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

SSB 1199: SSB 1199

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 required timing for notices regarding underground facility excavations. The bill modifies the definition of “excavator” to include a person acting under a contract with an excavator. The bill defines “forty-eight hours” to mean a period of time that is consecutive hours, but not including the hours on the date of notification, the hours on Saturdays or Sundays, or the hours of a legal holiday (48-hour period).m. The bill provides that a notice shall be valid for calendar days after the conclusion of the 48-hour period.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 28, 2023

  • Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
  • Sen. Eric Giddens (D)
  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Association of Water Agencies; Iowa Rural Water Association

In plain words

  1. February 28, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. February 28, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Giddens and Webster

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SSB1199