Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, and providing penalties
Sponsored by Sen. Tony Bisignano (D)
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 16, 2026
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- 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 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 provides for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities. The bill provides that a nursing facility resident or a resident representative, as applicable, may conduct electronic monitoring of the resident’s room through the use of electronic monitoring devices placed in the resident’s room pursuant to the bill. The bill specifies the consents that must be obtained for a resident to conduct electronic monitoring in the resident’s room, including from any roommate; the process to be followed if a roommate refuses to consent; the provision of notification to the nursing facility; the notification and consent form requirements; the responsibility for costs and installation relating to the electronic monitoring; notice to visitors; prohibited obstruction of electronic monitoring devices; immunity from liability, and licensee discipline; resident protections; and reporting requirements.
Read the full explanation
The bill also directs the department of inspections and appeals to prescribe the notification and consent form described in the bill and to make the form available on the department’s internet site.
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 16, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§135C.49§135C.50§135C.51§135C.52§135C.53§135C.54§135C.55§135C.56§135C.57§135C.58§135C.59§135C.60§135C.61
Amends§633.635
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
Tried before
91st General Assembly
Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title; check the text to be sure it’s the same idea.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 3 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2317 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2470 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 537 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2317 · nearly identicalCleared committee
- HF 2376 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same titleCleared committee
- HF 268 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 2057 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 378 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 2229 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- SF 537 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
- HF 664 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…91st General Assembly · In committeeSimilar
- SSB 3080 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageSimilar
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.