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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

SF 475: Relating to testing for and disclosure of lead levels in drinking water prior to the sale or lease of residential real estate

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

What it does

This bill relates to testing for and disclosure of lead levels in water prior to the sale or lease of residential real estate. The bill provides that rules adopted by the real estate commission regarding information in the disclosure statement delivered prior to transferring real property (property) shall require that the drinking water (water) at the property be tested for lead at a laboratory (lab) certified by the department of natural resources (DNR) to test water for lead, and that the results be attached to the disclosure statement.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 2, 2023

  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club

In plain words

  1. March 1, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. March 2, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Bousselot and Knox

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF475