HF 843: Relating to landlords and tenants, including service animal requirements, rent late fees, forcible entry and detainer property disposal, and peaceable possession, and including applicability provisions

What it does

This bill relates to landlord-tenant law. The bill provides that the request of a person for an accommodation of a service animal must be reasonable under the circumstances and that the landlord can accommodate the person by relocating the person to another housing unit managed by the landlord. The bill provides that for rental agreements where rent is more than $700 but less than $1,400 per month, late fees shall not exceed $20 per month. Late fees for rental agreements where rent is at least $1,400 or more per month shall not exceed percent of the rent per day or percent of the rent per month.

House subcommittee · named March 23, 2021

• Rep. Dustin D. Hite (R)
• Rep. Anne Osmundson (R)
• Rep. Mary Lynn Wolfe (D)

Lobbying · 9 for, 7 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Eastlake Partnership; Greater Iowa Apartment Association; Iowa Apartment Association (dba IaRPOA); Iowa Association of Realtors; Iowa Landlord Association; Iowa Real Estate Investors Association; Landlords of Iowa; Veterans National Recovery Center

Against: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Iowa Apartment Association (dba IaRPOA); Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Council of the United Blind; Iowa Landlord Association; Veterans National Recovery Center

In plain words

1. March 17, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
2. March 23, 2021House subcommittee named: Hite, Osmundson and Wolfe
3. March 31, 2021Subcommittee recommended passing it
4. April 7, 2021Approved by the House committee
5. April 8, 2021Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 866
6. April 14, 2021Withdrawn