HD-046
Yea Carter Nordman R HD-047
Yea Chad Behn R HD-048
Yea Beth Wessel-Kroeschell D HD-049
Yea Ross Wilburn D HD-050
Yea Brett Barker R HD-051
Yea David Blom R HD-052
Yea Dean Fisher R HD-053
Yea Joshua Meggers R HD-054
Yea Shannon Latham R HD-055
Yea Mark Thompson R HD-056
Yea Pat Grassley R HD-057
Yea Charley Thomson R HD-058
Yea Christian Hermanson R HD-059
Yea Jane Bloomingdale R HD-060
Yea Timi Brown-powers D HD-061
Absent Jerome Amos D HD-062
Absent Michael Bergan R HD-063
Yea Jason Gearhart R HD-064
Yea Shannon Lundgren R HD-065
Yea Steven Bradley R HD-066
Yea Craig Johnson R HD-067
Yea Chad Ingels R HD-068
Yea Tom Determann R HD-069
Yea Norlin Mommsen R HD-070
Yea Lindsay James D HD-071
Yea Jennifer Smith R HD-072
Absent Elizabeth Wilson D HD-073
Yea Eric Gjerde D HD-074
Yea Bob Kressig D HD-075
Absent Derek Wulf R HD-076
Yea Jeff Cooling D HD-077
Yea Angel Ramirez D HD-078
Yea Tracy Ehlert D HD-079
Yea Aime Wichtendahl D HD-080
Yea Daniel Gosa D HD-081
Yea Bobby Kaufmann R HD-082
Yea Cindy Golding R HD-083
Yea Thomas Gerhold R HD-084
Absent Amy Nielsen D HD-085
Yea Dave Jacoby D HD-086
Yea Jeff Shipley R HD-087
Yea Helena Hayes R HD-088
Yea Elinor Levin D HD-089
Yea Adam Zabner D HD-090
Yea Judd Lawler R HD-091
Yea Heather Hora R HD-092
Yea Gary Mohr R HD-093
Yea Mike Vondran R HD-094
Yea Taylor Collins R HD-095
Yea Mark Cisneros R HD-096
Yea Ken Croken D HD-097
Yea Monica Kurth D HD-098
Absent Matthew Rinker R HD-099
Yea Blaine Watkins R HD-100
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Date Time Type Location Description
2026-03-05 11:30 Hearing Room 315 Senate State Government Subcommittee
2026-03-18 09:30 Hearing RM 116 Senate State Government Committee