IowaPublic corporations notify contractors and claimants after improvement acceptance
Public corporations give contractors, bond sureties, and claimants who filed claims written notice of when a public improvement is finally accepted.
What it does
Public corporations send written notice of an improvement’s final acceptance date to the principal contractor, bond sureties, and labor or material claimants who filed claims.
Argument forWritten notice could help contractors, sureties, and claimants track the date that starts the window for bringing a court action over an improvement.
Argument againstContractors, sureties, and claimants could have less recourse for losses caused by a missed notice, since the law shields public corporations from related claims and damages.
More detail
A public corporation sends written notice of the final acceptance date. The notice goes to the principal contractor, any surety on the performance bond, and any labor or material claimant who filed a claim. The public corporation is not liable for claims or damages based on or arising from failure to send the notice. Notice is due no later than 14 calendar days after final acceptance.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 15Signed by Governor Kim Reynolds.Became Law
- May 5Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.To Governor
- May 1Explanation of vote.
- Apr 22Message from House.
- Apr 21Immediate message.
- Vote recorded Shall the bill pass? Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 21Passed House, yeas 93, nays 0.Passed 2nd Chamber
- Apr 21Substituted for HF 2189.
- Apr 9Read first time, passed on file.Minor
- Apr 8Message from Senate.
- Vote recorded Shall the bill pass? Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 8Immediate message.
- Apr 8Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0.Passed 1st Chamber
- Mar 19Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- Feb 18Committee report, approving bill.Minor
- Feb 18Introduced, placed on calendar.Introduced
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