---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate the installation or use of battery-charged security alarm systems on nonresidential properties."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate the installation or use of battery-charged security alarm systems on nonresidential properties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 2340"
citation: "Iowa SF 2340 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alarm systems", "building codes", "city government", "county government", "fences", "property", "security systems", "zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fa54f90-f2da-4cff-aab3-4a900a6c6543"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2340&ga=91"
source_hash: "7f926fb4d79529756cdbf07b7949a58f95209ead688890a9767d40e49e193553"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa SF 2340 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate the installation or use of battery-charged security alarm systems on nonresidential properties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/SF2340.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF2340.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF2340_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF2340.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-16** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2026-02-16** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Immediate message.
- **2026-03-04** Message from Senate.
- **2026-03-04** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** Substituted for HF 2516.
- **2026-03-05** Passed House, yeas 85, nays 1. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Immediate message.
- **2026-03-09** Message from House.
- **2026-04-09** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fa54f90-f2da-4cff-aab3-4a900a6c6543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).