Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2106: A BILL FOR An Act relating to residential rental property price fixing, and providing civil penalties
Status: In committee, January 28, 2026
An Act relating to residential rental property price fixing, and providing civil penalties.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to residential rental property price fixing, and providing civil penalties.
From the introduced text, January 26, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to residential rental property price fixing, and providing civil penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5238XS (4) lh/jh S.F. 2106 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 562C.1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Iowa Residential Rent Fairness and Anticollusion Act". Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 562C.2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Algorithmic rent-setting system" means software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or any other automated tool used by a landlord to set, recommend, or adjust rent levels or occupancy levels for residential rental property, based in whole or in part on nonpublic competitor data, without independent individualized human review or decision making. 2. "Landlord" means any person that owns, leases, subleases, or otherwise controls five or more residential rental properties in the state, or that manages or operates residential rental properties on behalf of the person. 3. "Nonpublic competitor data" means data regarding rent levels, lease terms, occupancy rates, or other proprietary information of other landlords or rental properties that is not publicly disclosed or available. 4. "Price fixing" means any agreement, arrangement, or understanding among two or more landlords or agents of the landlords that does any of the following: a. Fixes, stabilizes, raises, or …
Sponsors
- Art Staed (D, 40) · primary sponsor
- Molly Donahue (D, 37)
- Janet Petersen (D, 18)
- Liz Bennett (D, 39)
- Zach Wahls (D, 43)
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Driscoll, Petersen, and Webster. S.J. 159 .
- : Introduced, referred to Commerce. S.J. 139 .
Subjects: artificial intelligence, rental property, price fixing, technology, county attorneys, residential property, landlord and tenant, attorney general
Common questions
- What is SF2106?
- SF2106 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to residential rental property price fixing, and providing civil penalties.
- What does SF2106 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to residential rental property price fixing, and providing civil penalties.
- What is the status of SF2106?
- In committee as of January 28, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee: Driscoll, Petersen, and Webster. S.J. 159 . (January 28, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2106?
- Art Staed (D, 40), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SF2106?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2106&ga=91
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