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

HF 466: Relating to contracts between a publisher and a library for electronic literary materials, and providing civil 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 contracts between a publisher and a library for electronic literary materials. The bill prohibits a contract or license agreement between a publisher and a library from precluding, limiting, and restricting the library from performing customary operational or lending functions.7. “Borrower”, “electronic literary material”, “library”, “loan”, “loan period”, and “publisher” are defined in the bill. The bill authorizes a contract or license agreement between a publisher and a library to limit the number of borrowers the library may allow to have simultaneous access to material.

Sponsors

Rep. Matthew Rinker (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 27, 2025

  • Rep. Megan Jones (R) · megan.jones@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Bob Kressig (D) · bob.kressig@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Shannon Latham (R) · shannon.latham@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 2 against

For: Iowa Library Association (ILA); Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

Against: Association of American Publishers; RELX Inc.

In plain words

  1. February 19, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Local Government committee
  2. February 20, 2025House subcommittee named: Wheeler, Kressig and Latham
  3. February 27, 2025House subcommittee named: Jones, Kressig and Latham

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/HF466