Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HSB715: A BILL FOR An Act relating to camping, including camper and cabin limits at youth camps and emergency safety requirements at campgrounds
Status: In committee, February 19, 2026
An Act relating to camping, including camper and cabin limits at youth camps and emergency safety requirements at campgrounds.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to camping, including camper and cabin limits at youth camps and emergency safety requirements at campgrounds.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to camping, including camper and cabin limits at youth camps and emergency safety requirements at campgrounds. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5199YC (2) sb/js H.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION. 466D.1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter: 1. "Cabin" means a structure used to provide temporary sleeping quarters for campers. 2. "Camper" means a minor who is attending a youth camp on a day care or boarding basis. 3. "Campground" means a commercial property designed to provide cabins for transient overnight guest use or a recreational vehicle park. 4. "Department" means the department of natural resources. 5. "Floodplain" means the same as "floodplains" as defined in section 455B.261. 6. "Recreational vehicle park" means a commercial property that is designed primarily for recreational vehicle transient guest use and for which fees for site service connections for recreational vehicles are paid daily, weekly, or monthly. 7. "Youth camp" means a facility or property that meets all of the following criteria: a. Has the general characteristics of a day camp, resident camp, or travel camp. b. Is used primarily or partially for recreational, athletic, religious, or educational activities. c. Accommodates at least five minors who attend or temporarily reside at the camp for all or part of at least …
Sponsors
- Public Safety (I) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2626 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0. Excused, 2. H.J. 325 .
- : Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 325 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 8:00AM House Lounge.
- : Subcommittee: Gearhart, Brown-Powers and Hermanson. H.J. 250 .
- : Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 247 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 325 . (February 17, 2026): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: camping, safety, juveniles, emergency management
Common questions
- What is HSB715?
- HSB715 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to camping, including camper and cabin limits at youth camps and emergency safety requirements at campgrounds.
- What does HSB715 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to camping, including camper and cabin limits at youth camps and emergency safety requirements at campgrounds.
- What is the status of HSB715?
- In committee as of February 19, 2026. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2626 . (February 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HSB715?
- Public Safety (I).
- Where is the official record for HSB715?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HSB+0715&ga=91
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