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

SF 121: Relating to subscription cancellation requirements for newspapers designated for official publication, and including effective date provisions

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 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.

Sponsors

Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 22, 2026

  • Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R) · kerry.gruenhagen@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Janice Weiner (D) · janice.weiner@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. January 23, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. January 27, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Gruenhagen, De Witt and Trone Garriott
  3. February 4, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 24, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
  5. June 16, 2025Sent to the Senate Commerce committee
  6. January 22, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Gruenhagen, Webster and Weiner

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/SF121