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

SSB 1144: Relating to home inspections, including persons authorized to perform home inspections and requirements for independent home inspection reports, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable

Became SF 460 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill prohibits a person from issuing an independent home inspection report, defined in the bill, unless the person is a home inspector, defined in the bill, an architect licensed pursuant to Code chapter 544A (licensed architects), or a professional engineer licensed pursuant to Code chapter 542B (professional engineers and land surveyors). The bill requires a home inspector to perform a home inspection, defined in the bill, with the degree of care that a reasonably prudent home inspector would exercise, which shall be based on the standards of practice and a code of ethics of a national home inspectors association.

Cost

See the fiscal note

Senate File 460 establishes new criminal offenses. Although the fiscal impact cannot be estimated, it is not anticipated to be significant. Figure 2 shows the average State cost per offense for a simple misdemeanor and a serious misdemeanor. The estimated impa…

Senate subcommittee · named February 18, 2025

Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R) · kerry.gruenhagen@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors; Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa Association of Realtors; Iowa Manufactured Housing Association

In plain words

February 18, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
February 18, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Gruenhagen and Knox
February 26, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 460
March 3, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it