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Relating to the Iowa medal of honor highway, and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Topics:Transportation
Same legislation: SSB 3100
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2020
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 18, 2020
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 11, 202046–0
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary A section of U.S. highway running from Sioux City to Dubuque would be named the “Iowa Patriots Memorial Highway.” Private groups can apply to pay for and install signs along this route, but they must include a specific image of Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima. The Department of Transportation will create rules for how these groups can apply for and install the signs.1
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highway which crosses the state from Sioux City to Dubuque as the “Iowa Patriots Memorial Highway”. The bill requires the department of transportation (DOT) to adopt rules to provide for an application, approval, and inspection process for the purchase and installation of signs indicating the “Iowa Patriots Memorial Highway” designation by private entities. A private entity whose application is approved is responsible for all costs and expenses for the purchase and installation of the signs. Any signs placed pursuant to the bill must include the image of the six United States marines raising the United States flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. highway is subsequently changed by the federal government.
Changed since by amendment S-5074; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 30, 2020 (as SSB 3100). On February 12, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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