Iowa 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HF 2227 — A bill for an act relating to landlords and tenants, including rental property utilities, the definition of rent, and forcible entry and detainer actions.(See HF 2473.)

Last action — Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2473.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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How this bill changes current law

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The bill modifies landlord-tenant law by changing notice requirements for delinquent utility payments, redefining 'rent', adjusting security deposit rules, and clarifying court procedures for forcible entry and detainer actions.

  • Section 384.84, subsection 4, paragraph d, subparagraphs (1) and (2)

    A written notice shall contain the name of the tenant responsible for charges, address of the residential or commercial rental property that the tenant is to occupy, and the date that the occupancy begins.

    Landlords are no longer required to provide the name of the tenant responsible for charges in the notice to the city utility.

  • Section 384.84, subsection 4, paragraph d, subparagraphs (1) and (2)

    A change in tenant for a residential rental property shall require a new written notice to be given to the city utility or enterprise within thirty business days of the change in tenant.

    Landlords are no longer required to give a new notice to the city utility when a tenant changes.

  • Section 562A.6, subsection 10

    including base rent, utilities, late fees, and other payments made by the tenant to the landlord under the rental agreement.

    'Rent' is expanded to include utilities and late fees under the definition in landlord-tenant law.

  • Section 562A.12, subsection 3, paragraph a

    (4) To satisfy debts for a tenant’s delinquent utility account.

    Allows landlords to withhold from a security deposit amounts necessary to cover delinquent utility debts.

  • Section 648.5, subsections 1 and 3

    The requirement regarding the setting of the initial hearing in paragraph "a" is not a jurisdictional requirement and does not affect the court’s subject matter jurisdiction to hear the action for forcible entry and detainer.

    Clarifies that initial hearing time requirements are not jurisdictional in forcible entry and detainer actions.

  • Section 648.5, subsections 1 and 3

    In computing the time for completion of service, the first day shall be excluded and the final day shall be included regardless of whether the fourth day is a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday.

    Changes the method of calculating time for completing service by mail in forcible entry and detainer actions.

Action History

  1. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2473.

  2. Committee report, recommending passage.

  3. Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-0

  4. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/15/2022 11:15AM House Lounge 2.

  5. Subcommittee: Lohse, Jones and Meyer, B.

  6. Introduced, referred to Judiciary.

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

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Not signed on (149)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HF 2227?
HF 2227 is sponsored by Brent Siegrist (Republican).
What is the current status of HF 2227?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HF 2227?
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