Senate File 2304 introduced addressing water and wastewater utility rate recovery

The Iowa House heard the introduction of Senate File 2304 on April 1. The clerk read the bill’s title and summary; the measure concerns certain public utilities and provisions allowing rate-making principles to permit recovery of costs for investments in water and wastewater infrastructure and for costs considered in acquisitions of water, sanitary water, and stormwater utilities.

The clerk read the bill’s language on the floor. After the reading, the Speaker announced that the bill's first reading is ready for committee amendment and said it was "passed on file" as read.

What this means: The reading places the bill on the House calendar and signals it will proceed through committee, where amendments and further deliberation would occur. No committee referral numbers or amendment texts were provided on the floor during the reading.

There was no recorded debate or vote on the bill itself during the session; the item was placed for further action consistent with routine legislative procedure.