Relating to subscription cancellation requirements for newspapers designated for official publication, and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2025
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   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 24, 2025
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   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the House
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 requires a newspaper to comply with the requirements of C.F.R. pt. 425, relating to the cancellation of subscriptions, in order to be designated as a newspaper for the official publication of public notices. The bill takes effect upon enactment. The bill directs the Code editor to renumber the subsection enacted in the bill in conformity with 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1019, section 2, upon the effective date of that section of that Act.

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

Senate subcommittee

Named January 22, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen REmail
• Sen. Scott Webster REmail
• Sen. Janice Weiner DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§618.3

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