Relating to the regulation of short-term rental properties by counties and cities

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 20, 2025
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. 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 relates to the regulation of short-term rental properties by counties and cities. Current law prohibits a county or city from adopting or enforcing a regulation, restriction, or other ordinance, including a conditional use permit requirement, relating to short-term rental properties within the county or city. Current law also prohibits a county or city from requiring a license or permit fee for a short-term rental property in the jurisdiction. The bill applies these prohibitions only to counties and cities with a population greater than 75,000.

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 20, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Dawn Driscoll REmail
• Sen. Scott Webster REmail
• Sen. Janice Weiner DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§331.301§414.1

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

• HF 296 Relating to the regulation of short-term rental properties by counties and cities
  90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same title
  Cleared committee
• SF 2123 Relating to the regulation of short-term rental properties by counties and cities
  90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same title
  Cleared committee
• SF 347 Relating to the regulation of short-term rental properties by counties and cities
  90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same title
  Cleared committee

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.