Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2567: A BILL FOR An Act creating the Iowa state archives and records authority, providing penalties, and making appropriations
Status: In committee, February 17, 2026
An Act creating the Iowa state archives and records authority, providing penalties, and making appropriations.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act creating the Iowa state archives and records authority, providing penalties, and making appropriations.
From the introduced text, February 17, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act creating the Iowa state archives and records authority, providing penalties, and making appropriations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6807HH (4) sc/ns H.F. 2567 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 7I.1 Legislative findings. The general assembly finds that the industrial, cultural, political, agricultural, and digital history of Iowa must be preserved for future generations and that Iowa's historical records are a public asset requiring professional and independent management. Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 7I.2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Agency" means any executive or legislative branch department, office, commission, board, or other unit of state government except as otherwise excluded under this chapter. 2. "Archives" means records that have been appraised by the state records commission as having sufficient historical, research, evidential, or informational value to warrant permanent preservation and that have been transferred to the custody of the state archives. 3. "Authority" means the Iowa state archives and records authority. 4. "Commission" means the state records commission created in section 7I.6. 5. "Custody" means guardianship or control of records, including both physical possession, referred to as physical custody, and legal responsibility, referred to as legal custody, unless one or the other is specified. 6. "Government records program" means a systematic state government program …
Sponsors
- Charley Thomson (R, 58) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 316 .
Subjects: historical resources, records and publications, state of iowa
Common questions
- What is HF2567?
- HF2567 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act creating the Iowa state archives and records authority, providing penalties, and making appropriations.
- What does HF2567 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act creating the Iowa state archives and records authority, providing penalties, and making appropriations.
- What is the status of HF2567?
- In committee as of February 17, 2026. Latest action: Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 316 . (February 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2567?
- Charley Thomson (R, 58).
- Where is the official record for HF2567?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2567&ga=91
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