Relating to the sale or lease of real estate by regulatory agency officials and employees to persons subject to the agency’s regulatory authority, and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2021
2. –
   Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeFebruary 17, 2021
4. ✓
   Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 17, 2021
5. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeApril 1, 2021
6. ✓
   Done: Passes the SenateApril 7, 202144–0
7. ✓
   Done: To the GovernorApril 30, 2021
8. ✓
   Done: Signed into lawApril 30, 2021

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to governmental ethics by prohibiting state regulatory agency officials and employees from selling or leasing real estate to persons subject to the agency’s regulatory authority unless certain conditions are met. Under current law, officials and employees of state regulatory agencies are prohibited from selling or leasing goods or services to individuals, associations, or corporations subject to the agency authority of which the person is an official or employee. However, this prohibition does not apply if consent for such sale or lease is obtained from the agency consistent with rules adopted by the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board; if the official’s or employee’s agency duties are not related to the regulatory authority of the agency over the individual, association, or corporation; if the selling or leasing of the goods or services does not include advocacy on behalf of the individual, association, or corporation to the agency; and if the selling or leasing of the goods or services does not cause the official or employee to sell or lease goods or services to the agency on behalf of the individual, association, or corporation.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed¹

Family tree

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

• HSB 620 HSB 620
  88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
  Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.