Relating to county zoning of industrial and commercial businesses

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 26, 2026
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2026
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
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 prohibits a county from preventing an industrial or commercial business that operates or seeks to operate the business on and out of property in the county but outside the corporate limits of any city from storing items directly related to the business, regardless of zoning designation, when all of the following conditions are met: the business (1) uses a building to store the items; (2) does not have more than one location in the county located outside the corporate limits of any city; (3) is independently owned and operated; (4) does not have more than employees; and (5) owns the property from which it is operating and at which it is storing items.

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 February 10, 2026. On February 12, 2026 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Mark S. Lofgren REmail
• Sen. Izaah Knox DEmail
• Sen. Dave Sires REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§335.29

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