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

SF 2093: Relating to accommodations in housing provided to persons with a disability-related need for assistance animals and service animals, and providing penalties

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 relates to reasonable housing accommodations for persons with assistance animals or service animals. The bill replaces the term “landlord” with “housing provider” in Code chapter 216. The bill provides that a housing provider make accommodations in its rules, policies, practices, and services for a person with an assistance or service animal that needs reasonable accommodations to afford the person equal opportunity to use and enjoy the dwelling. Under current law, a housing provider is only required to waive lease restrictions and additional pet payments for a person with an assistance or service animal.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Can’t be estimated

The fiscal impact of SF 2093 related to the creation of a simple misdemeanor cannot be estimated due to a lack of existing data. The estimated cost for one simple misdemeanor conviction ranges from $40 to $370. The estimated fine revenue from one simple misdem…

Senate subcommittee · named February 2, 2022

  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 12 for, 3 against

For: Eastlake Partnership; Exceptional Persons, Inc.; Greater Iowa Apartment Association; Hope Haven Area Development Center; Imagine the Possibilities; Iowa Association of Realtors; Iowa Manufactured Housing Association; Landlords of Iowa; Mosaic; Nishna Productions Inc.; One Vision; Village Northwest Unlimited

Against: Disability Rights Iowa; Iowa Association for Justice; National Alliance on Mental Illness - Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 24, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. January 31, 2022Sent to the Senate State Government committee
  3. February 2, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Dawson, Bisignano and Schultz
  4. February 16, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  5. February 18, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/SF2093