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

HF 779: Permitting landlords to use security deposits to satisfy delinquent utility accounts

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

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 7 for, 13 against

For: Greater Iowa Apartment Association; Iowa Apartment Association (dba IaRPOA); Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities; Iowa Landlord Association; Iowa Real Estate Investors Association; Iowa Rural Water Association; Landlords of Iowa

Against: City of Cedar Rapids; City of West Des Moines; Common Good Iowa; Des Moines Water Works; Grow Clinton County; Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities; Iowa Association of Water Agencies; Iowa Environmental Council; Iowa League of Cities; Iowa Rural Water Association; Iowa State Bar Association; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska; and 1 more

In plain words

  1. March 5, 2021Filed in the House
  2. April 15, 2021Sent to the House Commerce committee

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/HF779