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

SF 2106: Relating to residential rental property price fixing, and providing civil penalties

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 relates to residential rental properties price fixing. The bill defines a “landlord” as any person that owns, leases, subleases, or otherwise controls five or more residential rental properties in the state, or any that manages or operates residential rental properties on behalf of the person. “Algorithmic rent-setting system” (algorithmic system) is defined as software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or other automated tool used by a landlord to set, recommend, or adjust rent levels or occupancy levels for residential rental properties, based in whole or in part on nonpublic competitor data without independent individualized human review or decision making.

Sponsors

Sen. Liz Bennett (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Zach Wahls (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 28, 2026

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. January 26, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. January 28, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Petersen and Webster

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/SF2106