Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses
Sponsored by Rep. Judd Lawler (R)
Topics:Public safety & emergencies
Same legislation: SF 451
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 26, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 5, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses. The bill provides that the chief of the fire department or the chief’s designee of every city or township in which a fire department is established or every township where there is a contract for fire protection in effect shall investigate into the cause, origin, and circumstances of every fire occurring in the city or township resulting in property damage, bodily injury, or destruction. The investigation shall determine whether the fire was caused by natural factors, negligence, or intentional action.
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2 to the list of persons allowed access to personal information contained in records of the department of transportation if the information is requested by the presentation of a registration plate number. The bill adds an employee of a fire department to the list of persons allowed access to personal information that is in the form of a person’s photograph or digital image or a digital reproduction of a person’s photograph. The bill adds the fire marshal or an officer or employee of a fire department to the definition of a “criminal or juvenile justice agency”.3 (reports of fires and emergency responses).
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named March 5, 2025. On March 6, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Repeals§100.3
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
3 for · 0 against · 4 undecided · Who →
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