Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF451: A BILL FOR An Act relating to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses
Status: In committee, March 4, 2025
An Act relating to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses.
From the introduced text, February 26, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2860XS (2) as/js S.F. Section 1. Section 100.2, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 100.2 Duties of fire officials. 1. The chief of the fire department or the chief's designee of every city or township in which a fire department is established or the chief of the fire department or the chief's designee responding to every township fire where there is a contract for fire protection in effect shall investigate into the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring in the city or township by which property has been destroyed or damaged or which results in bodily injury to a person, and determine whether the fire was the result of natural causes, negligence or design resulting in property damage, bodily injury, or destruction. The investigation shall determine whether the fire was caused by natural factors, negligence, or intentional action. 2. The department of transportation shall provide registration information to the chief of the fire department or the chief's designee in the course of a required investigation under this section if the fire official is a law enforcement officer certified by the Iowa law enforcement academy. …
Sponsors
- Dawn Driscoll (R, 46) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 405 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 365 .
Subjects: fire departments, city government, transportation department, law enforcement officers, PRESERVATION BOARD, STATE, reports, public safety department, emergency management
Common questions
- What is SF451?
- SF451 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses.
- What does SF451 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to the duties of fire officials and reports of fires and emergency responses.
- What is the status of SF451?
- In committee as of March 4, 2025. Latest action: Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 405 . (March 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF451?
- Dawn Driscoll (R, 46).
- Where is the official record for SF451?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+0451&ga=91
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