Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to city utilities including landlord notification, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Local Government Committee
Topics:Cities & counties
Same legislation: SSB 3128
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2026
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2026
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 10, 202645–0
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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
Under current law, a city utility or enterprise service to a property or premises shall not be discontinued or disconnected unless prior written notice is sent by mail to the account holder in whose name the delinquent rates were incurred. If the account holder is a tenant, and if the owner or landlord of the property or premises has made a written request for notice, the notice shall also be sent to the owner or landlord. In the event that the account holder is a tenant, this bill eliminates the provision requiring the owner or landlord of the property to make a written request for notice.
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The bill requires the notice to be given to the owner or landlord when the tenant is days delinquent on payment, and at least days before the utility is discontinued or disconnected. Under current law, when a landlord has given written notice to the city utility or enterprise that a property is residential rental property and that the tenant is liable for the rates or charges for certain utilities, the property is exempt from a lien for delinquent rates or charges associated with the utility. The bill includes as acceptable written notice a form completed online, or sent by electronic mail, through the mail, or by facsimile transmission.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment S-5066; see Amendments. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named March 12, 2026. On March 18, 2026 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§384.84
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