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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SF 40: A bill for an act requiring the installation and maintenance of train defect detectors on railway branch lines, and providing penalties.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SF 40 is a bill introduced in the Iowa Senate on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act requiring the installation and maintenance of train defect detectors on railway branch lines, and providing penalties. Primary sponsor: SHIPLEY. Most recent recorded action (January 29, 2025): Subcommittee recommends passage.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
SHIPLEYPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Subcommittee recommends passage.
  2. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2025 2:30PM Room 315.
  3. Subcommittee: Shipley, Gruenhagen, and Winckler.
  4. Introduced, referred to Transportation.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source