Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2353: A BILL FOR An Act relating to residential tenant responsibility for utility charges, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions
Status: In committee, February 18, 2026
An Act relating to residential tenant responsibility for utility charges, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to residential tenant responsibility for utility charges, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, February 17, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to residential tenant responsibility for utility charges, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6123XS (2) lh/jh S.F. 2353 Section 1. Section 384.84, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. A city or city utility shall not assess, certify, or collect unpaid utility charges as a lien against real property if the utility service was provided to a tenant who, under a rental agreement, was responsible for payment of the utility charges. Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 562A.9A Tenant responsibility for utility charges ---- enforcement. 1. For purposes of this section, "utility" means a public, municipal, or cooperative owned system that provides water, sewer, sanitary sewer, storm water, electric, natural gas, or other similar utility service to residential rental property. 2. If a utility service account is established in the name of a tenant, or if a rental agreement provides that the tenant is responsible for payment of utility charges, the landlord shall not be liable for any unpaid utility charges incurred by the tenant. 3. A utility shall not do any of the following to collect unpaid utility charges incurred by a tenant: a. Bill, charge, or seek payment from the landlord. b. Transfer or …
Sponsors
- Cherielynn Westrich (R, 13) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 314 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 301 .
Subjects: rental property, utilities, residential landlord and tenant act, civil procedure, landlord and tenant, fees
Common questions
- What is SF2353?
- SF2353 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to residential tenant responsibility for utility charges, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions.
- What does SF2353 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to residential tenant responsibility for utility charges, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions.
- What is the status of SF2353?
- In committee as of February 18, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 314 . (February 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2353?
- Cherielynn Westrich (R, 13).
- Where is the official record for SF2353?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2353&ga=91
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