Relating to city utilities including tenant notification

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2026
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2026
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   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2026
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 10, 202645–0
5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

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What’s in it

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. This bill includes as acceptable written notice a tenant’s notification to the city utility or enterprise of the tenant’s responsibility or the cessation of the tenant’s responsibility for utility charges when a landlord has an active rental license for a property.

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

Senate subcommittee

Named February 10, 2026. On February 16, 2026 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Mike Bousselot REmail
• Sen. Dawn Driscoll REmail
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§384.84

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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