IA SF 548

died on adjournment

A bill for an act relating to the use of personal flotation devices on personal watercraft.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did IA SF 548 pass?

No. IA SF 548 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 (2026-04-14): Amendment H-8358 filed.

What is IA SF 548 about?

IA SF 548 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to the use of personal flotation devices on personal watercraft.”.

Who sponsors IA SF 548?

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT is the primary sponsor of IA SF 548.

Introduced: 2025-03-06
Latest action: 2026-04-14 — Amendment H-8358 filed.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-14
Amendment H-8358 filed.
amendment-introduction
2026-03-26
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2026-03-19
Placed on calendar.
2026-03-18
Committee vote: Yeas, 13. Nays, 6. Excused, 2.
2026-03-18
Committee report, recommending passage.
committee-passage
2026-03-18
Subcommittee recommends passage.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-16
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/18/2026 8:15AM House Lounge.
2026-03-16
Subcommittee: Fisher, Gjerde and Smith.
2026-03-10
Read first time, referred to Natural Resources.
reading-1
2026-03-09
Message from Senate.
2026-03-09
Immediate message.
2026-03-09
Passed Senate, yeas 29, nays 17.
passage
2026-02-19
Placed on calendar.
2026-02-19
Committee report, approving bill.
committee-passage
2026-01-22
Subcommittee recommends passage.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-20
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/21/2026 5:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
2026-01-14
Subcommittee: Evans, Hardman, and Pike.
2025-06-16
Referred to Natural Resources and Environment.
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Committee report, approving bill.
committee-passage
2025-03-06
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

Versions

Amendment H-8358Compare
IntroducedCompare

Documents

Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2026-03-09 · pass · 29-17
Member-level votes (51)
- Alons: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- Pike: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Zumbach: yes
- Bennett: no
- Bisignano: no
- Blake: no
- Donahue: no
- Dotzler: no
- Drey: no
- Hardman: no
- Knox: no
- Petersen: no
- Quirmbach: no
- Staed: no
- Townsend: no
- Trone: no
- Garriott: no
- Wahls: no
- Weiner: no
- Winckler: no
- Zimmer: no
- Garrett: absent
- McClintock: absent
- Rowley: absent
- Taylor: absent

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 548&ga=91

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