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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2320: Relating to contracts between a publisher and a library for electronic literary materials, and providing civil penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to contracts between a publisher and a library for electronic literary materials. The bill prohibits a contract or license agreement between a publisher and a library from precluding, limiting, and restricting the library from performing customary operational or lending functions.7. “Borrower”, “electronic literary material”, “library”, “loan”, “loan period”, and “publisher” are defined in the bill. The bill authorizes a contract or license agreement between a publisher and a library to limit the number of borrowers the library may allow to have simultaneous access to material.

Sponsors

Technology committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 2 against

For: Iowa Library Association (ILA)

Against: Association of American Publishers; RELX Inc.

In plain words

  1. February 14, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. February 14, 2024Approved by the Senate 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/90/SF2320