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

HF 2442: Authorizing the reduction of damages payable to an unresponsive property owner in condemnation proceedings and including applicability provisions

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

What it does

57 relating to providing the notices and documents required under Code chapter 6B, and the property owner fails to timely respond to all, but not less than two, such notices, documents, or other correspondence from the acquiring agency, the district court, or the compensation commission, the amount of damages awarded to the property owner shall be reduced by an amount equal to the additional actual costs incurred and additional reasonable attorney fees paid by the acquiring agency relating to the condemnation proceedings.

Sponsors

Judiciary (successor To Hf 81) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 15, 2022

  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)

Lobbying · 2 for, 1 against

For: City of Cedar Falls; Iowa League of Cities

Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club

In plain words

  1. February 16, 2022Filed in the House
  2. March 14, 2022Passed the House, 93–0
  3. March 15, 2022Arrived in the Senate
  4. March 15, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Boulton and Zaun

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/HF2442