Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2511: A BILL FOR An Act relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and periodic updating of an Iowa state resilience plan
Status: Passed one chamber, February 25, 2026
An Act relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and periodic updating of an Iowa state resilience plan.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and periodic updating of an Iowa state resilience plan.
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and periodic updating of an Iowa state resilience plan. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5780HV (2) sb/js H.F. 2511 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 463.1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter: 1. "Critical assets" includes all of the following: a. Transportation assets and evacuation routes, including airports, bridges, bus terminals, ports, major roadways, highways, railways, marinas, rail facilities, and railroad bridges. b. Critical infrastructure, including wastewater treatment facilities and lift stations, storm water treatment facilities and pump stations, drinking water facilities, water utility conveyance systems, electric production and supply facilities, solid and hazardous waste facilities, military installations, communications facilities, and disaster debris management sites. c. Critical community and emergency facilities, including schools, colleges, universities, community centers, correctional facilities, disaster recovery centers, emergency medical service facilities, emergency operation centers, fire stations, health care facilities, hospitals, law enforcement facilities, local government facilities, logistical staging areas, affordable public housing, risk shelter inventory, and state government facilities. d. Natural, cultural, and historical resources, including agricultural lands, conservation lands, parks, shorelines, surface waters, wetlands, and historical and cultural assets. 2. "Regionally significant assets" means critical assets that support the needs of communities spanning multiple geopolitical jurisdictions, including water resource facilities, regional medical centers, emergency …
Sponsors
- Public Safety (I) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Zumbach, Shipley, and Staed. S.J. 456 .
- : Read first time, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 409 .
- : Message from House. S.J. 409 .
- : Immediate message. H.J. 434 .
- : Passed House , yeas 92, nays 0. H.J. 420 .
- : Amendment H-8034 adopted, as amended. H.J. 420 .
- : Amendment H-8046 to amendment H-8034 filed, adopted. H.J. 420 .
- : Amendment H-8034 filed. H.J. 414 .
- : Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 300 .
Votes
- Passed House , yeas 92, nays 0. H.J. 420 . (February 25, 2026): 92 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: infrastructure, emergency management, water
Common questions
- What is HF2511?
- HF2511 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and periodic updating of an Iowa state resilience plan.
- What does HF2511 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and periodic updating of an Iowa state resilience plan.
- What is the status of HF2511?
- Passed one chamber as of February 25, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee: Zumbach, Shipley, and Staed. S.J. 456 . (March 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2511?
- Public Safety (I).
- Where is the official record for HF2511?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2511&ga=91
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