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SENATE FILE 2341 Passed both chambers

The approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisors

Sponsor   Senate Local Government Committee Formerly   SF 2026 Last action   Message from House, with amendment S-5162. S.J. 731. — April 7, 2026 Full text   Iowa Legislature ↗
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Lobbyist declarations

9 declarations filed on this bill
● 0 For ● 1 Against ● 8 Undecided

Related legislation

Part of a group of 3 related bills
SF 2026 The approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisors.(See SF 2341.)
Passed committee
HSB 573 The approval and publication of meeting minutes of county boards of supervisors
Introduced
Date Chamber Action
Feb 16, 2026 Senate Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 292.
Feb 16, 2026 Senate Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 298.
Mar 2, 2026 Senate Amendment S-5037 filed. S.J. 437.
Mar 4, 2026 Senate Amendment S-5065 filed. S.J. 478.
Mar 10, 2026 Senate Amendment S-5089 filed, adopted. S.J. 533.
Mar 10, 2026 Senate Amendments S-5037 and S-5065 out of order. S.J. 533.
Mar 10, 2026 Senate Passed Senate, yeas 29, nays 17. S.J. 534.
Mar 10, 2026 Senate Immediate message. S.J. 536.
Mar 11, 2026 House Message from Senate. H.J. 634.
Mar 12, 2026 House Read first time, referred to Local Government. H.J. 638.
Mar 12, 2026 House Subcommittee: Golding, Watkins and Wichtendahl. H.J. 667.
Mar 17, 2026 House Subcommittee Meeting: 03/18/2026 8:45AM RM 102.
Mar 18, 2026 House Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
Mar 19, 2026 House Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 708.
Mar 19, 2026 House Committee vote: Yeas, 15. Nays, 6. H.J. 708.
Mar 19, 2026 House Placed on calendar. H.J. 708.
Mar 23, 2026 House Amendment H-8254 filed. H.J. 725.
Mar 26, 2026 House Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 760.
Apr 6, 2026 House Amendment H-8302 filed. H.J. 815.
Apr 6, 2026 House Point of order raised on amendment H-8302, ruled not germane. H.J. 815.
Apr 6, 2026 House Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8302, yeas 28, nays 64. H.J. 816.
Apr 6, 2026 House Motion to suspend rules failed. H.J. 816.
Apr 6, 2026 House Amendment H-8254 adopted. H.J. 816.
Apr 6, 2026 House Passed House, yeas 63, nays 29. H.J. 817.
Apr 6, 2026 House Immediate message. H.J. 819.
Apr 7, 2026 Senate Message from House, with amendment S-5162. S.J. 731.

Vote summaries

Date Chamber Vote Result Yea Nay Not voting Democrats Republicans Pattern
Mar 10, 2026 Senate Floor Passage Passed 29 17 4 0–17 29–0 Party Line
Apr 6, 2026 House Floor Passage Passed 63 29 8 1–27 62–2 Bipartisan Support and Opposition
Apr 6, 2026 House Rule Suspension Failed 28 64 8 28–0 0–64 Party Line
Party columns count yea–nay. Committee votes are not shown.

Individual votes

Shall the bill pass?
Passed 29 to 17 · Democrats 0 yea, 17 nay · Republicans 29 yea, 0 nay · 4 not voting
How each senator voted (50)
District Legislator Party Vote
1 Catelin Drey Democrat Nay
2 Jeff Taylor Republican Yea
3 Lynn Evans Republican Yea
4 Tim Kraayenbrink Republican Yea
5 Dave Rowley Republican Absent
6 Jason Schultz Republican Yea
7 Kevin Alons Republican Yea
8 Mark Costello Republican Yea
9 Tom Shipley Republican Yea
10 Dan Dawson Republican Yea
11 Julian Garrett Republican Absent
12 Amy Sinclair Republican Absent
13 Cherielynn Westrich Republican Yea
14 Sarah Trone Garriott Democrat Nay
15 Tony Bisignano Democrat Nay
16 Renee Hardman Democrat Nay
17 Izaah Knox Democrat Nay
18 Janet Petersen Democrat Nay
19 Ken Rozenboom Republican Yea
20 Mike Pike Republican Yea
21 Mike Bousselot Republican Yea
22 Matt Blake Democrat Nay
23 Jack Whitver Republican Yea
24 Jesse Green Republican Yea
25 Herman Quirmbach Democrat Nay
26 Kara Warme Republican Yea
27 Annette Sweeney Republican Yea
28 Dennis Guth Republican Yea
29 Sandy Salmon Republican Yea
30 Doug Campbell Republican Yea
31 William Dotzler Democrat Nay
32 Mike Klimesh Republican Yea
33 Carrie Koelker Republican Yea
34 Daniel Zumbach Republican Yea
35 Mike Zimmer Democrat Nay
36 Thomas Townsend Democrat Nay
37 Molly Donahue Democrat Nay
38 Dave Sires Republican Yea
39 Liz Bennett Democrat Nay
40 Art Staed Democrat Nay
41 Kerry Gruenhagen Republican Yea
42 Charlie McClintock Republican Absent
43 Zach Wahls Democrat Nay
44 Adrian Dickey Republican Yea
45 Janice Weiner Democrat Nay
46 Dawn Driscoll Republican Yea
47 Scott Webster Republican Yea
48 Mark Lofgren Republican Yea
49 Cindy Winckler Democrat Nay
50 Jeff Reichman Republican Yea
Shall the bill pass?
Passed 63 to 29 · Democrats 1 yea, 27 nay · Republicans 62 yea, 2 nay · 8 not voting
How each representative voted (100)
District Legislator Party Vote
1 J.D. Scholten Democrat Nay
2 Robert Henderson Republican Yea
3 Thomas Jeneary Republican Absent
4 Skyler Wheeler Republican Yea
5 Zachary Dieken Republican Yea
6 Megan Hess Jones Republican Yea
7 Wendy Larson Republican Yea
8 Ann Meyer Republican Yea
9 Henry Stone Republican Yea
10 John Wills Republican Nay
11 Craig Williams Republican Yea
12 Steven Holt Republican Yea
13 Travis Sitzmann Republican Yea
14 Jacob Bossman Republican Yea
15 Matt Windschitl Republican Yea
16 David Sieck Republican Yea
17 Devon Wood Republican Yea
18 Tom Moore Republican Yea
19 Brent Siegrist Republican Yea
20 Josh Turek Democrat Absent
21 Brooke Boden Republican Yea
22 Samantha Fett Republican Yea
23 Ray Sorensen Republican Yea
24 Sam Wengryn Republican Yea
25 Hans Wilz Republican Yea
26 Austin Harris Republican Yea
27 Kenan Judge Democrat Nay
28 David Young Republican Yea
29 Brian Meyer Democrat Nay
30 Megan Srinivas Democrat Nay
31 Mary Madison Democrat Nay
32 Jennifer Konfrst Democrat Absent
33 Ruth Ann Gaines Democrat Nay
34 Rob Johnson Democrat Nay
35 Sean Bagniewski Democrat Nay
36 Austin Baeth Democrat Nay
37 Barb Kniff McCulla Republican Yea
38 Jon Dunwell Republican Yea
39 Rick Olson Democrat Absent
40 Bill Gustoff Republican Yea
41 Ryan Weldon Republican Yea
42 Heather Matson Democrat Nay
43 Eddie Andrews Republican Yea
44 Larry McBurney Democrat Nay
45 Brian Lohse Republican Yea
46 Dan Gehlbach Republican Yea
47 Carter Nordman Republican Yea
48 Chad Behn Republican Nay
49 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Democrat Nay
50 Ross Wilburn Democrat Nay
51 Brett Barker Republican Yea
52 David Blom Republican Yea
53 Dean Fisher Republican Yea
54 Joshua Meggers Republican Yea
55 Shannon Latham Republican Yea
56 Mark Thompson Republican Yea
57 Pat Grassley Republican Yea
58 Charley Thomson Republican Yea
59 Christian Hermanson Republican Yea
60 Jane Bloomingdale Republican Yea
61 Timi Brown-powers Democrat Nay
62 Jerome Amos Democrat Absent
63 Michael Bergan Republican Yea
64 Jason Gearhart Republican Yea
65 Shannon Lundgren Republican Yea
66 Steven Bradley Republican Yea
67 Craig Johnson Republican Yea
68 Chad Ingels Republican Yea
69 Tom Determann Republican Yea
70 Norlin Mommsen Republican Yea
71 Lindsay James Democrat Nay
72 Jennifer Smith Republican Yea
73 Elizabeth Wilson Democrat Nay
74 Eric Gjerde Democrat Nay
75 Bob Kressig Democrat Nay
76 Derek Wulf Republican Yea
77 Jeff Cooling Democrat Nay
78 Angel Ramirez Democrat Nay
79 Tracy Ehlert Democrat Nay
80 Aime Wichtendahl Democrat Nay
81 Daniel Gosa Democrat Yea
82 Bobby Kaufmann Republican Yea
83 Cindy Golding Republican Yea
84 Thomas Gerhold Republican Absent
85 Amy Nielsen Democrat Absent
86 Dave Jacoby Democrat Nay
87 Jeff Shipley Republican Yea
88 Helena Hayes Republican Yea
89 Elinor Levin Democrat Nay
90 Adam Zabner Democrat Nay
91 Judd Lawler Republican Yea
92 Heather Hora Republican Yea
93 Gary Mohr Republican Yea
94 Mike Vondran Republican Yea
95 Taylor Collins Republican Absent
96 Mark Cisneros Republican Yea
97 Ken Croken Democrat Nay
98 Monica Kurth Democrat Nay
99 Matthew Rinker Republican Yea
100 Blaine Watkins Republican Yea
Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H–8302?
Failed 28 to 64 · Democrats 28 yea, 0 nay · Republicans 0 yea, 64 nay · 8 not voting
How each representative voted (100)
District Legislator Party Vote
1 J.D. Scholten Democrat Yea
2 Robert Henderson Republican Nay
3 Thomas Jeneary Republican Absent
4 Skyler Wheeler Republican Nay
5 Zachary Dieken Republican Nay
6 Megan Hess Jones Republican Nay
7 Wendy Larson Republican Nay
8 Ann Meyer Republican Nay
9 Henry Stone Republican Nay
10 John Wills Republican Nay
11 Craig Williams Republican Nay
12 Steven Holt Republican Nay
13 Travis Sitzmann Republican Nay
14 Jacob Bossman Republican Nay
15 Matt Windschitl Republican Nay
16 David Sieck Republican Nay
17 Devon Wood Republican Nay
18 Tom Moore Republican Nay
19 Brent Siegrist Republican Nay
20 Josh Turek Democrat Absent
21 Brooke Boden Republican Nay
22 Samantha Fett Republican Nay
23 Ray Sorensen Republican Nay
24 Sam Wengryn Republican Nay
25 Hans Wilz Republican Nay
26 Austin Harris Republican Nay
27 Kenan Judge Democrat Yea
28 David Young Republican Nay
29 Brian Meyer Democrat Yea
30 Megan Srinivas Democrat Yea
31 Mary Madison Democrat Yea
32 Jennifer Konfrst Democrat Absent
33 Ruth Ann Gaines Democrat Yea
34 Rob Johnson Democrat Yea
35 Sean Bagniewski Democrat Yea
36 Austin Baeth Democrat Yea
37 Barb Kniff McCulla Republican Nay
38 Jon Dunwell Republican Nay
39 Rick Olson Democrat Absent
40 Bill Gustoff Republican Nay
41 Ryan Weldon Republican Nay
42 Heather Matson Democrat Yea
43 Eddie Andrews Republican Nay
44 Larry McBurney Democrat Yea
45 Brian Lohse Republican Nay
46 Dan Gehlbach Republican Nay
47 Carter Nordman Republican Nay
48 Chad Behn Republican Nay
49 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Democrat Yea
50 Ross Wilburn Democrat Yea
51 Brett Barker Republican Nay
52 David Blom Republican Nay
53 Dean Fisher Republican Nay
54 Joshua Meggers Republican Nay
55 Shannon Latham Republican Nay
56 Mark Thompson Republican Nay
57 Pat Grassley Republican Nay
58 Charley Thomson Republican Nay
59 Christian Hermanson Republican Nay
60 Jane Bloomingdale Republican Nay
61 Timi Brown-powers Democrat Yea
62 Jerome Amos Democrat Absent
63 Michael Bergan Republican Nay
64 Jason Gearhart Republican Nay
65 Shannon Lundgren Republican Nay
66 Steven Bradley Republican Nay
67 Craig Johnson Republican Nay
68 Chad Ingels Republican Nay
69 Tom Determann Republican Nay
70 Norlin Mommsen Republican Nay
71 Lindsay James Democrat Yea
72 Jennifer Smith Republican Nay
73 Elizabeth Wilson Democrat Yea
74 Eric Gjerde Democrat Yea
75 Bob Kressig Democrat Yea
76 Derek Wulf Republican Nay
77 Jeff Cooling Democrat Yea
78 Angel Ramirez Democrat Yea
79 Tracy Ehlert Democrat Yea
80 Aime Wichtendahl Democrat Yea
81 Daniel Gosa Democrat Yea
82 Bobby Kaufmann Republican Nay
83 Cindy Golding Republican Nay
84 Thomas Gerhold Republican Absent
85 Amy Nielsen Democrat Absent
86 Dave Jacoby Democrat Yea
87 Jeff Shipley Republican Nay
88 Helena Hayes Republican Nay
89 Elinor Levin Democrat Yea
90 Adam Zabner Democrat Yea
91 Judd Lawler Republican Nay
92 Heather Hora Republican Nay
93 Gary Mohr Republican Nay
94 Mike Vondran Republican Nay
95 Taylor Collins Republican Absent
96 Mark Cisneros Republican Nay
97 Ken Croken Democrat Yea
98 Monica Kurth Democrat Yea
99 Matthew Rinker Republican Nay
100 Blaine Watkins Republican Nay
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Date Time Type Description Location
Mar 18, 2026 8:45 AM Hearing House Local Government Subcommittee RM 102
Mar 19, 2026 9:00 AM Hearing House Local Government Committee RM 19