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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2296: Relating to broadband infrastructure installation pursuant to a public road right-of-way or municipality-owned conduit

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill prohibits a governmental body which exercises jurisdiction over roadways (agency) from requiring a public utility to place utility facilities within an agency-owned conduit as a condition of accessing a public road. An agency in control of a road must provide nondiscriminatory access to the road and nondiscriminatory access to an agency-owned conduit for projects related to broadband infrastructure. Current law is silent as to whether an agency can require a public utility to use an agency’s conduit as a condition of accessing a public road.

Sponsors

Information Technology committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 6 for, 10 against

For: AT & T; Iowa Cable and Telecommunications Association; Iowa Communications Alliance; Lumen; Mediacom Communications Corporation; Windstream Communications Corporation

Against: City of Coralville; City of Des Moines; City of Waukee; Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities; Iowa Cable and Telecommunications Association; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Iowa League of Cities; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Mediacom Communications Corporation; Urban County Coalition

In plain words

  1. February 8, 2022Filed in the House
  2. February 23, 2022Passed the House, 93–4
  3. February 24, 2022Arrived in the Senate

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2296