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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2181: Relating to rate-regulated utilities, including telecommunications and electronic transmission services

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

What it does

This bill relates to telecommunications and electronic transmission services.91 pertains to all alternative operator services. Alternative operator services companies are currently defined as nongovernmental companies that receive more than half of their Iowa intrastate telecommunications services revenues from calls placed by end-user customers from telephones other than ordinary residence or business telephones. The definition is further limited to include only companies which provide operator assistance, either through live or automated intervention, on calls placed from other than ordinary residence or business telephones, and does not include services provided under contract to rate-regulated local exchange utilities.

Sponsors

Commerce (successor To Hsb 65) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Utilities Commission

In plain words

  1. January 27, 2026Filed in the House

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/91/HF2181