Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF330: A BILL FOR An Act relating to awarding costs and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing party in a civil action and including effective date and applicability provisions
Status: In committee, March 3, 2025
An Act relating to awarding costs and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing party in a civil action and including effective date and applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to awarding costs and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing party in a civil action and including effective date and applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, February 17, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to awarding costs and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing party in a civil action and including effective date and applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1859XS (3) cm/jh S.F. Section 1. NEW SECTION. 625.30 Costs ---- attorney fees ---- prevailing parties. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in a civil action the court shall award costs and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing party. 2. This section does not apply to actions by or against the state, other governmental entities, or public officials acting in their official capacity or under color of law. 3. For purposes of this section, "prevailing party" means a party with a net monetary recovery, a defendant in whose favor a dismissal is entered, a defendant where neither plaintiff nor defendant obtains any relief, or a defendant as against a plaintiff who does not recover any relief against the defendant. If a party recovers other than monetary relief and in situations other than as specified, the court shall determine if a party is a prevailing party for purposes of this section. Sec. 2. LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS. The supreme court shall submit legislative proposals, in due course, to the senate and house of representatives standing committees on judiciary to amend the …
Sponsors
- Adrian Dickey (R, 44) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/26/2025 2:30PM Room 315.
- : Subcommittee: Webster, Blake, and Schultz. S.J. 327 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 278 .
Subjects: rights, iowa code, state house of representatives, supreme court of iowa, attorneys, civil procedure, tort law, state senate
Common questions
- What is SF330?
- SF330 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to awarding costs and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing party in a civil action and including effective date and applicability provisions.
- What does SF330 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to awarding costs and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing party in a civil action and including effective date and applicability provisions.
- What is the status of SF330?
- In committee as of March 3, 2025. Latest action: Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. (March 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF330?
- Adrian Dickey (R, 44).
- Where is the official record for SF330?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+0330&ga=91
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