HF159 • 2026

A bill for an act concerning city ordinances regarding vegetation planted in residential areas by landowners.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: BAGNIEWSKI
Last action: 2025-01-30
Official status: Introduced, referred to Local Government. H.J. 150 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act concerning city ordinances regarding vegetation planted in residential areas by landowners.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act concerning city ordinances regarding vegetation planted in residential areas by landowners.

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Bill History

2025-01-30 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Local Government. H.J. 150 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act concerning city ordinances regarding vegetation planted in residential areas by landowners.

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House

File

159

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

159

BY

BAGNIEWSKI

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

concerning

city

ordinances

regarding

vegetation

planted

1

in

residential

areas

by

landowners.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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H.F.

159

Section

1.

Section

364.3,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

20.

A

city

shall

not

adopt

or

enforce

an

3

ordinance,

motion,

resolution,

or

amendment

that

restricts

4

an

owner

of

real

property

located

in

a

district

zoned

for

5

residential

use

with

a

speed

limit

of

twenty-five

miles

per

6

hour

or

less

from

growing

purposely

planted

vegetation

that

is

7

forty-two

inches

or

less

in

height.

8

EXPLANATION

9

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

10

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

11

This

bill

prohibits

a

city

from

adopting

or

enforcing

an

12

ordinance,

motion,

resolution,

or

amendment

that

restricts

13

an

owner

of

real

property

located

in

a

district

zoned

for

14

residential

use

with

a

speed

limit

of

25

miles

per

hour

or

less

15

from

growing

purposely

planted

vegetation

that

is

42

inches

or

16

less

in

height.

17

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