Relating to county and city regulation of rental housing

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2025
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to county and city regulation of rental housing and federal housing choice voucher use. Under current law, a county or a city shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance or regulation that prohibits a person having the right to lease, sublease, or rent out a dwelling unit from refusing to rent out a dwelling unit to a person because the person is using a federal housing choice voucher. A “dwelling unit” means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place. The bill strikes this prohibition on counties and cities.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§331.304§364.3

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

• SF 2199 Relating to county and city regulation of rental housing
  90th General Assembly · In committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• HF 2273 Relating to county and city regulation of rental housing
  90th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identical
  Cleared committee

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.