House File 2490 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2490 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 578) A BILL FOR An Act relating to public notice requirements for meetings of a 1 governmental body. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5469HV (1) 91 lh/ns

H.F. 2490 Section 1. Section 21.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. Except as provided in subsection 3 , a governmental body 3 shall give notice of the time, date, and place of each meeting , 4 including a reconvened meeting of the governmental body, and 5 the tentative agenda of the meeting, in a manner reasonably 6 calculated to apprise the public of that information. 7 Reasonable 8 (1) Giving notice under this paragraph shall include 9 advising all of the following: 10 (a) Advising the news media who have filed a request for 11 notice with the governmental body and posting . 12 (b) Posting the notice on a bulletin board or other in a 13 prominent and conspicuous place which is easily accessible 14 to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the 15 principal office of the body holding the meeting, or if no such 16 office exists, at the building in which the meeting is to be 17 held annually designated for such purposes by the governmental 18 body, in a manner such that the notice is visible at all times . 19 (c) Posting the notice on any internet site owned or 20 maintained and regularly updated by the governmental body or 21 other internet presence moderated by the governmental body, if 22 applicable. 23 (2) If a tentative agenda has been posted and is amended 24 within the time frame established in subsection 2, paragraph 25 “a” , the governmental body shall mark the agenda “AMENDED” 26 and identify the amended provisions. Upon amendment, the 27 governmental body shall give notice in accordance with 28 subparagraph (1). 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill relates to public notice requirements for meetings 33 of a governmental body. The bill requires the act of giving 34 notice of a meeting of a governmental body to include (1) 35 -1- LSB 5469HV (1) 91 lh/ns 1/ 2

H.F. 2490 advising the news media who have filed a request for notice 1 with the governmental body as provided under current law, (2) 2 posting the notice in a prominent and conspicuous place that 3 is designated annually by the governmental body, in a manner 4 such that the notice is visible at all times, and (3) posting 5 the notice on any associated internet site as specified in the 6 bill. If a tentative agenda has been posted and is amended, 7 the amended agenda shall be marked “AMENDED”, the amended 8 provisions identified, and a new notice provided. 9 By operation of law, notice for electronic meetings 10 of governmental bodies as provided in Code section 21.8 11 (electronic meetings) shall comply with the notice requirements 12 in Code section 21.4 (public notice). In addition, the bill 13 applies to notices for public appointment and employment under 14 Code section 35C.1 (veterans preference —— appointments and 15 employment —— applications) and notices for whole grade sharing 16 agreements under Code section 282.11 (procedure for whole grade 17 sharing agreements). 18 -2- LSB 5469HV (1) 91 lh/ns 2/ 2