SF121 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to subscription cancellation requirements for newspapers designated for official publication, and including effective date provisions.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: GRUENHAGEN
Last action: 2026-01-22
Official status: Subcommittee: Gruenhagen, Webster, and Weiner. S.J. 132 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to subscription cancellation requirements for newspapers designated for official publication, and including effective date provisions.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to subscription cancellation requirements for newspapers designated for official publication, and including effective date provisions.

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Bill History

2026-01-22 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Gruenhagen, Webster, and Weiner. S.J. 132 .
2026-01-22 Iowa Legislature
* * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *
2025-06-16 Iowa Legislature
Referred to Commerce. S.J. 1057 .
2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Placed on calendar.
2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 343 .
2025-02-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-03 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2025 1:30PM Room 217 Conference Room.
2025-01-27 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Gruenhagen, De Witt, and Trone Garriott. S.J. 143 .
2025-01-23 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Commerce. S.J. 132 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to subscription cancellation requirements for newspapers designated for official publication, and including effective date provisions.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

121

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

121

BY

GRUENHAGEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

subscription

cancellation

requirements

1

for

newspapers

designated

for

official

publication,

and

2

including

effective

date

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

121

Section

1.

Section

618.3,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

5.

Complies

with

the

requirements

of

16

3

C.F.R.

pt.

425.

4

Sec.

2.

CODE

EDITOR

DIRECTIVE.

Upon

the

effective

date

of

5

2024

Iowa

Acts,

chapter

1019,

section

2,

the

Code

editor

shall

6

renumber

Code

section

618.3,

subsection

5,

as

enacted

by

this

7

Act,

as

Code

section

618.3,

subsection

1,

paragraph

“h”.

8

Sec.

3.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

9

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

requires

a

newspaper

to

comply

with

the

14

requirements

of

16

C.F.R.

pt.

425,

relating

to

the

cancellation

15

of

subscriptions,

in

order

to

be

designated

as

a

newspaper

for

16

the

official

publication

of

public

notices.

The

bill

takes

17

effect

upon

enactment.

The

bill

directs

the

Code

editor

to

18

renumber

the

subsection

enacted

in

the

bill

in

conformity

with

19

2024

Iowa

Acts,

chapter

1019,

section

2,

upon

the

effective

20

date

of

that

section

of

that

Act.

21

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