All Roll Calls
Yes: 139 • No: 0
IowaHF 267891st General Assembly (2025–2026)House
A bill for an act providing for certain persons acting under the jurisdiction of the secretary of state, including by providing for information from required filings, and the administrative dissolution of certain entities, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 665.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Signed by Governor
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Free removal of unauthorized business listings
Beginning July 1, 2026, people can request removal of unauthorized registered-agent or main-office details from covered business and cooperative filings. A sworn, notarized statement must identify the business by name and business number, list the unauthorized details, and give the person's mailing address. It must state that neither the person nor their agent authorized the filing. After review confirms unauthorized use, Iowa's Secretary of State must promptly file a removal statement; removal takes effect upon filing. The request and removal are free, but original business filing fees are not refunded. Incomplete requests, or requests believed to harass or defraud, may be rejected.
Businesses risk faster dissolution after admissions
Beginning July 1, 2026, Iowa can immediately dissolve limited partnerships, corporations, close cooperatives, and nonprofits that admit covered violations. Missing the 21-day deadline for state questions also counts as an admission. The Secretary must file the required dissolution document and serve the entity; the usual correction period does not apply. Admitting a covered violation also becomes a dissolution ground for traditional cooperative associations. For limited liability companies, the ordinary notice-and-60-day process covers the first five listed statutory grounds, subject to a separate exception. That ordinary process retains the chance to fix each ground or show it does not exist.
Stricter delivery rules for suspicious filings
Beginning July 1, 2026, Iowa's Secretary of State can require suspicious business documents by mail or in person. This applies to partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, nonprofits, and covered associations and cooperatives. Credible information must indicate a fraudulent filing or possible use for fraud, crime, or another unlawful purpose. Sources can include a sworn unauthorized-use statement, another government agency, or a credible outside data set.
Businesses face 21-day state question deadlines
Beginning July 1, 2026, Iowa's Secretary of State can send written questions when credible information points to unlawful business use. Covered groups include partnerships, limited liability companies, domestic and foreign corporations, and cooperatives. Questions go by mail to the registered agent, or the main office when there is no agent. Separate answers, signed by an authorized person, must arrive by mail or in person within 21 calendar days after mailing. An answer showing a violation, or failure to answer on time, counts as admitting the violation addressed. If every answer indicates no violation, the Secretary must take no action.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/29/2026
Passed Senate
Yes: 46 • No: 0
House vote • 4/7/2026
Passed House
Yes: 93 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
6/1/2026HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/18/2026HouseMessage from Senate.
4/29/2026HouseImmediate message.
4/29/2026SenatePassed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0.
4/29/2026SenateSubstituted for SF 2402.
4/29/2026SenateRead first time, attached to SF 2402.
4/8/2026SenateMessage from House.
4/8/2026SenateImmediate message.
4/7/2026HousePassed House, yeas 93, nays 0.
4/7/2026HouseAmendment H-8123 adopted, as amended.
4/7/2026HouseAmendment H-8318 to amendment H-8123 filed, adopted.
4/7/2026HousePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
3/19/2026HouseAmendment H-8123 filed.
3/3/2026HouseIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/23/2026House
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
Related Bills
HF 2801, A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 785.) Effective date: 10/02/2026.
SF 2472, A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions of revenue, and funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund, establishing a program for first-time homebuyers, modifying and making appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3001.) Effective date: 05/18/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027. Applicability date: 01/01/2026, 07/01/2026, 01/01/2027, 07/01/2027, 07/01/2028.
HF 2601, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election misconduct, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 2044.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
SF 2471, A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Formerly SF 2317, SSB 3121.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
SF 2399, A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly SSB 3162.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
SF 2299, A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program. (Formerly SF 2176.) Vetoed 6-2-26.