88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HF 2241: Relating to the manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of fire fighting foam and personal protective equipment containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, providing penalties, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions
Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill relates to fire fighting foam and personal protective equipment that contain certain chemicals. The bill prohibits the manufacture, sale, distribution, discharge, or use for training purposes of class B fire fighting foam that contains an intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance on and after January 1, 2022. The bill makes an exception for class B fire fighting foam for which such substances are required to be added under federal law. The bill requires a manufacturer who sells prohibited fire fighting foam to notify persons who sell the foam of the restrictions in the bill by January 1, 2021, and issue a recall for prohibited fire fighting foam.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Firefighters Association (IFA); Iowa Professional Fire Fighters
In plain words
- February 4, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2241