Senate File 252 - Enrolled
Senate File 252
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES AND CITIES TO REGULATE
RENTAL HOUSING, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 331.304, Code 2021, is amended by adding
2 the following new subsection:
3 NEW SUBSECTION. 13. A county shall not adopt or enforce
4 an ordinance or regulation that prohibits an owner, lessor,
5 sublessor, managing agent, or other person having the right
6 to lease, sublease, or rent out a dwelling unit from refusing
7 to lease or rent out the dwelling unit to a person because of
8 the person’s use of a federal housing choice voucher issued by
9 the United States department of housing and urban development.
10 Such an ordinance or regulation in effect on January 1, 2021,
11 is void and unenforceable on and after January 1, 2023. For
12 purposes of this subsection, “dwelling unit” means the same as
13 defined in section 562A.6.
14 Sec. 2. Section 364.3, Code 2021, 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 of
21 the person’s use of a federal housing choice voucher issued by
22 the United States department of housing and urban development.
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23 Such an ordinance or regulation in effect on January 1, 2021,
24 is void and unenforceable on and after January 1, 2023. For
25 purposes of this subsection, “dwelling unit” means the same as
26 defined in section 562A.6.
27 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
28 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
______________________________ ______________________________
JAKE CHAPMAN PAT GRASSLEY
President of the Senate 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


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 331.304, 364.3
Enrolled: 331.304, 364.3