HF396 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to bank utilization of filing services offered by the secretary of state.(Formerly HSB 70 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Last action: 2025-03-11
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 607 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to bank utilization of filing services offered by the secretary of state.(Formerly HSB 70 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to bank utilization of filing services offered by the secretary of state.(Formerly HSB 70 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 607 .
2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature
SF 166 substituted. H.J. 601 .
2025-02-13 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 320 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to bank utilization of filing services offered by the secretary of state.(Formerly HSB 70 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

396

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

396

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

STATE

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

70)

(COMPANION

TO

SF

166

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

STATE

GOVERNMENT)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

bank

utilization

of

filing

services

offered

1

by

the

secretary

of

state.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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H.F.

396

Section

1.

Section

9.11,

subsection

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

1

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

j.

Chapter

524,

including

as

provided

in

3

section

524.303.

4

Sec.

2.

NEW

SECTION

.

524.2002

Secretary

of

state

——

extra

5

services

——

surcharge.

6

Upon

the

request

of

a

filer

of

a

document

under

this

chapter,

7

the

secretary

of

state

shall

provide

an

extra

filing

service

8

and

assess

a

surcharge

as

provided

in

chapter

9,

subchapter

II.

9

EXPLANATION

10

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

11

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

12

This

bill

relates

to

services

provided

by

the

secretary

of

13

state

to

filers

of

documents

pursuant

to

Code

chapter

524.

The

14

bill

permits

banks

to

use

preclearance

and

expedited

filing

15

services

offered

by

the

secretary

of

state’s

office.

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