89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 2082: Prohibiting negative option billing practices in subscription contracts 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
This bill prohibits the practice of negative option billing. The bill defines “negative option billing” to mean a contract for a subscription for goods or services which is automatically renewed unless notice is provided by a customer to a seller to terminate the contract. The bill provides that a seller must provide customers with a clear and readable notice, either through writing, mail, or on a monthly statement at least days before the end of the contract, of the process by which a customer may renew a subscription to the seller.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named January 27, 2022
- Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
Lobbying · 1 for, 9 against
For: Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice
Against: ADT Security Systems c/o MultiState Associates Inc.; AT & T; Asurion, LLC; Entertainment Software Association (ESA); Iowa Broadcasters Association; Iowa Newspaper Association; Iowa Retail Federation; Motion Picture Association, Inc.; Verizon Corporation and Affiliated Companies
In plain words
- January 20, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
- January 27, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Klimesh, Bisignano and Brown
- February 2, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
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/SF2082