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

HF 2618: Eliminating the Iowa smart planning principles and other local comprehensive planning and development guidelines

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

What it does

1 enumerates the Iowa smart planning principles. The Iowa smart planning principles are principles that state agencies, local governments, and other public entities are required to consider and may apply during deliberation of all appropriate planning, zoning, development, and resource management decisions.1 and authorizes such city or county to include specified additional types of objective or program information concerning the action being taken by the city or county.2 and makes corresponding changes to other provisions of the Code.

Sponsors

Rep. Dean Fisher (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 10, 2026

  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Janice Weiner (D) · janice.weiner@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 6 against

For: VALOR Iowa

Against: American Planning Association Iowa Chapter; Dubuque Area Land and Water Legacy; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association (ICREA); League of Women Voters of Iowa; Professional Developers of Iowa (PDI)

In plain words

  1. February 19, 2026Filed in the House
  2. March 4, 2026Passed the House, 72–25
  3. March 5, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  4. March 10, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Driscoll and Weiner
  5. March 12, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  6. March 24, 2026Approved by the Senate 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/HF2618