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IA HF 788

died on adjournment

A bill for an act requiring state employees to provide a specimen for alcohol and drug analysis following certain motor vehicle accidents or collisions resulting in serious injury or death under certain circumstances, and making penalties applicable.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IA HF 788 pass?

No. IA HF 788 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-26): Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

What is IA HF 788 about?

IA HF 788 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act requiring state employees to provide a specimen for alcohol and drug analysis following certain motor vehicle accidents or collisions resulting in serious injury or death under certain circumstances, and making penalties applicable.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 788?

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION is the primary sponsor of IA HF 788.

Introduced
2025-03-05
Latest action
2026-03-26 — Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATIONprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

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  1. 2026-03-26

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  2. 2026-03-18

    Placed on calendar.

  3. 2026-03-18

    Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  4. 2026-03-16

    Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.

  5. 2026-03-12

    Subcommittee Meeting: [].

  6. 2026-03-10

    Subcommittee: Dickey, Pike, and Townsend.

  7. 2026-03-09

    Read first time, referred to Transportation.

    reading-1

  8. 2026-03-09

    Message from House.

  9. 2026-03-05

    Immediate message.

  10. 2026-03-05

    Passed House, yeas 85, nays 1.

    passage

  11. 2026-03-05

    Amendments H-8155 and H-8156 adopted.

  12. 2026-03-04

    Amendments H-8155 and H-8156 filed.

  13. 2026-02-09

    Placed on calendar.

  14. 2026-02-04

    Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 1.

  15. 2026-02-04

    Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  16. 2026-01-29

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2026-01-28

    Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2026 12:30PM RM 19.

  18. 2026-01-20

    Subcommittee: Young, Bagniewski and Behn.

  19. 2025-04-03

    Referred to Transportation.

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-05

    Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2026-03-05 · pass · 85-1

    Member-level votes (102)
    • Andrews: yes
    • Baeth: yes
    • Bagniewski: yes
    • Barker: yes
    • Behn: yes
    • Bergan: yes
    • Blom: yes
    • Bloomingdale: yes
    • Boden: yes
    • Bossman: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Brown-Powers: yes
    • Cisneros: yes
    • Collins: yes
    • Croken: yes
    • Determann: yes
    • Dunwell: yes
    • Ehlert: yes
    • Fett: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Gaines: yes
    • Gearhart: yes
    • Gehlbach: yes
    • Gjerde: yes
    • Golding: yes
    • Gosa: yes
    • Grassley: yes
    • Gustoff: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hermanson: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hora: yes
    • Jacoby: yes
    • Jeneary: yes
    • Johnson, C.: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Judge: yes
    • Kaufmann: yes
    • Kniff: yes
    • McCulla: yes
    • Kressig: yes
    • Kurth: yes
    • Larson: yes
    • Latham: yes
    • Lawler: yes
    • Levin: yes
    • Lundgren: yes
    • Matson: yes
    • McBurney: yes
    • Meggers: yes
    • Meyer, A.: yes
    • Meyer, B.: yes
    • Mohr: yes
    • Mommsen: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Nielsen: yes
    • Nordman: yes
    • Ramirez: yes
    • Scholten: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sieck: yes
    • Siegrist: yes
    • Sitzmann: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Sorensen: yes
    • Srinivas: yes
    • Stone: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Thomson: yes
    • Vondran: yes
    • Watkins: yes
    • Weldon: yes
    • Wengryn: yes
    • Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
    • Wheeler: yes
    • Wichtendahl: yes
    • Wilburn: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Windschitl: yes
    • Wood: yes
    • Wulf: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Zabner: yes
    • Wills: yes
    • Cooling: no
    • Amos: absent
    • Jr.: absent
    • Dieken: absent
    • Gerhold: absent
    • Henderson: absent
    • Ingels: absent
    • James: absent
    • Johnson, R.: absent
    • Konfrst: absent
    • Lohse: absent
    • Madison: absent
    • Olson: absent
    • Rinker: absent
    • Turek: absent
    • Wilz: absent

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Official source

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 788&ga=91

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