Bill Text: IA SSB3178 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate rental housing, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-20 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2368. [SSB3178 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB3178-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3178
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
EDLER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
authority
of
counties
and
cities
to
1
regulate
rental
housing,
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.304,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
13.
A
county
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
3
an
ordinance
or
regulation
that
prohibits
an
owner,
lessor,
4
sublessor,
managing
agent,
or
other
person
having
the
right
5
to
lease,
sublease,
or
rent
out
a
dwelling
unit
from
refusing
6
to
lease
or
rent
out
the
dwelling
unit
to
a
person
because
7
of
the
person’s
source
of
income
used
to
pay
rent,
including
8
a
federal
housing
choice
voucher
issued
by
the
United
States
9
department
of
housing
and
urban
development.
Such
an
ordinance
10
or
regulation
adopted
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
11
is
void
and
unenforceable
on
and
after
the
effective
date
of
12
this
Act.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“dwelling
unit”
13
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
562A.6.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
364.3,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
15
following
new
subsection:
16
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
13.
A
city
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
17
an
ordinance
or
regulation
that
prohibits
an
owner,
lessor,
18
sublessor,
managing
agent,
or
other
person
having
the
right
19
to
lease,
sublease,
or
rent
out
a
dwelling
unit
from
refusing
20
to
lease
or
rent
out
the
dwelling
unit
to
a
person
because
21
of
the
person’s
source
of
income
used
to
pay
rent,
including
22
a
federal
housing
choice
voucher
issued
by
the
United
States
23
department
of
housing
and
urban
development.
Such
an
ordinance
24
or
regulation
adopted
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
25
is
void
and
unenforceable
on
and
after
the
effective
date
of
26
this
Act.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“dwelling
unit”
27
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
562A.6.
28
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
29
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
the
authority
of
counties
and
cities
34
to
regulate
rental
housing.
The
bill
prohibits
a
county
or
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city
from
adopting
or
enforcing
an
ordinance
or
regulation
1
that
prohibits
a
person
who
has
the
right
to
lease,
sublease,
2
or
rent
out
a
dwelling
unit
from
refusing
to
lease
or
rent
3
out
the
dwelling
unit
to
a
person
because
of
the
person’s
4
source
of
income
used
to
pay
rent,
including
a
federal
housing
5
choice
voucher
issued
by
the
United
States
department
of
6
housing
and
urban
development.
Such
an
ordinance
or
regulation
7
adopted
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
the
bill
is
void
and
8
unenforceable
on
and
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
For
9
purposes
of
the
bill,
“dwelling
unit”
means
a
structure
or
10
the
part
of
a
structure
that
is
used
as
a
home,
residence,
or
11
sleeping
place.
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