IA SF 2187

enacted

A bill for an act relating to the verification of citizenship and immigration status of persons who apply for or renew a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card, and including applicability provisions.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did IA SF 2187 pass?

Yes. IA SF 2187 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-15): Signed by Governor.

What is IA SF 2187 about?

IA SF 2187 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to the verification of citizenship and immigration status of persons who apply for or renew a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card, and including applicability provisions.”.

Who sponsors IA SF 2187?

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION is the primary sponsor of IA SF 2187.

Introduced: 2026-02-04
Latest action: 2026-05-15 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-05-15
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2026-05-11
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
2026-05-02
Explanation of vote.
2026-04-21
Message from Senate.
2026-04-21
Immediate message.
2026-04-21
Passed Senate, yeas 38, nays 7.
passage
2026-04-21
Senate concurred with S-5186.
2026-04-16
Message from House, with amendment S-5186.
2026-04-15
Immediate message.
2026-04-15
Passed House, yeas 87, nays 8.
passage
2026-04-15
Amendment H-8294 withdrawn.
2026-04-15
Amendment H-8230 adopted.
amendment-passage
2026-04-06
Amendment H-8294 filed.
amendment-introduction
2026-03-26
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2026-03-18
Placed on calendar.
2026-03-18
Committee amendment H-8230 filed.
amendment-introduction
2026-03-18
Committee vote: Yeas, 18. Nays, 0. Excused, 3.
2026-03-18
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
committee-passage
2026-03-04
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
2026-03-03
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/04/2026 8:45AM House Lounge.
2026-03-03
Subcommittee: Golding, Cooling and Meyer, A.
2026-02-25
Read first time, referred to Transportation.
reading-1
2026-02-25
Message from Senate.
2026-02-25
Immediate message.
2026-02-25
Passed Senate, yeas 42, nays 5.
passage
2026-02-04
Committee report, approving bill.
committee-passage
2026-02-04
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

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Documents

Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2026-02-25 · pass · 42-5
Member-level votes (51)
- Alons: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Drey: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Hardman: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Knox: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Pike: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Zumbach: yes
- Bennett: no
- Dotzler: no
- Petersen: no
- Staed: no
- Winckler: no
- Garrett: absent
- Rowley: absent
- Wahls: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2026-04-21 · pass · 38-7
Member-level votes (51)
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Wahls: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Zumbach: yes
- Bennett: no
- Dotzler: no
- Hardman: no
- Quirmbach: no
- Staed: no
- Weiner: no
- Winckler: no
- Garrett: absent
- Guth: absent
- Petersen: absent
- Rowley: absent
- Sweeney: absent
- Alons: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Drey: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Knox: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Pike: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2187&ga=91

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