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

SF 2505: Relating to licensing of service companies, motor vehicle service contracts, and residential service contracts, and providing civil penalties and including effective date provisions

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 the licensing of service companies, motor vehicle service contracts, and residential service contracts. The bill prohibits a person from issuing, offering for sale, or selling a motor vehicle service contract or residential service contract in the state unless the person is a licensed service company. The requirements of the bill do not apply to any person who provides support services. “Support services” is defined in the bill. A service company shall maintain a license for the entirety of any service contract that the service company has entered, unless otherwise ordered by the commissioner of insurance (commissioner) after a hearing.

Sponsors

Ways and Means (successor To Ssb 3057) (companion To Hf 2756 By Committee on Ways and Means) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 1 against

For: AARP Iowa; Iowa Insurance Division

Against: Service Contract Industry Council, Inc.

In plain words

  1. May 1, 2026Filed in the Senate
  2. May 1, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
  3. May 2, 2026Withdrawn

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/SF2505