Amendment H-8160 to HF 2656
Relating to the staff sergeant William Nathaniel Howard highway, and including applicability provisions
Never voted on
Filed March 5, 2026 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds a second highway to be renamed in honor of Staff Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar. It changes the bill's title to include both highways and adds rules to ensure the new name stays in place even if the highway's official number changes.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, after line 8 by inserting: “Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 314.33 Staff sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar highway. The segment of the highway known as state highway 28 and Sixty-third street in the cities of Des Moines and West Des Moines, including where the highway designations overlap, between the highway’s intersection with Grand avenue and the highway’s intersection with Army Post road, shall be designated as the “Staff Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar Highway” in honor of Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, who was killed in action in Palmyra, Syria, on December 13, 2025, while serving in the Iowa army national guard.”
- Page 1, by striking line 9 and inserting: “Sec. ___. APPLICABILITY.
- The section of this Act enacting section 314.32 applies to the segment of”
- Page 1, after line 14 by inserting: “
- The section of this Act enacting section 314.33 applies to the segment of the highway known as state highway 28 and Sixty-third street in the cities of Des Moines and West Des Moines, including where the highway designations overlap, between the highway’s intersection with Grand avenue and the highway’s intersection with Army Post road, on the effective date of this Act, and shall apply to that segment thereafter regardless of whether the highway’s designation is subsequently changed.”
- Title page, line 1, by striking “the” and inserting “highways designated to honor”
- Title page, line 2, by striking “highway,” and inserting “and staff sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar,”
- By renumbering as necessary.