88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SF 452: Prohibiting the possession, sale, and use of consumer fireworks, providing penalties, and including transition and effective date 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
19A. Current law prescribes limitations on the use of consumer fireworks to specified dates, times, and locations. Current law also allows cities and counties to prohibit or limit the use of consumer fireworks by ordinance or resolution, and allows the department of natural resources to issue permits for the use of consumer fireworks in state parks and preserves. This bill prohibits the possession, sale, and use of consumer fireworks in Iowa. A person who violates the bill commits a simple misdemeanor.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named March 6, 2019
- Sen. Jake Chapman (R)
- Sen. Liz Mathis (D)
- Sen. R. Smith
Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against
Against: Americans For Prosperity
In plain words
- March 4, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
- March 6, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Chapman, Mathis and R. Smith
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/SF452