91st General Assembly
Concerning city ordinances regarding vegetation planted in residential areas by landowners including property along curb lines
Sponsored by Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Cities cannot pass rules that stop homeowners in residential areas with low speed limits from growing certain plants. If the speed limit is 25 miles per hour or less, people can grow plants up to 42 inches tall. Near the curb, plants can be up to 34 inches tall as long as they do not block a driver's view.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits a city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment that restricts an owner of real property located in a district zoned for residential use with a speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less from growing purposely planted vegetation that is 42 inches or less in height or, for that portion of the property abutting the curb line that may obstruct a motorist’s view, 34 inches or less in height.
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§364.3
Courts interpreting this law
- Eagle Rise Development, LLC, Troy Scott Wilbur and Alexander Scott Wilbur v. Iowa District Court for Clinton County
- Bryan C. Singer, Erika L. Nordyke, Beverly A. Van Dam, Joshua L. Dykstra, 3D Rentals, LLC, And DP Homes, LLC v. City of …
Opinions of Iowa’s appeals courts that cite this part of the Iowa Code.4
Lobbying
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