HF 2276 — A bill for an act relating to the zoning of maternity group homes.

KHouse iFile m2276 R- eEnrolled yHouse nFile o2276 lAN dACT sRELATING OTO fTHE fZONING iOF cMATERNITY eGROUP oHOMES. f t h e G o v e r n o r A d a m G r e g g G O V E R N O R L T G O V E R N O R May 1,2024 The HonorablePaulPate SecretaryofStateofIowa StateCapitol DesMoines,Iowa50319 Dear Mr.Secretary, Iherebytransmit:

HouseFile2276,anActrelatingtothezoningofmaternitygrouphomes.BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveHouseFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.Section 1.

Sincerely,NEW KimSECTION. Beynolds Governor ofIow2 cc:

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Section 1, NEW SECTION.

414.27 Zoning for maternity group h o m e s .

a»a. ^Maternity group home" means a community-based residential home that provides room and board, personal care, supervision, training, support, and education in a family environment for women who are either pregnant or who have given birth within the preceding twenty-four months and live with their children, and includes overnight room accommodations and administrative and office space for those persons who provide s u c s e r v i c e s .

b,“Maternity '^Permittedgroup use"home” means thea samecommunity-based asresidential definedhome that provides room and board, personal care, supervision, training, support, and education in sectiona 1family 4environment .for women who are either pregnant or who have given birth within the preceding twenty-four months and live with their children, and includes overnight room accommodations and administrative and office space for those persons who provide such services.

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“Permitted use” means the same as defined in section 414.22.

"^Residential"“Residential” meaviQmeans the same as defined in section 1414.22. 4 .

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However, new maternity group homes owned and operated by public or private agencies shall be dispersed throughout the residential zones and districts and shall not be located within contiguous city block aareas. r e a s .

Any restriction, reservation, condition, exception, or covenant in any subdivision plan, deed, or other instrument of or pertaining to the transfer, sale, lease, or use of property in a city that permits residential use of property but prohibits the use of property as a maternity group home for new and expecting mothers, to the extent of the prohibition, is void as against the public policy of this state and shall not be giyfengiven legal or equitable effect.

c______________________________ ______________________________ PAT GRASSL^GRASSLEY AMY SI^SINCLAIR Speaker o^theof the House President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House PileFile 2276, Ninetieth General Assembly.

M______________________________ EMEGHAN GNELSON HChief EClerk Lof S O N C h i e f Clo f the HHouse oApproved u_______________, s2024 e______________________________ ApprovedKIM .REYNOLDS Governor

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