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

HF 2317: Relating to real property, including the removal of unauthorized persons and trespass, and providing penalties

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 real property owners’ rights against unauthorized occupants and modifies the definition of trespass. The bill allows a real property owner to submit to law enforcement a complaint to remove unauthorized persons occupying the owner’s real property if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the requesting person is the real property owner or the property owner’s authorized agent, (2) the person entering, remaining upon, or occupying the real property is not authorized to be there, (3) the unauthorized person has been notified that they are not permitted to be on the real property, (4) the unauthorized person is not a current or former tenant, (5) the unauthorized person is not an immediate family member of the owner, and (6) there is no pending litigation relating to the real property between the property owner and the unauthorized person.

Sponsors

Rep. Daniel Gosa (D), Rep. Craig P. Johnson (R), Rep. David Sieck (R), Rep. Brent Siegrist (R), Rep. Craig Steven Williams (R), Rep. Devon Wood (R), Rep. David E. Young (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 6, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary 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/91/HF2317