Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF416: A BILL FOR An Act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable
Status: In committee, February 28, 2025
An Act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
From the introduced text, February 13, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1160YH (7) cm/ns H.F. Section 1. Section 21.6, subsection 3, paragraphs a and d, Code 2025, are amended to read as follows: a. Shall assess each member of the governmental body who participated in its violation damages in the amount of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars and not less than one five hundred dollars. However, if a member of a governmental body knowingly participated in such a violation, damages shall be in the amount of not more than two twelve thousand five hundred dollars and not less than one five thousand dollars. These damages shall be paid by the court imposing it to the state of Iowa, if the body in question is a state governmental body, or to the local government involved if the body in question is a local governmental body. A member of a governmental body found to have violated this chapter shall not be assessed such damages if that member proves that the member did any of the following: (1) Voted against the closed session. (2) Had good reason to believe and in good faith believed facts which, if true, would have …
Sponsors
- Gary Mohr (R, 93) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Withdrawn. H.J. 871 .
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 706 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0. H.J. 447 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 447 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/19/2025 8:00AM RM 304.
- : Subcommittee: Siegrist, Smith and Wilburn. H.J. 349 .
- : Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 329 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 447 . (February 26, 2025): 23 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: public records, open records, open meetings
Common questions
- What is HF416?
- HF416 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
- What does HF416 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to open meetings and open records, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
- What is the status of HF416?
- In committee as of February 28, 2025. Latest action: Withdrawn. H.J. 871 . (March 31, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF416?
- Gary Mohr (R, 93).
- Where is the official record for HF416?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0416&ga=91
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