Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to subscription cancellation requirements for newspapers designated for official publication, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R)
Topics:Business & economy
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 24, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary To be chosen as a place to publish official public notices, newspapers must follow specific federal rules about how they cancel subscriptions. This change affects newspapers that want to work with the government to print legal announcements.1
Read the official explanation
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.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 22, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.
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