Relating to declaration of value and groundwater hazard statement requirements

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2025
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeMarch 4, 2025
4. ✓
   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 26, 202596–0
5. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
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

This bill creates an exception to the requirement to submit a groundwater hazard statement when submitting a declaration of value to the county recorder. The bill provides that when a declaration of value is submitted to a county recorder for a deed transferring distributions of assets to beneficiaries of a trust when conveyed without consideration, the submitter does not have to also submit a groundwater hazard statement.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment H-1158; see Amendments. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named March 31, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Jason Schultz REmail
• Sen. Matt Blake DEmail
• Sen. Mike Bousselot REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§558.69

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

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