Relating to drainage or levee districts, by exempting an application fee that may be charged to certain persons applying for an easement to install fiber optic cable, and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 2026
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 24, 2026
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeApril 15, 2026
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
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

, a county board of supervisors or board of trustees) may approve an easement on, over, across, or beneath the land of the district.186(1)). This bill provides that the governing body cannot charge an administrative fee for considering, approving, or disapproving an application for an easement to install fiber optic cable by a person whose business is primarily locally operated as a contractor or fiber optic network company. The drainage district may prepare and publish a list of local contractors and fiber optic network companies that will not be charged the administrative fee.

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

House subcommittee

Named February 24, 2026 (as HSB 754). On March 3, 2026 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Chad Behn REmail
• Rep. Eric J. Gjerde DEmail
• Rep. John H. Wills REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§468.186

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