91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 290: Relating to train accidents resulting in personal injury or death, and making penalties applicable
Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
37).37 to enhance readability and specifies that the required reports to the governor are not subject to Code chapter (open records). The bill also requires personal information of a train crew member who died in an accident to be kept confidential. An unredacted report with otherwise protected, confidential personal information may be accessed by certain persons described in the bill.5. A schedule “one” penalty is punishable by a fine of $100 per violation.
Sponsors
Sen. Tom Shipley (R)
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 18, 2025
- Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Thomas Townsend (D) · thomas.townsend@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Kara Warme (R) · kara.warme@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against
For: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen; Iowa Motor Truck Association; SMART-Transportation Division
In plain words
- February 12, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Transportation committee
- February 18, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Townsend and Warme
- February 20, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF290