Senate
File
252
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Enrolled
Senate
File
252
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
AUTHORITY
OF
COUNTIES
AND
CITIES
TO
REGULATE
RENTAL
HOUSING,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
331.304,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
13.
A
county
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
an
ordinance
or
regulation
that
prohibits
an
owner,
lessor,
sublessor,
managing
agent,
or
other
person
having
the
right
to
lease,
sublease,
or
rent
out
a
dwelling
unit
from
refusing
to
lease
or
rent
out
the
dwelling
unit
to
a
person
because
of
the
person’s
use
of
a
federal
housing
choice
voucher
issued
by
the
United
States
department
of
housing
and
urban
development.
Such
an
ordinance
or
regulation
in
effect
on
January
1,
2021,
is
void
and
unenforceable
on
and
after
January
1,
2023.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“dwelling
unit”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
562A.6.
Sec.
2.
Section
364.3,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
13.
A
city
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
an
ordinance
or
regulation
that
prohibits
an
owner,
lessor,
sublessor,
managing
agent,
or
other
person
having
the
right
to
lease,
sublease,
or
rent
out
a
dwelling
unit
from
refusing
to
lease
or
rent
out
the
dwelling
unit
to
a
person
because
of
the
person’s
use
of
a
federal
housing
choice
voucher
issued
by
the
United
States
department
of
housing
and
urban
development.
Senate
File
252,
p.
2
Such
an
ordinance
or
regulation
in
effect
on
January
1,
2021,
is
void
and
unenforceable
on
and
after
January
1,
2023.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“dwelling
unit”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
562A.6.
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
andis
known
as
Senate
File
252,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor