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IA SF2143

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/28/2026

Primary Sponsor

Annette Sweeney

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires the Iowa Board of Regents to use a presidential selection committee when electing university presidents, changing from optional ("may") to mandatory ("shall")
  • Limits committee membership to Board of Regents members only, who serve as the sole voting members
  • Mandates the committee recommend the most well-qualified candidates to the board, which must select a president exclusively from those recommendations
  • Authorizes committees to contract with executive search firms and use board-allocated funds for the selection process
  • Protects candidate identities as confidential under Iowa's open records law (Chapter 22), with disclosure permitted only through written agreement between all committee members and the candidate

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to selection committees for presidents of regents institutions.(See SF 2359.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2359. S.J. 306.

2/17/2026

Committee Referrals

Education1/28/2026

Full Bill Text

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