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SF2164 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the definition of public improvement.(See SF 2410 .)

A bill for an act relating to the definition of public improvement.(See SF 2410 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
WEBSTER
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2410 . S.J. 339 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the definition of public improvement.(See SF 2410 .)

A bill for an act relating to the definition of public improvement.(See SF 2410 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the definition of public improvement.(See SF 2410 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2410 . S.J. 339 .

  2. 2026-02-10 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.

  3. 2026-02-09 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/10/2026 11:00AM Room 217 Conference Room.

  4. 2026-02-03 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Webster, Green, and Townsend. S.J. 191 .

  5. 2026-01-29 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to State Government. S.J. 170 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the definition of public improvement.(See SF 2410 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

2164

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2164

BY

WEBSTER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

definition

of

public

improvement.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

2164

Section

1.

Section

26.2,

subsection

3,

paragraph

b,

1

subparagraph

(5),

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

(5)

Construction

,

equipment,

or

repair

or

maintenance

3

work

performed

for

a

city

utility

under

chapter

388

when

such

4

work

is

performed

by

its

employees

,

relates

to

an

electric

5

generation

or

transmission

project,

or

when

such

work

relates

6

to

existing

utility

infrastructure

or

establishing

connections

7

to

existing

utility

infrastructure.

For

purposes

of

this

8

subparagraph,

“utility

infrastructure”

includes

facilities

used

9

for

the

storage,

collection,

disposal,

treatment,

generation,

10

transmission,

or

distribution

of

water,

sewage,

waste,

11

electricity,

gas,

or

telecommunications

service.

12

EXPLANATION

13

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

14

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

15

This

bill

revises

the

definition

of

“public

improvement”

for

16

purposes

of

Code

chapter

26

(public

construction

bidding)

to

17

exclude

equipment.

The

bill

also

excludes

from

the

definition

18

repair

or

maintenance

work

performed

for

a

city

utility

when

19

the

work

is

related

to

an

electric

generation

or

transmission

20

project.

21

By

operation

of

law,

the

bill

affects

the

term

“public

22

improvement”

as

used

in

Code

chapter

26A

(guaranteed

maximum

23

price

contracts)

and

in

Code

sections

8.46

(lease-purchase

24

reporting);

260C.38

(community

college

lease-purchase

25

contracts);

278.1

(school

district

lease-purchase

contracts);

26

297.7

(construction,

renovation,

and

repair

of

school

27

buildings);

298.3

(school

district

levy

revenue);

331.341

28

(county

board

of

supervisors

contracts);

364.4

(city

29

lease-purchase

contracts);

and

384.20

(city

finance

accounts).

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