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

SF 2232: Relating to the sale, lease, or rental of water treatment systems and including effective date and applicability provisions

Signed into law

What it does

This bill relates to the sale, lease, rental, or advertisement of water treatment systems. Under current law, it is an unlawful practice for a person to sell, lease, rent, or advertise the sale, lease, or rental of a water treatment system for which claims or representations of removing health-related contaminants are made, unless the water treatment system is performance tested by a third-party testing agency authorized by the department of public health or the manufacturer tested the system and the manufacturer’s data is accepted by a third-party evaluator which was approved by the department of public health; the water treatment system has met the performance testing requirements specified in the testing protocol; the water treatment system bears a label stating, “IMPORTANT NOTICE — Read the Manufacturer’s Performance Data Sheet” and is accompanied by the manufacturer’s performance data sheet, which includes general information about the water treatment system and performance and test data showing the contaminants certified to be reduced; and the consumer information pamphlet compiled by the department of public health is included with the water treatment system.

Sponsors

Commerce committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 22, 2022

  • Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R) · shannon.lundgren@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Charlie McConkey (D)
  • Rep. Carter F. Nordman (R) · carter.nordman@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

In plain words

  1. February 9, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. February 9, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 21, 2022Passed the Senate, 49–0
  4. February 21, 2022Arrived in the House
  5. February 22, 2022House subcommittee named: Lundgren, McConkey and Nordman
  6. March 1, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
  7. March 1, 2022Approved by the House committee
  8. March 22, 2022Passed the House, 94–0
  9. April 21, 2022Sent to the Governor
  10. April 21, 2022Signed into law

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/SF2232