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IA SSB3128
SB
Status
2/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Local Government
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AI Summary
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Amends Iowa Code Section 384.84 to allow a tenant's direct notification to a city utility or enterprise to serve as acceptable written notice when the landlord has an active rental license for the property.
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Permits tenants to notify city utilities of their responsibility or cessation of responsibility for utility charges, eliminating the need for landlord-provided written notice in licensed rental situations.
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Covers utility services including sewer systems, storm water drainage, sewage treatment, solid waste collection, solid waste disposal, gas, and electric.
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Maintains existing deposit requirements: up to 90 days' cost for sewer/waste services and up to 60 days' cost for gas and electric services.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to city utilities including tenant notification.(See SF 2438.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2438.
2/19/2026