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

SF 2340: Relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate the installation or use of battery-charged security alarm systems on nonresidential properties

Signed into law

What it does

3 provide limitations on the powers of counties and cities, respectively. This bill amends those Code sections to limit a county’s or city’s authority to regulate the use and installation of battery-charged security alarm systems under certain circumstances. The bill defines “battery-charged security alarm system” as an outdoor alarm system that interfaces with an alarm system in a manner that enables the outdoor alarm system to cause the connected alarm system to transmit a signal intended to alert the business and a monitoring station operator in response to a burglary or attempted burglary, is energized by a commercial storage battery not exceeding volts direct current and designed to periodically deliver voltage impulses to the outdoor alarm system, and includes a battery-charging device used exclusively to charge the battery.

Sponsors

Local Government (companion To Lsb 5630hv By Committee on Local Government) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 4, 2026

  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 1 against

For: AMAROK; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa League of Cities

Against: City of Des Moines

In plain words

  1. February 4, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee · as SSB 3112
  2. February 4, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Knox and Webster · as SSB 3112
  3. February 11, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as SSB 3112
  4. February 12, 2026Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2340 · as SSB 3112
  5. February 16, 2026Filed in the Senate
  6. February 16, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
  7. March 4, 2026Passed the Senate, 45–0
  8. March 5, 2026Took the place of HF 2516 on the House floor (the same legislation)
  9. March 5, 2026Passed the House, 85–1
  10. April 9, 2026Sent to the Governor
  11. April 9, 2026Signed into law

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/SF2340