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HF 2655 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to the operating privileges of drivers of authorized emergency vehicles and police officers riding police bicycles.

HF 2655 amends Iowa law to clarify that drivers of authorized emergency vehicles (including police officers riding bicycles in the line of duty) may proceed through red lights after slowing safely and exceed speed limits without reckless endangerment. The bill explicitly extends these traffic exemptions to privately owned emergency vehicles like towing trucks and specifies the conditions under which officers may operate without audible or visual warning devices (e.g., pursuing speed violators or transporting critical patients). These exemptions remain conditional on using warning devices unless specific safety or operational circumstances apply. The bill does not change which vehicles qualify as emergency vehicles but refines when traffic law exemptions apply.
Issues: ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationClarifies emergency vehicle traffic exemptions to enhance safety response times without reckless endangerment, aligning with transportation safety indicators.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 20, 2026 Signed May 2, 2026
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What changed between versions

Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) → Enrolled · 3 edits · May 2, 2026
MINOR
The bill text was cleaned up to remove the Governor's signature page and replace it with the standard legislative format, while also correcting a minor grammatical error in the main text. The actual legal content regarding emergency vehicle privileges remains unchanged.
Scope change
No change to the scope or applicability of the law; the substantive rules for emergency vehicles and police officers are identical in both versions.
TECHNICAL

Removed the Governor's signature block, date, and handwritten-style notes from the beginning of the document.

Added the standard 'Enrolled' header and formal 'AN ACT' title page structure.

Corrected a grammatical error in Section 1, changing 'any an authorized' to 'any authorized'.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2026

How they voted

46–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 49
Apr 14, 2026
D Democratic15
15 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican34
31 Yea 3
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
4
Amendments
4
May 2, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 93, nays 0.
lower
Apr 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendment H-8359.
lower
Apr 14, 2026
Introduced
Senate amendment H-8359 filed.
lower
Apr 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
upper
Apr 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amendment S-5112 adopted.
upper
Mar 19, 2026
Introduced
Amendment S-5112 filed.
upper
Mar 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
upper
Mar 18, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
legislature
Mar 17, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: [].
legislature
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Dickey, Costello, and Drey.
upper
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 90, nays 1.
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Introduced
Amendments H-8201 and H-8208 filed.
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.